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MEREDITH, SIR MOORE, BART., third son of Sir Richard Meredith, Bart., and Sarah, dau. of Jeffrey Paul, Bough, co. Carlow; b.; adm. May 1727; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1728; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1733, adm. pens. 31 May 1733, scholar 17 May 1734; BA 1736/7; MA 1740; BD 1761; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1739, Major Fellow 2 Jul 1740, Junior Bursar 1748-50, Senior Fellow 1764, Vice Master from 1766; Proctor 1752; ordained deacon 2 Mar, priest 9 Mar 1739/40 (both Lincoln); Vicar of Over, Cambs., 1754; Vicar of Chesterton, Cambs., 1756; Rector of Fakenham, Norfolk, from 30 Aug 1770; succ. brother as 6th baronet 1783, but apparently never assumed the title; d. unm. 8 Nov 1789.

MEREDITH, JOSHUA PAUL, brother of Sir Moore Meredith, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) May 1727; in school list 1729; m. 1743 Susanna, only dau. of Barry Colles, Kilcollen, co. Kilkenny; d. 1787.

MEREDITH, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1718; in under school list 1720.

Meredith, Harry Rouse, son of Alfred John Rouse Meredith, of Whyteleafe, Surrey, by Sarah Florence, daughter of R. B. Evered, of Horley, Surrey; b. April 27, 1885; adm. Jan 19, 1899 (A); left July 1902; a timber merchant, firm, Meredith Bros., Belvedere Road, Lambeth; served in Great War I; temp. 2nd Lieut. Labour Corps Aug. 29, 1917; m. March 1917, Margaret Edith, daughter of Joseph Underhill, of Warlingham, Surrey; d. Sept. 22, 1958.

MEREDITH, EDWARD, son of Rev. Edward Meredith, Rector of Landulph, Cornwall, and Alice, fourth dau., of William Kekewich, Catchfrench, Cornwall; b. 1648; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1665, matr. 14 Jul 1665, aged 17, Westminster Student 19 Dec 1665 – void 1675; BA (Christ Church Act Book) 1669; MA (same) 1672; Secretary to Sir William Godolphin (qv) during his Embassy to Spain; a Roman Catholic convert; present at the conference between Tenison and Andrew Pulton 29 Sep 1687; went abroad after Revolution of 1688; living in Italy after 1700; joined Jesuit community in Rome, but prevented by ill-health from taking final vows; controversialist; author, Some Remarques upon a late popular piece of nonsense called Julian the Apostate, etc. 1682, and other works; d. in Italy c. 1715. DNB.

Mere, Robin Marie Marcus, son of Gerald Mere of St John's Wood and Daisy Leila, d. of Edward Marcus of St John's Wood; b. 21 Feb. 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (G); left July 1927; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1927, BA 1930, MA 1934; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1934; Paymaster Sub-Lieut RNVR Jan. 1933, Lieut. Jan. 1935, Lieut.-Cdr Jan. 1942, Cdr 1945; practised as solicitor in London; m. 22 June 1937 Margaret Edith, d. of Henry Stuart Connolly of Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire; d. 17 Jan. 1967.

Mercer, Vernon Henry, brother of Henry Philip Mercer (q.v.); b. Dec. 13, 1878; adm. April 28, 1892 (G); migrated up Ashburnham; left April 1895; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 10th Batt. Royal Warwicks Regt. Aug. 5, 1916.

Mercer, Samuel David, son of Nelson Samuel Mercer MD, of Omaha, USA, and Anna Mary, d. of James Mulholland of Ireland; b. 5 May 1920; adm. May 1934 (B); left July 1936; Worcester Coll. Oxf., matric. 1938; lived in Nebraska, USA; m. 14 Feb. 1943 Agnes Mason, d. of S. Emlen Randolph; d. 5 Feb. 2013.