Angus was born in Retford and grew up in South London near Kingston on Thames. He was educated at Raynes Park Grammar School and Westminster Medical School, and has the following qualifications: MBBS MRCP MRCGP DCH DObs.

Angus spent 50 years working for the NHS, starting as a Hospital Porter at Kingston Hospital in 1970. Subsequently he had medical jobs at Westminster Hospital, Southampton Hospitals and St Mary’s Hospital Portsmouth. Angus worked in Auckland New Zealand between1980 and 1982, and from 1983 to 2015 he was a General Practitioner in the Christchurch area. He was a Hospital Practitioner in Neurology at Poole and Royal Bournemouth Hospitals from 1987 to 2019. Since 2020 Angus has worked for the Covid Clinical Assessment Service and then as a Covid vaccinator. He is an examiner of commercial and recreational aircrew for fitness to fly since 1994, and more recently disabled pilots seeking flying scholarships with the charity FSDP (Flying Scholarships for Disabled People – a charity founded as a tribute to Douglas Bader).

Angus is married (his wife is also a GP – they were partners in the same practice for over 20 years). They have 3 children – a daughter who works for a Chilean wine house (making her their favourite child) a son who is a radio-astronomer (perfectly agreeable but no perks) and another who is training to be an anaesthetist (also perfectly agreeable but stuck in Australia).
Angus is one of six siblings. His sister, Mary Gamper worked as a doctor at the Macmillan unit for over 30 years.

Angus enjoys running in his spare time - although recently he says he has noticed definite signs of laziness. He has run 10 marathons in years gone by. All his siblings also run and have run the London Marathon - although never all in the same race (max 5 in 1996). Angus would generally (not always – though) finish behind his siblings but says that he has finished ahead of Ian Botham and also Alistair Campbell.

Angus became a Trustee in 2021.