Edward Lawson McDonald

Edward Lawson McDonald (“Lawson”) was educated at Mourne Grange Preparatory School; Felsted School; Clare College, Cambridge; the Middlesex Hospital; and Harvard University.

After junior appointments he served as surgeon lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) in the second world war on HMS Glasgow and was involved in the North Atlantic and Normandy campaigns.

After demobilisation Lawson worked at the National Heart and the Middlesex Hospitals. He …