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William Lennox Cleland (18 January 1847 – 5 November 1918) was a medical doctor in South Australia, for 40 years in charge of Parkside Lunatic Asylum.
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Cleland was born in Hong Kong, the eldest son of missionary John Fullerton Cleland ( – 29 November 1901) who migrated to South Australia aboard Gloucester, arriving in Adelaide in August 1852. He was educated in Adelaide, and afterwards studied in Switzerland, England, and Edinburgh, then returned to found a lucrative practice in Adelaide. He was appointed Resident Medical Officer at the Parkside Lunatic Asylum in December 1878, and Assistant Colonial Surgeon (to A. S. Paterson) in 1879. When Paterson went on extended leave in 1896 he was appointed Acting Colonial Surgeon, and the position made permanent six months later. Dr. M. H. Downey became his assistant in 1905, and as Lt.-Col. Downey served overseas from November 1916, awarded DSO, returned to Australia 1919.[1] He died after a short illness and his remains were buried at the Walkerville cemetery.
William Lennox Cleland (18 January 1847 – 5 November 1918) married Matilda Lauder "Mattie" Burton (1848 – 1928) on 21 June 1877. She was a daughter of John Hill Burton, Historiographer Royal of Scotland. They had two sons:
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