McKenna, Harold, eldest son of Leopold McKenna, of Waltham St. Lawrence, Berks, by Mary Jane Ellen, daughter of Henry Gethen, of Hereford; b. July 16, 1879; adm. Jan. 19, 1893 (R); left July 1898; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1898; B.A. 1902; M.A. 1905; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Nov. 17, 1893; Oxford Circuit; appointed a Metropolitan Police Magistrate at Lambeth June 1927; transferred to Marylebone 1934; to Bow St. 1936; retired 1946; Chairman of Quarter Sessions for Berkshire 1945-6; served at the Ministry of Munitions in Great War I; m. Dec. 11, 1913, Gwladys Clare, youngest daughter of Martin Edwards, of Usk, co. Monmouth; d. Dec. 19, 1946.
McKinnon Wood, Norman, son of Rt. Hon. Thomas McKinnon Wood, P. C., M. P., of South Kensington, Secretary for Scotland, by Isabella Millicent, daughter of Alexander Sandison, of Lund, Shetland; b. Sept. 6, 1899; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (R); left March 1918; 2nd Lieut. A. S. C. June 22, 1918; resigned his commission on account of ill health June 13, 1919; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1919; scholar 1922; 1st class Mech. Science Tripos. 1922; B.A. 1922; an engineer; d. 8 Jun. 1982.
McMILLAN, SIR ROBERT FURSE, eldest son of John McMillan, Adelaide Road, London, barrister, and Mary --- (IGI); b. 24 Jan 1858; adm. 4 Apr 1871 (James'); QS 19 Apr 1873; left May 1876; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1876; scholar 1879; 1st cl. Law 1879; LLB 1879; Fellow, Trinity Hall 1880; adm. Inner Temple 3 Jul 1878, called to bar 11 May 1881; Western Circuit; Puisne Judge, Supreme Court, Western Australia Nov 1906 – Dec 1913, Chief Justice from Dec 1913; knighted 3 Jun 1916; Lieut. -Gov., Western Australia, from 1921; KCMG 3 Jun 1925; m. 2 Aug 1887 Margaret Aitcheson, second dau. of John Elder, Yairam, Victoria, Australia, farmer; d. 23 Apr 1931.
McNamara, Robert Edward, son of Air Vice-Marshal Frank Hubert McNamara VC CB CBE RAF and Helene Marcelle, d. of Baron Rudolph Bluntschli of Cairo, Egypt; b. 7 Mar. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (A); left July 1942; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1942, BA 1945, MA 1949; a chartered engineer, MICE MIME; MInstM FSEE CompRAeS FInstD; Langley Alloys Ltd. 1953-8; man. dir. Cementation Muffelite Ltd. 1958-64; a management consult. 1964-7; chmn. Data Dynamics Ltd. 1967-72; asst. man. dir. Allied Polymer Group 1972; an engineering consult., R. E. McNamara; m. 3 Sept. 1949 Diana Mary, d. of Philip Noel Rogers; d. 28 Dec. 2011.
MEADES, WILLIAM, son of Richard Meades, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucs., and Katherine (Nichols ?) (IGI); bapt. Wotton under Edge, Gloucs. 27 Mar 1700 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) Nov 1715; Hart Hall, Oxford, matr. 5 Jun 1717; BA 17 Feb 1720/1; ordained; Rector of Rampton, Cambs., from 1736; m. 20 Jul 1730 Frances, dau. of Robert Blachford, Osborne, Isle of Wight; d. 20 May 1780.
MEARS, JOHN, son of Henry Mears, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Anne Lindsey (IGI); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1734; apprenticed to Charles Hore, St. Clement Danes, attorney, 10 Feb 1736; d. 3 Dec 1745.
MEDCALFE, JONATHAN, son of Reginald Medcalfe, Hempstead, Essex; b.; adm.; KS (J. Peile, Biog. Reg. of Christ’s Coll., i, 401); Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Sep 1629, aged 16, matr. 1631; BA 1633/4.
MEDWIN, JOHN, eldest son of Thomas Charles Medwin, Horsham, Sussex, Steward to Duke of Norfolk’s Horsham estate, and Mary, dau. of John Pilfold, Horsham, Sussex; b. 20 Feb 1786; adm. 16 Sep 1796; in school list 1797; Min. Can. 1799; killed by falling out of a gig at Pict’s Hill, Horsham 9 Jun 1806.
Meigh, Edward, son of Edward Meigh of Ealing and Elsie Elizabeth, d. of John Edward Draper of Anfield, Liverpool; b. 6 June 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left July 1944; a co. sec.; m. 1 Oct. 1966 Caroline Mary Louise, d. of Lieut. -Col. J. K. Arthur; d. 2016
Melcarth, Edward (known at school as Edward Epstein), son of Edward Morris Epstein of Louisville, Kentucky, and Eva, d. of Hilmar Ehrman; step-son of Sir Reginald Mitchell Banks KC MP; b. 31 Jan. 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (H), (B) Sept. 1928; left July 1930; assumed the name of Melcarth in lieu of Epstein; Harvard Univ. 1932-6; studied art in Paris; a painter and sculptor; one-man shows London, Paris, Brussels, New York; executed murals for New York theatres; m. 28 June 1939 Joan Beer; d. 14 Dec. 1973 in Venice.