MILLINGTON, SIR THOMAS, son of Thomas Millington, Newbury, Berks., and Mary, widow of Richard Bettesworth, Sussex, and dau. of Henry Lucas, Froyle, Hampshire; b. 1628; adm.; Min. Can. 1642; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1645, adm. pens. 31 May 1645, scholar 1646, matr. Easter 1646; BA 1648/9; Fellow, All Souls Coll. Oxford 1649; MA 30 May 1651 (incorp. Oxford 1657); MB and MD 1659; FRCP 1672, Censor 1678, Harveian Orator 1679, Treasurer 1686-9, President from 1696; Sedleian Prof. of Natural Philosophy, Oxford Univ., from 1675; knighted 6 Mar 1679/80; Physician to William III and Queen Anne from 26 Apr 1691; figues as “Machaon” in Garth’s Dispensary; the alleged discoverer of sexuality in plants; an original Busby Trustee; lic. to m. 23 Feb 1679/80 Anne Hannah, widow of Maj. John King, and dau. of Sir William Russell, Strensham, Worcs.; d. 5 Jan 1703/4. DNB.
MILLINGTON, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1644 (Chapter Muniments 43114). [Possibly a younger brother of Sir Thomas Millington, (qv)].
MILLICENT, JOHN, brother of Charles Millicent (qv); b. 7 Apr 1709; adm. Jan 1719/20; KS 1723; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1727, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1727, scholar 17 May 1728, matr. 1728; BA 1730/1; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 2 Oct 1733; d. unm. 17 Mar 1733/4.
MILLER, RANDOLPH; b.; adm.; KS in 1614; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1617, adm. scholar 1618, matr. Easter 1618; BA 1621/2.
Miller, Michael, son of Lieut. -Cdr. John Bryan Peter Duppa-Miller GC RNVR, Education Officer Nairobi, and his first wife Hon. Barbara Edith Buckmaster, d. of Stanley Owen, 1st Viscount Buckmaster PC GCVO, Lord Chancellor; b. 28 June 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (KS); left July 1951; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1951, BA 1955, MA 1958; called to the Bar, Lincoln’s Inn 1958, Bencher 1984; practised Chancery Bar 1958-97; Lieut. -Cdr. RNR (submarines), RD 1966; Bar Council 1972-4, 1988-92; QC 1974; m. 1st, 18 Oct. 1958 (div. 1991) Mary Elizabeth, d. of Donald Spiers Monteagle Barlow MS FRCS, consult. surgeon; 2nd, 1991 Barbara Lepine Goodwin, Prof. of Politics, Univ. of East Anglia, d. of Thomas Goodwin; d. 20 Feb. 2008.
MILES, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS 1640 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 140).
MIDDLETON, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS 1630; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1633, adm. scholar 1634, matr. Easter 1633; BA 1636/7; MA 1640; probably ordained priest (Coventry and Lichfield) 19 Sep 1641; Rector of Blithfield, Staffs., 1651-8; Rector of Stradishall, Suffolk, from 1661; d. 1681.
MEYRICK, WILLIAM STEPHENSON, son of William Meyrick, Talbot Square, Hyde Park, London, solicitor, and Eliza, dau. of James James, Aylesbury, Bucks., solicitor; b. 5 Jan 1847; adm. 24 Jan 1861 (James'); QS 1862; left Jan 1863; went to King’s Coll. Sch.; gave evidence before the Public Schools Commission 29 Jan 1863, when he complained of the excessive fagging in College and of the severity of the punishments inflicted upon the juniors (Parliamentary Papers 1864, xxi, 484-95); adm. Middle Temple 14 Jan 1869; d. in South America c. 1880.
Meyer, Harold Albert, brother of Edward Arthur Meyer (q.v.); b. June 23, 1898; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1912; Mure Scholar 1915; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1917; matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1921; modern languages shortened honours course 1922, distinction; ran in relays race against Camb. 1921; athletics blue (100 yards) in 1922; served in Great War I, June 1917 - Sept. 1919; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. South Lancs. Regt. Sept. 26, 1917; Lieut. 1918; Stock Exchange 1924; ran in the winning Achilles Relay Team A.A.A. Championships, 1925; member of Stock Exchange 1930-9; Gov. Service, Postal Censorships, 1939-45; Principal successively in the Admiralty 1945; and the Ministry of Civil Aviation 1947-52; joined Rediffusion Ltd. as an executive 1952; novelist, translator, and broadcaster under the pseudonym of Hugh Merrick; m. Oct. 6, 1926, Katherine Myfanwy, daughter of the Rev. Henry Williams Jenkins, Rector of Llanfechell, Anglesey; d. 23 July 1980.
MEYER, GEORGE CHARLES, son of Jeremiah Meyer RA, Tavistock Row, Covent Garden, London, miniature painter, and Barbara Marsden, St. John the Evangelist, Westminster; b. 27 Jan 1767; adm. 30 Jun 1778; KS 1781; Writer, EICS Bengal 1783; arrived in India 7 Aug 1783; Assistant to Preparer of Reports, Revenue Dept. 1785-7; Preparer of Reports and Superintendent of Opium Manufacture from 1789; Superintendent of Police from 12 Oct 1791; one of donors of Warren Hastings Cup; committed suicide at Calcutta 12 Feb 1793 (see Hickey, Memoirs, iv, 78-80).