Arthur Rainsford Mowlem

Arthur Rainsford Mowlem (1902–1986), born in New Zealand, was the youngest of the four plastic surgeons who practised in between the world wars in Britain. In 1936, he joined the London-based partnership that was started by Sir Harold Gillies and included Sir Archibald McIndoe and Thomas Pomfret Kilner. He continued to practise until his retirement in 1963. During the Second World War he was involved in early bone grafting and took part in early trials for penicillin at his unit in Hill End Hospital, St Albans.

Early life Mowlem was born on 21 December 1902 in Auckland, New Zealand, the son of Judge Arthur Mowlem, born in Melbourne in 1872, and Marion Beescroft. His father's branch of the Mowlem family moved to Australia in 1851.

Mowlem Estate

Mowlem inherited Mowlem Estate in the town of Swanage on the Isle of Purbeck, given to his ancestor Durandas de Moulham by William the Conqueror, from his great Uncle John Ernest Mowlem (1868-1946).

Later life On retirement, he moved with his wife, Margaret, to Mijas, Andalusia, Spain. He died in Spain in 1986.