John Gordon Gordon-Munn

Dr John Gordon Gordon-Munn FRSE (1863-1949) was a Scots-born physician and psychiatrist who became Lord Mayor of Norwich.

Life

He was born in Edinburgh around 1863 the son of David Munn FRSE a maths teacher at the Royal High School. The family was raised at 11 Gayfield Square at the head of Leith Walk.[1] John was educated at the Royal High School and then studied Medicine at Edinburgh University graduating MA MB around 1883 and gaining a doctorate (MD) around 1885.

In 1897 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Thomas Grainger Stewart, James Crichton-Browne, Thomas Annandale, and Sir Alexander Russell Simpson.[2] At this time he was living at 1 Albyn Place in Edinburgh's New Town.[3]

He served as a surgeon in South Africa during the Second Boer War from 1899 to 1901 attached to the Grenadier Guards.

Through the 20th century he was owner and Resident Physician of the Heigham Hall Private Asylum, near Norwich.[4] He also served as Medical Officer to the Grenadier Guards.

He served as Lord Mayor of Norwich for the year 1914/15. In 1915 he formed three pals battalions, all attached to the Royal Engineers. All suffered heavy losses in the First World War[5]

He died on 29 November 1949.


References

  1. ↑ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1870
  2. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  3. ↑ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1896-97
  4. ↑ http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/2b50b779-503e-41b0-abf8-b92744ab6d39
  5. ↑ http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/the-story-of-seven-norfolk-policemen-who-went-to-fight-in-the-first-world-war-with-only-three-returning-home-1-3561846
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