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MAY, WILLIAM VASSALL, son of Rose Herring May, Spanish Town, Jamaica, member of council, Jamaica, and Mary Trelawny, dau. of John Wigan (qv); nephew of Florentius May (qv); b.; adm. 12 Jun 1770; KS (aged 13) 1775; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1779, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1779, but did not matr.; adm. Inner Temple 20 Feb 1777; Ensign, 94th Foot 26 Dec 1781; half-pay, 60th Foot 1783; d. 6 Dec 1811.

MAY, THOMAS; b. 13 Jun 1804; adm. 2 Jul 1817. [Evidently brother or close kin to Henry May (qv), adm. same day].

May, Thomas George, fourth son of Henry May, of Thorpe, Surrey, by Emma, daughter of Robert Langdon, of Dulwich, Surrey; b. April 19, 1891; adm. May 4, 1906 (H); migrated up Rigaud's; left July 1909; a tea and rubber planter in Ceylon; enlisted in the Ceylon contingent Sept. 1914; served in Egypt and Gallipoli; went to France 1916, returned to England and was appointed temp. 2nd Lieut. M. G. C. Oct. 25, 1916; went out again to France Feb. 1, 1917; killed in action near Ypres, Flanders, Aug. 6, 1917; unm.

MAY, ROSE, brother of William Vassall May (qv); b.; adm. 15 Jan 1777.

May, Sir Robert Cyril, brother of Reginald William May (q.v.); b. June 12, 1897; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (H); left July 1915; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. Sept. 20, 1915; acting Major March 19, 1917, Lieut. July 1, 1917; in command of 139th Siege Battery in France Oct. 1916 - March 1919; M.C. June 3, 1918; Guy's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1925; Surgeon-Lieut. R. N. Nov. 11, 1925; Surgeon Lieut.-Cdr. Nov. 11, 1931; Surgeon Cdr. Nov. 11, 1937; Surgeon Capt. June 30, 1946; Acting Surgeon Rear-Admiral and Fleet Medical Officer, Mediterranean, April 27, 1953; Surgeon Vice-Admiral and Medical Director General of the Navy April 30, 1919; Guy's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1925; Surgeon-Lieut. R.N. Nov. 11, 1925; M.C. June 3, 1918; Surgeon Lieut.-Cdr. Nov. 11, 1931; Surgn. Cdr. Nov. 11, 1937; Surgn. Capt. June 30, 1946; Acting Surgn. Rear-Admiral and Fleet Medical Officer, Mediterranean, April 27, 1953; Surgn. Vice-Admiral and Medical Director General of the Navy April 30, 1956; Hon. Surgeon to the Queen; O.B.E. 1942; C. B. 1956; K.B.E. 1958; F.R.C.S. 1957; m. May 11, 1925, Mary, daughter of Patrick James Robertson, of Cupar, Fife; d. 17 Sept. 1979.

May, Reginald William, son of Robert May, of Westminster, by Clara Knight, of London; b. Aug. 24, 1893; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (H); left July 1911; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. Nov. 1915; L.D.S. 1922; in practice at Muswell Hill.

May, Paul, son of William Charles May, estate agent and surveyor, of Hampstead, and Katharine Edith May OBE, sister of Henry Edward Robson Roose (qv); b. 12 July 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (H), KS Sept. 1922; left 1926; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1926, BA 1930 (1st class hons Litt. Hum.), MA 1950; United Africa Co., Gold Coast, 1930-2; buyer John Lewis Partnership 1932-40; Min. of Aircraft Production 1940-5 (dep. Dir. of Materials Production 1945); John Lewis Partnership 1945, financial adviser and dir. 1950, dir. of trading 1956, dep. chairman 1955-70, retd Jan. 1970; CBE Jan. 1970; m. 1st 26 Aug. 1933 Dorothy Ida, sister of Charles Sabel Makower (qv); 2nd 25 Jan. 1969 Frances Maud Douglas, d. of George Herbert Tarver, civil engineer, of Darlington, Co. Durham; d. 19 Feb. 1996.

May, Paul Robert Buchan, son of James May, of Brondesbury Park, London, by Gertrude Emeline, daughter of Sydney Broad, of Falmouth; b. May 19, 1905; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (H); non-resident K.S. 1920; Mure Scholar 1923; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1923, matric. Oct. 1923; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1925; B.A. 1927; entered the Indian Civil Service as asst. commissioner, Punjab, Oct. 1928; district and sessions judge Oct. 1932; d. at Lahore June 20, 1952; m.

MAY, JOSEPH, brother of Arthur May (qv); b. 16 Feb 1729/30; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1738 (Preston's); left 1745; a wine merchant at Lisbon; returned to England 1775; of Hale House, Hampshire; m. 18 Jul 1764 Mary, dau. of John Coppendale, Lisbon, wine merchant; d. 31 Oct 1796.

MAY, JOHN; b.; adm. 12 Jun 1770; in school lists 1775. [Evidently brother or close kin to William Vassall May (qv), adm. same day].