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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.

MASON, CHRISTOPHER, son of Capt. Christopher Mason, Royal Navy, Greenwich, Kent, and Jane, dau. of Sir Robert Robinson, Kt. ; nephew of Robert Mason (qv); bapt. Greenwich 20 Feb 1689/90; at school under Knipe (J. E. B. Mayor and R. F. Scott, Admissions tyo St. John’s Coll. Camb. , I, 176); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Jun 1705, aged 15, matr. 1705; perhaps Christopher Mason who was Clerk to Surveyors of the Navy Feb 1707 – Jun 1714; m. 1733 Anne, dau. of Christopher Buckle, Burgh, Banstead, Surrey. [Russell Barker and Stenning record that he was “killed while boarding a French ship 1759”, but it is not obvious why he should had been doing this at the age of 70, and this death notice presumably relates to some other person]. [but note will of Christopher Mason, Greenwich, Kent, proved PCC 24 Jan 1759]

MASON, ---; b.; in school lists 1739, 1740.

MASKELYNE, WILLIAM, son of Edmund Maskelyne, Purton, Wilts., Clerk in Secretary of State’s Office, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Booth, Woodford, Cheshire; b. 6 Oct 1725; adm. Jan 1737/8; Min. Can. 1739; KS 1740; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1744, adm. pens. 24 May 1744, scholar 3 May 1745, matr. 1745; BA 1747/8; MA 1751; BD 1761; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1750, Major Fellow 31 Jul 1751, Occasional Tutor 1753; ordained deacon (Ely) 21 May 1758; Rector of Over, Cambs., from 1768; d. Mar 1772.

MASKELYNE, NEVIL, brother of William Maskelyne (qv); b. 5 Oct 1732; adm. Jan 1740/1; his interest in astronomy commenced while observing an eclipse of the sun when at the School in 1748; St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, adm. sizar 29 Nov 1749; migrated to Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, and thence to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Dec 1752, scholar 18 May 1753; 7th Wrangler 1754; BA 1754; BA 1757; BD 1768; MA 1777; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1756, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1757; ordained 1755; Curate, Barnet, Herts., 1755; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1763; Rector of Shrawardine, Shropshire 30 Jan 1775 – Aug 1782; Rector of North Runcton, Norfolk 1782; FRS 27 Apr 1758, Copley Medal 1775; Astronomer Royal from 26 Feb 1765; foreign member, Imperial Academy of Science, St. Petersburg 1776; member, Institut Français 1802; went on behalf of Royal Society to St. Helena in 1761 to observe the transit of Venus, and on the voyage conceived the idea of the Nautical Almanack; established Nautical Almanack 1766, superintending its publication for 45 years; some ninety thousand astronomical observations of his were published in 4 vols, 1776-1811; inventor of the prismatic micrometer (in part anticipated by the Abbé Rochon); m. 21 Aug 1784 Sophia, dau. of John Rose, Cotterstock, Northants; d. 9 Feb 1811. DNB.

MASKELYNE, EDMUND, brother of William Maskelyne (qv); bapt. 9 Aug 1728; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1737/8; KS 1742; still at school 1744; Writer, EICS Madras 1742 [check]; volunteered for military service with his brother-in-law, Lord Clive, and with him was made a prisoner of war at the capture of Madras by La Bourdonnais 1746; escaped to Fort St. David disguised as a native; again taken prisoner at Golconda 1751; Lieut., EICS Madras, by 1751; Capt., English Infantry, Madras 17 Feb 1751/2; returned to England 1759; m. 1st, 4 Feb 1762 Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Floyer, Ty-Gwyn, Llantilio Pertholey, Monmouthshire; m. 2nd, 1771 Katherine, widow of John Muscott, Ludlow, Shropshire, and dau. of John Greenly, Titley Court, Herefs.; d. 14 Sep 1775.