MEREDITH, EDWARD, son of Rev. Edward Meredith, Rector of Landulph, Cornwall, and Alice, fourth dau., of William Kekewich, Catchfrench, Cornwall; b. 1648; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1665, matr. 14 Jul 1665, aged 17, Westminster Student 19 Dec 1665 – void 1675; BA (Christ Church Act Book) 1669; MA (same) 1672; Secretary to Sir William Godolphin (qv) during his Embassy to Spain; a Roman Catholic convert; present at the conference between Tenison and Andrew Pulton 29 Sep 1687; went abroad after Revolution of 1688; living in Italy after 1700; joined Jesuit community in Rome, but prevented by ill-health from taking final vows; controversialist; author, Some Remarques upon a late popular piece of nonsense called Julian the Apostate, etc. 1682, and other works; d. in Italy c. 1715. DNB.
Mere, Robin Marie Marcus, son of Gerald Mere of St John's Wood and Daisy Leila, d. of Edward Marcus of St John's Wood; b. 21 Feb. 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (G); left July 1927; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1927, BA 1930, MA 1934; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1934; Paymaster Sub-Lieut RNVR Jan. 1933, Lieut. Jan. 1935, Lieut.-Cdr Jan. 1942, Cdr 1945; practised as solicitor in London; m. 22 June 1937 Margaret Edith, d. of Henry Stuart Connolly of Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire; d. 17 Jan. 1967.
Mercer, Vernon Henry, brother of Henry Philip Mercer (q.v.); b. Dec. 13, 1878; adm. April 28, 1892 (G); migrated up Ashburnham; left April 1895; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 10th Batt. Royal Warwicks Regt. Aug. 5, 1916.
Mercer, Samuel David, son of Nelson Samuel Mercer MD, of Omaha, USA, and Anna Mary, d. of James Mulholland of Ireland; b. 5 May 1920; adm. May 1934 (B); left July 1936; Worcester Coll. Oxf., matric. 1938; lived in Nebraska, USA; m. 14 Feb. 1943 Agnes Mason, d. of S. Emlen Randolph; d. 5 Feb. 2013.
MERCER, ROBERT, second son of George Mercer (qv); b.; adm. 4 Jul 1797 (Clapham); left Midsummer 1798 (name up School 1798); Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 5 Dec 1799; Lieut. and Capt., 3 Sep 1801; Lieut. and Capt., 3rd Foot Guards, 25 Dec 1802; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 5 Mar 1812; served in Egypt and in the Peninsular War; killed in storming of Bergen-op-Zoom, Netherlands 8 Mar 1814.
Mercer, Raymond Vaudrey Farquharson, son of Raymond Gingell Morton Mercer, engineer, of Thornbury, Gloucs, and Marjory, d. of Peter Farquharson of Aberdeen; b. 4 Sept. 1905; adm. May 1919 (R); left July 1923; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1923, BA 1926, MA 1930; St Barth. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP BChir 1932; MB 1937; practised at Cookham, Berks; m. 1933 Vivian Stuart, d. of William Price of Wanstead, Essex; d. Feb. 1993.
Mercer, John Wray, son of John Thomas Mercer, M.R.C.S., of Brixton; b. April 30, 1874; adm. Jan. 17, 1889 (R); left Dec. 1891; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. Oct. 1892; B.A. 1895; a student at St. George's Hospital; d. Oct. 31, 1902.
Mercer, Henry Philip, son of Henry Chandler Mercer, of Paddington; b. Sept. 8, 1877; adm. April 28, 1892 (A); left April 1895.