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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.

Meyer, John Stirling, brother of Edward Stirling Meyer (qv); b. 24 Feb. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (B); left July 1940 and went to Kent Sch., CT, USA; Trin. Coll. Hartford, CT, USA, BSc 1944; McGill Univ. PQ, Canada, MD CM 1948, MSc 1949; Lieut. Med. Corps USN 1953-5, Korea Presidential Citation, UN medal with three battle stars; Prof. & Chmn. of Neurology, Wayne State Sch. Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA 1957-69; chmn., Stroke Panel, President’s Commn. on Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke 1962-4; Prof. and chmn. Baylor Coll. of Medicine Houston, TX, USA 1969-75, Prof. of Neurology 1976-; Clinical Prof. of Psychology Univ. of Houston, TX, USA 1978-; m. 1st, 20 June 1947 Muriel Storey, d. of Henry Carvill Haskell, chmn. Brunswick Worsted Mills, of Moosup, CT, USA; 2nd, Sept. 1987 Katharine, d. of Philip Sumner of Brunswick, ME, USA; d. 17 Feb. 2011.