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MAYNE, HENRY OTWAY, eldest son of Capt. Charles Otway Mayne, EIC Maritime Service, and Emma, dau. of Harry Vansittart Taylor, EICS Madras; nephew of William Mayne (qv); b. 11 Mar 1819; adm. 21 Jan 1833 (Stelfox's); KS 1833; left Dec 1835; Addiscombe Coll. 1836-7; Cadet, EICS Madras 1838; Cornet, 6th Light Cavalry 14 Jul 1838; Lieut., 23 Nov 1841; entered Nizam of Hyderabad’s service 1 Mar 1850; Brevet Capt., 11 Mar 1853; Capt., 31 Dec 1855; Brevet Maj., 24 Mar 1858; raised Mayne’s Horse and served with it 1859-60; m. 12 Jan 1850 Mary Ewer, youngest dau. of Thomas Jacob Turner, EICS Bengal; d. at Allahabad, Bengal, India 2 Nov 1861. Memorial tablet, North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

MAYNE, HENRY BLAIR, son of Robert Mayne (qv); b. 23 Aug 1813; adm. 5 Jul 1826 (Stelfox's); KS 1827; rowed v. Eton 27 Jul 1829, 12 May 1831; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1831, matr. 21 May 1831, Westminster Student; BA 1835; MA 1838; Clerk, House of Commons 1836, Third Clerk, Private Bill Office 1848, Assistant Clerk 1849, Senior Clerk 1862, Principal Clerk, Table Office 1870-86; adm. Middle Temple 16 Nov 1838, called to bar 21 Nov 1845; member Marylebone, I Zingari and West Kent Cricket Clubs; played cricket for Kent 1835, 1844; one of the committee which framed the rules for short whist at the Arlington Club 1863; d. unm. 17 Jan 1892.

MAYNE, FREDERICK OTWAY, brother of Henry Otway Mayne (qv); b. 6 Aug 1823; adm. 11 Jan 1836 (Benthall's); KS 1837; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1841, adm. pens. 21 May 1841, scholar 1842; BA 1845; MA 1848; ordained deacon (Canterbury) 1846, priest (lit. dim. from Canterbury) 1847; Curate, Kemsing wth Seal, Kent 1846-9; Chaplain, EICS Bengal 1849-66; Vicar of Strood, Kent 1866-74; Vicar of Bearsted, Kent 1874-83; m. 13 Feb 1849 Elizabeth Louisa, dau. of Lieut. -Col. James Blair, EICS Bengal; d. 8 Aug 1906.

MAYNE, CHARLES OTWAY, eldest son of Robert Mayne (qv); b. 6 Sep 1807; adm. 31 Jan 1821 (Stelfox's); KS 1821; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1825, matr. 16 May 1825, Westminster Student; BA 1829; MA 1831; ordained deacon 1830, priest 1831; Vicar of Midsomer Norton, Somerset, from 11 Jan 1833; Prebendary of Wells from 24 Aug 1840; m. Aug 1833 Emily, third dau. of George Smith MP, Selsdon, Surrey; d. 28 Apr 1867.

MAY, WILLIAM VASSALL, son of Rose Herring May, Spanish Town, Jamaica, member of council, Jamaica, and Mary Trelawny, dau. of John Wigan (qv); nephew of Florentius May (qv); b.; adm. 12 Jun 1770; KS (aged 13) 1775; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1779, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1779, but did not matr.; adm. Inner Temple 20 Feb 1777; Ensign, 94th Foot 26 Dec 1781; half-pay, 60th Foot 1783; d. 6 Dec 1811.

May, Paul, son of William Charles May, estate agent and surveyor, of Hampstead, and Katharine Edith May OBE, sister of Henry Edward Robson Roose (qv); b. 12 July 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (H), KS Sept. 1922; left 1926; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1926, BA 1930 (1st class hons Litt. Hum.), MA 1950; United Africa Co., Gold Coast, 1930-2; buyer John Lewis Partnership 1932-40; Min. of Aircraft Production 1940-5 (dep. Dir. of Materials Production 1945); John Lewis Partnership 1945, financial adviser and dir. 1950, dir. of trading 1956, dep. chairman 1955-70, retd Jan. 1970; CBE Jan. 1970; m. 1st 26 Aug. 1933 Dorothy Ida, sister of Charles Sabel Makower (qv); 2nd 25 Jan. 1969 Frances Maud Douglas, d. of George Herbert Tarver, civil engineer, of Darlington, Co. Durham; d. 19 Feb. 1996.

MAY, ERNEST HORATIO, son of Rev. Edmund May, Vicar of Parwich, Derbs., and Mary Elizabeth, second dau. of Rev. James Hay Waugh, Rector of Corsley, Wilts.; b. 18 Mar 1851; adm. 11 Feb 1862 (James'), BB; QS 1866; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1870 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 2 Jun 1870; BA 1874; MA 1884; ordained deacon 1875, priest 1876 (both Bath & Wells); Curate, Portishead, Somerset 1875-7; Vicar of Edale, Derbs., 1877-80; Vicar of Parwich, Derbs., with Alsop-en-le-Dale, 1880-1903; Rector of Bartlow, Cambs., from 1903; m. 30 Jan 1878 Anne Elizabeth Charlotte Sherwill; d. 22 Jan 1918.

Maxwell, Malcolm Theodore, brother of Eric Frederic Mackenzie Maxwell (q.v.); b. Aug. 15, 1888; adm. from George Watson Institution as K.S. Sept. 26, 1901; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1907, matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1910; M.A. 1919; private secretary to Governor of Fiji 1913-4; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. (Spec. Res.) Aug. 7, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; served in France 1915-9; M.C. July 18, 1917; called to the bar at Lincolns Inn. June 28, 1922; d. 1935.

Maxwell, Eric Frederic Mackenzie, son of Sir Frederic Mackenzie Maxwell, Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands, by Adela Mary Theodora, daughter of the Rev. Adolphus Theodore Drought, Rector of Clontuskert, co. Galway; b. Nov. 11, 1885; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1899; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1904, matric. Michaelmas 1904; B.A. 1908; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Jan. 26, 1910; Northern Circuit; Capt. City of London Yeomanry. June 1, 1916, attached M.G. Corps; served in Gallipoli, Salonika, and Palestine in Great War I; Lieut.-Col. O.E.T.A. in Great War II, Cyrenaica and Ethiopia 1941; Colonel 1942; Chief Legal Adviser Political Branch, Middle East, 1942-5; now Registrar, Transport Tribunal; m. Oct. 26, 1909, Muriel, daughter of Henry Kensington Edwardes, of Bonchurch, Isle of Wight.

MAXEY, WILLIAM, of Surrey; b.; adm.; QS in 1596; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1599, matr. 8 Feb 1599/1600, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1625; BA 1603; MA 1606; BD 1617; ordained; licensed to preach 13 May 1626; Rector of Frome St. Quintin, Dorset 1617; Vicar of Thornbury, Gloucs., from 1624; m. Frances, youngest dau. of Silvester Prowze, Slaughter, Gloucs.; buried Thornbury, Gloucs., 17 Aug 1657.