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MASQUERIER, LEWIS, eldest son of James Louis Masquerier, Coventry Street, Piccadilly, goldsmith, and Marie, widow of --- Goodinge, and sister of Paul Barbot (IGI); b. 28 Sep 1761; adm. 14 Nov 1774; EIC Maritime Service; 5th mate, Lord Mulgrave Indiaman 1780-1; travelled in Java, India (where he taught at a school in Calcutta, listed as schoolmaster there East India Calendar 1793), and Haiti; eventually settled in Paris, Kentucky, USA; m. at Bourbon, Kentucky 16 Jul 1798 (IGI) Sarah, dau. of Thomas Hicklin, Capt. in American Army during War of Independence; d. 1805.

MASON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1723/4; left 1724.

MASON, SAMUEL, son of Randal Mason, Yorkshire; b.; at school (aged 11) 2 Jul 1582 (Chapter Muniments 43050).

MASON, ROBERT, eldest son of Robert Mason LLD, Croom’s Hill, Greenwich, Kent, Master of Court of Requests, and Judith, dau. of Sir Christopher Buckle, Burgh, Surrey; b.; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1656; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1659, adm. pens. 10 May 1659, scholar 1659, martr. 1662; BA 1662/3; of East Greenwich, Kent; m.; d. 1666 (will of him or father proved PCC 5 Apr 1666).

MASON, NASH, son of John Mason, Maidstone, Kent, and Mary, dau. of John Calland; bapt. 5 Apr 1738; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1750/1 (Burges'); of Maidstone, Kent; d. unm. 21 Apr 1769.

Mason, John Lyall, son of Harold Lyall Mason DSO MC, stockbroker, of Crowborough, Sussex; b. 12 June 1921; adm. May 1935 (H); left Dec. 1938; RAFVR 1941-5 (Sqdn Ldr), DFCAug. 1943, Bar to DFC Nov. 1944; a merchant; m. 17 Nov. 1950 Kathleen Isabel, d. of W. C. Murray of St Peter Port, Guernsey; d. 1977

Mason, John Hier, son of Frank Mason, of Notting Hill, by Lucy Joan, daughter of James Jacob, of Abergavenny, Mon.; b. Oct. 4, 1892; adm. from Rossall School Jan. 16, 1908 (G); left July 1909; a fruit farmer at Penticton, British Columbia; joined Princess Patricia's Columbian Light Infantry as a private in Aug. 1914, and went with them to France in March 1915; was wounded in the trenches opposite St. Eloi the same month and invalided to England; 2nd Lieut. 13th Batt. London Regt. June 18, 1915; returned to the front and while acting as Trench Mortar Officer was badly wounded at the beginning of the Somme battle in July 1916.

MASON, EDWARD ERNEST; b. 23 Dec 1851; adm. 30 Mar 1865; left Oct 1868; attaché to Japanese Ambassador, London; in charge of a famine relief camp at Ranipett, Madras, India, early 1877; d. there of cholera 20 Jul 1877.

Mason, Edmund Russell, son of Rev. Edmund Robert Mason, Vicar of Luton, Beds., by Lilly Marian, eldest daughter of Ebenezer R. Williams, of Handsworth, Staffs; b. April 2, 1889; adm. as K.S. Sept. 25, 1902; left . July 1907; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1907; Capt. 6th (Serv.) Batt. York and Lancs Regt. Sept. 28, 1916; served in Great War I; M.C. Nov. 25, 1916; d. Bermuda 1947.