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Frederick Needham
Sir Frederick Needham (bapt. 8 November 1835 – 6 September 1924) was an English physician who was a Commissioner in Lunacy of the Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency from 1892–1924. Needham was born in York, the son of Dr. James Peacock Needham and Elizabeth Baker. He was educated at St Peter's School, York, St Bartholomew's Hospital, and the University of St Andrews (MD, 1862). He was appointed a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, in 1858 and of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1865. He was medical superintendent of the York Asylum (1858–74) and of Barnwood House Hospital in Gloucester (1874–92). He was also president of the Medico-Psychological Association of Great Britain in 1887 and was a member of the Royal Commission on the care and control of the feeble-minded. He also wrote a number of papers, including ''Brain Exhaustion'' and ''Insanity in relation to Society''. Needham was knighted in the 1915 Birthday Honours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commissioner In Lunacy The Commissioners in Lunacy or Lunacy Commission were a public body established by the Lunacy Act 1845 to oversee asylums and the welfare of mentally ill people in England and Wales. It succeeded the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy. Previous bodies The predecessors of the Commissioners in Lunacy were the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy, dating back to the Madhouses Act 1774, and established as such by the Madhouses Act 1828. By 1842 their remit had been extended from London to cover the whole country. The Lord Chancellor's jurisdiction over lunatics so found by writ of ''De Lunatico Inquirendo'' had been delegated to two Masters-in-Chancery. By the Lunacy Act 1842 (5&6 Vict. c.64), these were established as the ''Commissioners in Lunacy'' and after 1845 they were retitled ''Masters in Lunacy''.Jones (2003) p.222 Establishment Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury was the head of the Commission from its founding in 1845 until his death in 1885. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] |