Trafford was on hospital duty at the time of the Brighton hotel bombing of the Conservative Party conference in 1984 and had a leading role in treating the casualties who were taken in first instance to the Royal Sussex County Hospital . Trafford was subsequently knighted in 1985 and created a life peer as '' ' Baron Trafford ' '' , of Falmer in the County of East Sussex on 3 April 1987 . Both honours were awarded by Margaret Thatcher . He was appointed as Minister of State for Health in the House of Lords in July 1989 , to take charge of government proposals on the Warnock Report on Human Fertilisation
Brighton hotel bombing
Brighton hotel bombing
Anthony Trafford, Baron Trafford