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GB-2014-WSA-12105 · Person · 1902-?

McCleary, Fergus Hornersharn, son of George Frederick McCleary, M. D., of Hampstead, by Hilda, daughter of His Honour Homersham Cox, of Tonbridge, Kent, Judge of County Courts; b. March 29, 1902; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (A); left April 1919; 2nd Lieut. Manchester Regt. Sept. 1922; Lieut. Sept. 1924; R. W. African Frontier Force, Sierra Leone 1925-7; served in Sierra Leone successively as Asst. District Commr., District Commr. and Asst. Colonial Secretary and Clerk of Executive Council 1928-38; Lieut. R. A. O. C. Sept. 29, 1939; transferred to General List May 8, 1940; Lieut.-Col.; successively D. A. A. G., A. A. G. and A. A. & Q. M. G. 1st Army, North Africa 1942-3; A. M. G. 8th Army, Italy 1944; Allied Commission, Italy and Austria 1944-8; Senior Divisional Officer, British Admn., Eritrea, 1949-52; Clerk of the Eritrean Assembly since April 1952; m. 1st April 2, 1930, Brenda Marie, daughter of Frederick William Alsop, of Northampton; 2nd 1948, Anna Johanna Franzisca Hazelrieder, of Vienna.

Mcclean, Frank, 1837-1904
GB-2014-WSA-12104 · Person · 1837-1904

MCCLEAN, FRANK, only son of John Robinson McClean MP MICE FRS, Great Queen Street, Westminster, Pres. Institution of Civil Engineers, and Anna, dau. of William Newsam; b. 13 Nov 1837; adm. 18 Jan 1850; Glasgow Univ. 1853; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1855, scholar 1858; 27th Wrangler 1859; BA 1859; MA 1863; apprenticed to Sir John Hawkshaw, civil engineer 1859; partner in father’s firm McClean and Stileman, civil engineers 1862-70; MICE; retired from business and applied himself to the study of astronomy; Gold Medallist, Royal Astronomical Society 1899; founded three Isaac Newton scholarships in Astronomy and Physical Optics at Cambridge Univ. 1890; presented the Victoria telescope to the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope 1894; collector of illuminated manuscripts, early printed books and coins; hon. LLD Glasgow 1894; FRAS 1877, Council from 1891; FRS 13 Jun 1895; m. 24 May 1865 Ellen, youngest dau. of John Greg, Escowbeck, Lancaster; d. at Brussels 8 Nov 1904. DNB.

GB-2014-WSA-12103 · Person · 1925-1999

McCheane, Peter James, son of Col. Montague William Hiley McCheane CMG CBE RA, of Shortlands, Kent, and Monica Beatrice Primrose, d. of Frederick Arthur Mills MD FRCS; b. 9 June 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (A); left July 1942; RASC 1943-7; branch man. Scaffolding (GB) Ltd. 1949-58, Norstel & Templewood Hawksley 1962-70; dir. Cedelton Ltd., import export co., 1970, man. dir. 1973-86; man. dir. Pembstone Ltd. 1979-; m. 31 Mar. 1956 Patricia Ann, d. of George Stinchcombe, building co. dir.; d. 28 Aug. 1999.

GB-2014-WSA-12102 · Person · 1912-1995

McCaw, Norman Wall, son of Daniel McCaw, co. director, of Teddington, Middx, and Marian Adelaide Florence, d. of William E. Wall of Powick, Worcs; b. 9July 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (A); left July 1930; TD 1945; a chartered accountant, ACA 1946, FCA 1949; won Queen's Prize Bisley 1953, 2nd 1954, 3rd 1958; winner Grand Aggregate 1961; captained British Rifle Team New Zealand and Australia 1958, West Indies 1970 and 1973, S. Africa 1971; OBE 1976; m. 3 Oct. 1946 Patricia Mary Wren; d. 22 July 1995.

GB-2014-WSA-12101 · Person · 1903-?

McCausland, Hugh Vereker, son of Lieut.-Col. Arthur Kennedy McCausland, of South Kensington; b. Feb. 24, 1903; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (A); left July 1918; author of The English Carriage 1948, Old Sporting 1949, Snuff and Snuff-Boxes 1951, and of numerous articles on 18th and 19th century British Art, the history of road travel and horses; an adjudicator at principal agricultural and horse shows of horse and driving events; m. Bridget Mary June, elder daughter of the Rev. H.E. St. John Macdonald, M.A., of Hurstmonceaux, Sussex.

GB-2014-WSA-12100 · Person · 1875-1944

McCaskie, Norman James, son of Norman McCaskie, M. D., of Kensington, by Janet. daughter of James Bertram, of Edinburgh; b. Feb. 17, 1875; adm. Sept. 16, 1886 (H); left (with Triplett) July 1893; Caius Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Oct. 2, 1893); B.A. 1896; M.A. and M.B. 1900; M. D. 1904; St. George's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1899; practised in London; Surgeon Croix Rouge Anglo-Française 1915; served in Great War I; Lieut. R.A.M.C.; m. April 28, 1904, Mary Louise, daughter of Lieut.-Col. William Thorburn, of Peebles; d. April 19, 1944.

GB-2014-WSA-12099 · Person · 1877-1963

McCaskie, Harry Bertram, brother of Norman James McCaskie (q.v.); b. Nov. 13, 1877; adm. May 2, 1889 (H); exhibitioner 1890; left (with Triplett) July 1896; Caius Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Oct. 1, 1896); B.A. 1899; M.A. 1904; M.B. 1903; M. D. 1909; St. George's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1903; practised in London; temp. Lieut. R.A.M.C. Aug. 7, 1916; Capt. Aug. 7, 1917; served in the Mediterranean and East Africa Aug. 1916 - Aug. 1917, and in Waziristan May 1919; d. Sept. 1963.

GB-2014-WSA-12098 · Person · 1891-?

McCarthy, Pelling Hotharn, son of Edward T. McCarthy, of Holland Park, London; b. March 30, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905; left July 1907; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1909.

GB-2014-WSA-12097 · Person · 1867-1937

MCCANCE, HENRY MOUTRAY JONES, youngest son of James Law McCance, Kingstown, co. Dublin, Resident Magistrate of Newry, and Jeanette, eldest dau. of Frederic William Macaulay, Belfast; b. 11 Mar 1867; adm. 22 Sep 1881 (G); left Aug 1883; 2nd Lieut., 1st bn . Royal Scots 8 May 1888; Lieut., 13 Sep 1891; retd. 1894; Capt., Reserve of Officers 2 May 1900-2; attached to General Staff, War Office 1914-9; Military Intelligence Directorate; OBE 3 Jun 1919; served Zululand 1888; author, Regimental Records of the Royal Scots, 1st or Royal Regiment of Foot, 1916; m. 1st, 8 Feb 1893 Jean Isabella Erskine, elder dau. of Joseph Bell MD FRCS (Ed), Melville Crescent, Edinburgh; m. 2nd, 1 Dec 1924 Amy, younger dau. of Rev. Richard Bower, Canon of Carlisle; d. 26 Aug 1937.

GB-2014-WSA-12096 · Person · 1932-1981

McCallum, William John, son of John McCallum MB ChB, of Lee, Kent, and Nancy Edith, d. of William Parry Jackson; b. 4 Oct. 1932; adm. May 1946 (A); left July 1951; a chartered accountant, ACA 1958, FCA; ATII; practised in London; m. 4 Oct. 1958 Erica Margaret Elizabeth, d. of Charles Arthur McKay of Eastbourne, Sussex; d. after a road accident 26 Nov. 1981.