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MEYER, CHRISTOPHER; b.; at school under Markham (Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 245, recording his presence at an OWW dinner held at Calcutta in 1783); m. 1st, 19 Aug 1782 Maria Weimer; m. 2nd, 24 Apr 1784 Pamela Williams]. [Was this “Captn. Meyer”, brother of George Charles Meyer (qv), an Army officer who had served in India, who d. at Salisbury 12 Jan 1795, having sold his commission the day before his death (Farrington Diary II, 291, entry for 12 Jan 1795) : but if so he would presumably have been at school under Smith, rather than under Markham]

MEUX, THOMAS, son of Thomas Meux, Littleton, Middlesex, and Elizabeth, only dau. of Sir William Massingberd, Bart. MP, Gunby, Lincs.; b.; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1716-9; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1722/3; in school list Feb 1727/8; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Apr 1728, aged 17; BCL 1735; ordained deacon Sep 1735, priest Jun 1736 (both Oxford); of Fritwell, Oxfordshire; d. unm. (will proved PCC 7 Dec 1741).

Mettler, Leo Humphrys, son of J. A. Mettler, of Chelsea, London; b. Jan. 26, 1892; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (H); left Easter 1909; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 17th Batt. Royal Fusiliers Nov. 28, 1917; Lieut. Pioneer Corps Nov. 19, 1939; Capt.; resigned for ill health and was granted rank of Major April 17, 1942; d. Jan. 1949.

METTAYER, JOHN, son of Lewis Mettayer, Pall Mall, London, goldsmith, and Anne --- (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields, London 25 Mar 1710 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jan 1722/3.

METTAYER, ANTHONY, brother of John Mettayer (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1730; KS 1736; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1740, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1740, scholar 10 Apr 1741; BA 1743/4; MA 1748; ordained deacon (Bristol) 1743; Curate, Stowmarket, Suffolk. [Note that although his father was Lewis Mettayer, Pall Mall, the name of his mother is not recorded, and he might in fact have been a half-brother of John Mettayer (qv)].

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Methven, Malcolm David, son of David Methven, of Forest Row, Sussex, by Amy Johnson, daughter of William Walsham; b. May 12, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (R); left Dec. 1908; Caius Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Oct. 1, 1909); B.A. 1912; served in Great War I; Capt. wth Batt. London Regt. June 1, 1916; Lieut.Col. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; a company director; m. Dec. 16, 1918, Helen Marion, daughter of Robert Watson, of Toronto, Canada; d. 1962.