Martyr, Paul Alan Ashburner, brother of James Brian Evans Martyr (q.v.); b. April 17, 1902; adm. May 2, 1917 (A); left July 1920; an engineer; served in Great War II in a Military Ordnance Works; d.
Martyr, James Brian Evans, son of James French Martyr, of Surbiton, Surrey, by Florence Jane Taylor, daughter of Dr. Townson-Ashburner, of Kirkby-in-Furness, Lancs; b. May 14, 1897; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (A); left Dec. 1913; R.M.C. Sandhurst 1914; 2nd Lieut. South Lancs Regt. Dec. 22, 1915; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1917; served in Mesopotamia in Great War I; Administrative Commandant, Persia; Capt. Jan. 21, 1926; retired Oct. 13, 1937; re-employed in R.A. in Great War II; Staff Col. A.M.G.O.T. Cairo; O.B.E.; m. May 31, 1927; Katherine Edith Lee, daughter of Lieut.-Col. Letterstedt Frederick Childe, M.B., I.M.S.; d. about 1960.
MARTYN, WILLIAM, son of William Martyn, Exeter, Devon, and Theodosia Smythe, Theddlethorpe, Lincs.; bapt. 25 Dec 1690; adm.; QS 1704; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1708, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1708, aged 17, scholar 13 May 1709, matr. 1708; adm. Inner Temple 13 Dec 1709; migrated to Lincoln’s Inn 11 Nov 1719, called to bar 6 Nov 1722; m. 21 Jun 1719 Dorothy ---; buried Exeter 31 Oct 1737.
MARTYN, THOMAS, son of Thomas Martyn, Essex; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1650; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1654, matr. 10 Nov 1654; BA 4 Feb 1657/8; MA 1660 (incorp. Cambridge 1664); BD 1669; ordained; probably the Thomas Martin who was appointed Head Master, Harrow Sch., 1668, but was not a success and was removed within six months; Vicar of Stanwell, Middlesex 1671-3, when the living was sequestrated on account of his insanity; d. 1674.
MARTYN, RICHARD, son of Edward Martyn, Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1648; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1652, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1652, scholar 1652.
MARTYN, CHARLES FULLER, son of Rev. Charles Martyn, Charleston, South Carolina, North America, and Sarah, dau. of William Fuller; b. 11 Nov 1758; adm. 6 Nov 1770; KS 1772; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 May 1780; adm. Inner Temple year 1774-5, called to bar 1785; went out to India, arriving Sep 1785; advocate, Supreme Court, Calcutta 2 Nov 1786; Sheriff, Calcutta 1790; JP Calcutta 10 Feb 1794; still listed as of Calcutta in East India Register 1816; m. [will of Charles Fuller Martyn, Albany, Piccadilly, proved PCC 10 Mar 1823]
MARTON, GEORGE, eldest son of Col. George Richard Marton, Capernwray Hall, Lancs., and Anne, dau. of Col. --- Pocklington, Chelsworth, Suffolk; b. 31 Mar 1800; adm. 29 Mar 1815 (Best's); left 11 Dec 1817; Trinity Hall, Cambridge; MP (Cons) Lancaster 1837-47; DL JP Lancashire, High Sheriff 1858; JP Westmorland; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber 1843; m. 26 Nov 1833 Lucy Sarah, sister of Robert William Dallas (qv); d. 24 Nov 1867.
MARTIN-LEAKE, WILLIAM, second son of Stephen Martin-Leake, Ware, Hertfordshire, barrister, and Isabel, dau. of William Plunkett, Lincoln’s Inn, barrister; b. 24 Jun 1865; adm. 27 May 1880 (G); left Dec 1881; 2nd Lieut., Cheshire Regt., 4 may 1887; Lieut., 11 Nov 1890; Capt., 17 Aug 1899; retd. 29 May 1907; re-employed as Maj., 25 Aug 1914; Staff Capt., War Office 1 Apr 1915 – 7 May 1917; DAAG, War Office 8 May 1917 – Sep 1919; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 1 Jan 1918; served in Burmese expedition 1886-9, Chin-Lushai expedition 1889-90, South African War 1901-2 and in France and Flanders 1 Dec 1914 – 5 Feb 1915, invalided; d. 8 Feb 1947.
MARTIN-LEAKE, RICHARD, brother of William Martin-Leake (qv); b. 22 Feb 1867; adm. 26 Jan 1882 (G); left Aug 1884; King’s Coll. London; civil engineer; AMICE 7 Mar 1893; MICE [check]; d. 7 May 1949.
Martin-Leake, Arthur, brother of William Martin-Leake (q.v.); b. April 4, 1874; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (G); left July 1891; Univ. Coll. Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1898; F.R.C.S. 1903; Surg.-Capt. South African Constabulary 1901-2; served with the Imperial Yeomanry in the South African War 1900-1, and was severely wounded; Chief Medical Officer, Bengal Nagpur Railway, 1903-37; temp. Lieut. R.A.M.C. Sept. 3, 1914; Lieut. Feb. 18, 1915; Capt. March 5, 1915; Major Nov. 27, 1915; Lieut.-Col. April 30, 1917; mentioned in despatches L. G. April 25, 1902, Feb. 17 and 18, 1915, and May 15 and 25, 1918; V. C. May 13, 1902, for tending the wounded at Vlakfontein under heavy fire, and Clasp Feb. 18, 1915, for rescuing a number of wounded at Zonnebeke while exposed to constant fire; m. Oct. 1, 1930, Winifred Frances, daughter of William Alfred Nedham, of the Central Provinces Commission, India, and widow of C. W. A. Carroll; d. June 22, 1953