John Gordon Gordon-Munn

Dr John Gordon Gordon-Munn FRSE (1863 – 29 November 1949) was a Scots-born physician and psychiatrist who became Lord Mayor of Norwich.

Life

Gordon-Munn was born in Edinburgh around 1863 the son of David Munn FRSE, a mathematics teacher at the Royal High School. The family lived at 11 Gayfield Square at the top of Leith Walk.^[1] He was educated at the Royal High School and then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with an 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]

From 1899 to 1901, during the Second Boer War in South Africa, he served as a surgeon in 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

^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1870
^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1896-97
^ HEIGHAM HALL PRIVATE MENTAL HOSPITAL. <corpname>Heigham Hall 1836-1960, private mental hospital, Norfolk</corpname>. 1833–1968.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ Russell, Sam (15 April 2014). "The story of seven Norfolk policemen who went to fight in the First World War - with only three returning home". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 8 June 2019.

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[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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

[3] Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1896-97

[4] HEIGHAM HALL PRIVATE MENTAL HOSPITAL. <corpname>Heigham Hall 1836-1960, private mental hospital, Norfolk</corpname>. 1833–1968.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[5] Russell, Sam (15 April 2014). "The story of seven Norfolk policemen who went to fight in the First World War - with only three returning home". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 8 June 2019.

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