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MEYRICK, RICHARD, brother of Owen Meyrick (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1723; in school list 1729; Jesus Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Jul 1730; m. (remarriage) 25 Jul 1732 his cousin Jane, second dau. of Charles Cholmondeley MP, Vale Royal, Cheshire.

MEYRICK, PEIRCE, brother of Owen Meyrick (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1723; in under school list 1727; his wife and the wife of his brother Richard were cousins, and a casual meeting of the two girls, then aged 14 and 13, with the Meyrick brothers, then still at the School, in Hyde Park ended in their getting married that day at the Fleet; this led to the passing of Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act; m. (remarriage) 25 Jul 1732 Lady Lucy Pitt, dau. of Thomas Pitt, 2nd Earl of Londonderry (I) (qv); d. 11 Jul 1752.

MEYRICK, OWEN, son of Owen Meyrick MP, Bodorgan, Anglesey, and Ann, seventh dau. of Pierce Lloyd, Lligwy; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1720/1; in under school list 1723; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 20 Feb 1723/4, matr. 1724; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Jan 1723/4, called to bar 29 Jun 1731; MP Anglesey from 1761; m. 12 Dec 1749 Hester, dau. of John Putland, London; buried Llangadwaladr, Anglesey 27 Mar 1770.

MEYRICK, OWEN PUTLAND, son of Owen Meyrick (qv); b. 26 Sep 1752; in school lists 1764; left Whitsun 1769; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 Nov 1769, aged 17; MA 1773; of Bodorgan, Anglesey; High Sheriff, Anglesey 1774; FRS 9 May 1776; FSA 12 Nov 1795; m. 6 Sep 1774 Clara, eldest dau. of Richard Garth, Morden, Surrey; d. 24 Mar 1825.

MEYRICK, JOHN, brother of Owen Meyrick (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1720/1; in under school list 1723; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. scholar 8 Feb 1726/7, matr. 1726/7; LLB 1731; ordained deacon 26 Feb 1734, priest 29 Feb 1735 (both Llandaff); Vicar of Morton with Hacconby, Lincs., from 1738; Vicar of Edwinstowe, Notts., from 21 Sep 1739; m. Louisa Mary Elizabeth Colclough; buried 15 Feb 1758.

MEYRICK, JOHN FRANCIS, son of Essex Marychurch Meyrick, Bush, Pembs., and Lucy, dau. of Francis Edwardes MP, Johnston, Pembs., and sister of William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington (I) MP; b.; adm. (aged 12) Oct 1748 (Grant's); New Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Feb 1754; of Bush, Pembs.; High Sheriff, Pembrokeshire 1785; m. 5 Sep 1769 (IGI) Jane, dau. of John Mount, Tower Hill, London, stationer; d. 8 Jun 1823, in 88th year.

MEYRICK, FRANCIS JOHN, brother of John Francis Meyrick (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1748 (Grant's); of Busby, Pembs.; d. 11 Aug 1790.

Meynell, Sir Everard Charles Lindley, third son of the Hon. Frederick George Lindley Meynell (formerly Wood), of Burton-on-Trent, Staffs, barrister-at-law, by Lady Mary Susan Félicie Lindsay, third daughter of Alexander, 25th Earl of Crawford; b. June 19, 1885; adm. Jan. 19, 1899 (A); left July 1899; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1903; assumed the surname of Meynell in lieu of Wood Feb. 8, 1905; Baring Bros. Ltd. 1910; served in France in Great War I, Capt. R.F.A. Jan. 14, 1916; mentioned in despatches; M.C. Jan. 1, 1918; O.B.E. June 3, 1919; partner in Rob. Meynell & Co.; knighted 1946 for services to H.M. Treasury while resident in Buenos Aires; m. July 21, 1914; Rose, only daughter of Lionel Bulteel, of St. Marylebone; d. May 22, 1956.

Meyer, Richard Phillips Grimston, son of Bertie Alexander Meyer and Dorothy, d. of William Hunter-Grimston; b. 21 Oct. 1908; adm. Sept. 1922 (R); left Dec. 1925; RE 1939-42, Army film and photo unit 1942-5; an artists' manager and theatre licensee; m. 2nd 28 Mar. 1953 Patricia Trenfield; d. 24 Nov. 1991.