Dr Oswald of "Nithsdale," Kinson

[Geordie daughter]

Just stumbled across this "Jessie Lyon Gordon, now a co-partner in a nursing home at 9 Mandeville Place, London."

[CaroleW]

Excellent find.  He was only 37 when he died so it will be interesting to find his cause of death.  Did he serve in WW1 as I can't find a Medal Roll entry for him.

[maddys52]

There is a report of Dr J A Ramsay OSWALD of Kinson involved in a motor accident in 1931 at Ferndown. Doesn't sound like anyone was hurt, but £31 damages were awarded.
Western Gazette , Friday,  Feb. 6, 1931

And another report of the doctor attending a coach accident at Ferndown
Western Gazette, Friday,  July 18, 1930

So still in the area in 1931.

[CaroleW]

Jessie Lyon Gordon of 9 Mandeville Place died 24.6.1937 aged 68 as per probate entry and freebmd

Scotlands People shows she was b 1869 Old Machar Aberdeen Burgh

[Geordie daughter]

Carole: it does look very much as if he was a patient at the nursing home, not a member of staff, and it will be very interesting indeed to see the cause of death. T.B., or a hereditary heart condition maybe? (At least two of his paternal uncles died relatively young - i.e. in their late 60s - and both were doctors themselves.) I found Jessie's obituary as well as some other snippets about her, and it seems she had some very illustrious clients come through the doors of her nursing home, including Lord Northcliffe the newspaper magnate, who left her money in his will. Sir Victor Horsley, an eminent neurosurgeon, saw a fair few of his private patients there.

Yes, your guess was right: J.A.R. was a Second-Lieutenant in the King's Own Scottish Borderers during WWI.

Maddy, that's brilliant! I think we can infer from what you've found, that he was working locally until some time in early 1931, at least. It's frustrating that I haven't been able to dig up any P.O. directories for the area, as they might indicate whether he was working as a G.P. or at one of the local medical institutions.

[CaroleW]

It sounds as though 9 Mandeville Place was like an exclusive nursing home for the rich and titled.

I suspect his illness occurred between 1931 and 1933 and whatever that illness was - 9 Mandeville Place was the best place for him to end his days.  Roll on the arrival of his death cert!!

[Geordie daughter]

Money clearly wasn't an issue if he could afford to spend his last days there! His father and aunts and uncles were the children of a Colliery manager, but the males all ended up with very successful careers (2 doctors, a minister and a brewery owner), and at least one of the females married well. One of J.A.R.'s female cousins also became a doctor in the 1920s, and seems to have continued her career even after her marriage to a Navy Surgeon!