Claim: John Wheeley Gough Gutch was born at Bristol in 1809, the son of John Mathew Gutch, and was educated as a surgeon at the infirmary there and he became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Evidence: He was born at Bristol in 1809, the son of John Mathew Gutch, and was educated as a surgeon at the infirmary there. He became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons; and for a time he practised at Florence, Swansea, and London.