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MAY, ERNEST HORATIO, son of Rev. Edmund May, Vicar of Parwich, Derbs., and Mary Elizabeth, second dau. of Rev. James Hay Waugh, Rector of Corsley, Wilts.; b. 18 Mar 1851; adm. 11 Feb 1862 (James'), BB; QS 1866; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1870 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 2 Jun 1870; BA 1874; MA 1884; ordained deacon 1875, priest 1876 (both Bath & Wells); Curate, Portishead, Somerset 1875-7; Vicar of Edale, Derbs., 1877-80; Vicar of Parwich, Derbs., with Alsop-en-le-Dale, 1880-1903; Rector of Bartlow, Cambs., from 1903; m. 30 Jan 1878 Anne Elizabeth Charlotte Sherwill; d. 22 Jan 1918.

MAY, BARTHOLOMEW, son of Thomas May, Norton, Kent, and Mary, dau. of Lawrence Greenstreet, Teynham, Kent; b. ; at school under Osbaldeston (J. Peile, Biog. Reg. of Christ’s Coll. , i, 413); Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Jul 1631, aged 18, matr. Mich. 1631; of Rodmersham, Kent; m. 1st, 18 Mar 1632/3 Elizabeth, dau. of John Hill, Cambridge; m. 2nd, lic. 7 Apr 1646 Katherine, widow of Stephen Tomlyn, Sittingbourne, Kent, and dau. of William Terry; 3rd, Elizabeth, dau. of Joshua Pix, Milton, Kent; buried Rodmersham, Kent 10 Mar 1686/7.

MAY, ARTHUR, second son of Thomas May, Lisbon, wine merchant, and Margaret, dau. of Arthur Stert MP, Membland, Devon; b. 4 Apr 1727; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1738 (Preston's); d. 12 Apr 1739.

MAY, ---; b.; in school list 1795.

MAXWELL, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Maxwell, Carriden, Linlithgowshire, and Grizel, daughter of John Stewart MP, Castle Stewart, Wigtownshire; b. 3 Jan 1768; adm. 9 Sep 1782; left 1784; Edinburgh Univ. 1786; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 May 1787; MA 16 Jun 1791; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1787 [check]; of Carriden, Linlithgowshire (estate sold by him in 1814); MP Linlithgow Burghs 1807-12; m. 21 Mar 1799 Mary Charlotte, third dau. of Hon. Edward Bouverie MP, Delapre Abbey, Northants; buried 7 Sep 1833. [This identification of William Maxwell, adm. 1782, with William Maxwell of Carriden, first made in History of Parliament, House of Commons 1790-1820, is conjectural, but the OW of this name was certainly an individual of sufficient substance to serve as Steward of the Anniversary Dinner in 1797].

Maxwell, Malcolm Theodore, brother of Eric Frederic Mackenzie Maxwell (q.v.); b. Aug. 15, 1888; adm. from George Watson Institution as K.S. Sept. 26, 1901; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1907, matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1910; M.A. 1919; private secretary to Governor of Fiji 1913-4; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. (Spec. Res.) Aug. 7, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; served in France 1915-9; M.C. July 18, 1917; called to the bar at Lincolns Inn. June 28, 1922; d. 1935.

Maxwell, Luke Greenwood Finlay, son of L. G. Maxwell of Ealing; b. 8 May 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (H); left Apr. 1930; d. 21 Oct. 1969.

MAXWELL, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1725/6.

MAXWELL, SIR JOHN, BART., only son of Sir John Maxwell, Bart., MP, of Pollok, Renfrewshire, and Hannah Anne, dau. of Richard Gardiner, Aldeburgh, Suffolk; b. 12 May 1791; adm. Christmas 1806; left 1809; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1809; Edinburgh Univ. 1812; foreign tour 1813; MP (Whig) Renfrewshire 1818-30, Lanarkshire 1832-7; FRS 26 Feb 1829; succ. father as 8th Baronet 30 Jul 1844; DL Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire; m. 14 Oct 1839 Lady Matilda Harriet Bruce, second dau. of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine (S) (qv); d. 6 Jun 1865.

MAXWELL, JOHN, VISCOUNT MAXWELL, only son of Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham (I) PC (I) MP, and his first wife Henrietta, widow of William Howard, 3rd Earl of Stafford, and only dau. of Philip Cantillon, Paris, banker; b. Aug 1761; adm. 7 Nov 1775; left 1777; d. 7 Aug 1778.