MEREWETHER, EDWARD CHRISTOPHER, fifth son of Henry Alworth Merewether KC DCL, Castlefield, near Calne, Wilts, Serjeant at Law and Town Clerk of London, and Eliza Maria, dau. of Thomas Lockyer, Wembury House, Devon; b. 20 Feb 1820; at Charterhouse Sch. 1831-2; adm. 15 Jan 1834; Min. Can. 1835; left Dec 1837; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jun 1838; emigrated to Australia 1841; ADC to successive Governors of New South Wales 1841-6; Colonial Secretary, Port Curtis colony 1846-7; a Commissioner of Crown Lands, New South Wales 1847-54, 1856-7; General Superintendent, Australian Agricultural Co. 1861 – 31 Dec 1875; living in Sydney, New South Wales, from 1876; m. 1860 Augusta Maria, dau. of James Mitchell LRCS (Ed), Surgeon, Colonial Medical Dept., and Physician, Sydney Hospital; d. at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 30 Oct 1893.
MEREWETHER, ALWORTH, brother of Edward Christopher Merewether (qv); b. 1 Oct 1826; adm. 10 Jul 1837; QS 1841; cox in races against Eton 26 Jul 1842, 1 Aug 1843; left Easter 1845; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1845; Ensign, 61st Native Infantry 8 Mar 1846; Lieut., 18 May 1853; Brevet Capt., 16 Jun 1860; d. at Mussoorie, Upper Bengal 9 May 1861.
MEREST, JOHN, brother of Charles Merest (qv); b. 3 Jun 1734; adm. May 1743; left 1751.
MEREST, JAMES, brother of Charles Merest (qv); b. 15 Jul 1750; adm.; left 1764; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 May 1775; ordained deacon 20 May 1777, priest 14 Sep 1777 (both Winchester); Curate, Chertsey, Surrey 1777; Vicar of Wroughton, Wilts. (by 1783); Rector of Brandon Ferry and Wortham, Suffolk (by 1783); m. (by 1782) Sarah ---; d. 31 Mar 1827.
MEREST, CHARLES, eldest son of James Merest, Clerk Assistant, House of Lords, and his second wife Jane, sixth dau. of Charles Battely, Secondary in Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer’s Office, and Receiver-Gen., Westminster Abbey; b. 28 Apr 1729; adm. Jan 1740/1; ordained deacon (Durham, lit. dim. from Winchester) 18 Mar 1753; Vicar of Chertsey, Surrey, from 1758; m. 27 Jul 1754 Elizabeth Wilkin, Mildenhall, Suffolk; d. 26 Nov 1786.
MEREDYTH, THOMAS, son of Thomas Meredyth, Dublin, merchant; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1747/8; KS 1750; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1754, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1754, aged 17, but did not matr.; migr. to Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 20 Dec 1754; d. 1756.
MEREDYTH, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1568-9 (Chapter Muniments 54017-8, 54020). [Probably Daniel Meredyth, third son of Meredith Thomas, Bailiff of Brecon; a letter from his father to his eldest son Thomas, Secretary to Dean Goodman 1563-76, states that he would like Daniel “to be of the number of the scollers at Westmr” (Chapter Muniments)]
MEREDITH, SIR WILLIAM, BART., second son of Amos Meredith, Chester, Cheshire, and Joanna, dau. of Thomas Cholmondeley, Vale Royal, Cheshire; bapt. St. John the Baptist, Chester 10 Mar 1724 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Oct 1738 (Playford's); left 1742; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Mar 1742/3; DCL 14 Apr 1749 (incorp. LLD Cambridge 1758); succ. grandfather as 3rd baronet Jan 1752; of Henbury, Cheshire; MP Wigan 1754-61, Liverpool 1761-80; Lord of the Admiralty Aug 1765 – Nov 1766; Comptroller of the Household Mar 1774 – Dec 1777, resigning on grounds of his opposition to the American war; Privy Councillor 9 Mar 1774; a prominent member of the House of Commons; author, Historical Remarks on the Taxation of Free States, 1778, and other pamphlets; d. unm. at Lyon, France 2 Jan 1790. DNB.
MEREDITH, WILLIAM MAXSE, son of George Meredith OM, Flint Cottage, Boxhill, Surrey, novelist and poet, and his second wife Marie, dau. of Justin Vulliamy, Mickleham, Surrey; b. 26 Jul 1865; adm. 26 Jan 1881 (G); left May 1882; spent his early years in engineering works; AMICE 5 May 1891; director, Constable & Co., publishers; President, Publishers’ Association 1917-9, 1927; edited The Letters of George Meredith, 1912; Ordre de la Couronne, Belgium; m. 4 Oct 1892 Margaret, dau. of Ralph Elliot, Leith Hill, Surrey; d. 1 Feb 1937.
MEREDITH, THEOPHILUS, brother of Sir William Meredith, Bart. (qv); bapt. 4 Aug 1730; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1743/4 (Watts'); left 1747; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Jun 1747, Canoneer Student 1 Jul 1747 – void 7 Jan 1752; migr. to St. Edmund’s Hall, Oxford; BA 1761; MA 1762; adm. Inner Temple 29 Oct 1748; ordained; Vicar of Linton, Herefs., from 21 Sep 1769; Rector of Ross on Wye, Herefs., from 27 Sep 1771; Prebendary of Hereford from 27 Sep 1771; m. 27 Oct 1772 Dyonisia, second dau. of John Walker, Lyneham, Wilts.; d. 16 Sep 1775.