Medlicott, Andrew Wesley Howard, son of Sir Frank Medlicott CBE MP, solicitor, National Liberal and Conservative politician, subsequently Treasurer, Liberal Party, and Helen Elizabeth, d. of Rev. Walter Ticket Penny, Methodist minister, of Acton; b. 12 Mar. 1943; adm. Sept. 1956 (W); left July 1961; Trin. Hall Camb., matric. 1961, BA 1964, MA 1968; Nat. Savings Committee 1967-76; inspecting officer Public Record Office 1976-87, Principal Inspecting Officer 1987-97; chmn., Wagner Soc. 1976-84; c. p. 8 May 2010 Andrew Casey; d. 2 Apr. 2015.

MEDLEY, EDWARD, son of John Medley, St. John’s, Westminster, and Mary Fretwell (IGI); b. 9 Aug 1744; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1760; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1764, adm. pens. 20 Jun 1764, aged 19, scholar 3 May 1765, matr. 1765; of New Peter Street, Westminster; m. 2 Nov 1789 Maria Hyde, Newington; d. 29 Dec 1808. Buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

MEDCALFE, JONATHAN, son of Reginald Medcalfe, Hempstead, Essex; b.; adm.; KS (J. Peile, Biog. Reg. of Christ’s Coll., i, 401); Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Sep 1629, aged 16, matr. 1631; BA 1633/4.

Mears, Robert Peel, son of Thomas Lambert Mears, LL.D., of Regents Park, barrister-at-law, by Alice Catherine, eldest daughter of John Henry Westcar Peel (q.v.); b. Nov. 5, 1884; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (A); left July 1903; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1903; B.A. 1906; Assoc.M.Inst.C.E. Dec. 6, 1910; M.lnst.C.E. 1926; employed in India 1913-33; m. June 14, 1913, Lenore Vyvyan, daughter of the Rev. James Davidson, Vicar of St. Paul's, Portland Square, Bristol; d. Nov. 25, 1961.

MEARS, JAMES, brother of John Mears (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1736; KS 1740; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1743, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1743, scholar 20 Apr 1744, matr. 1743.

Meares, Devon, son of Capt. Aubrey Meares DSO RE, of Harrow, and Edna Clara Amethyst, d. of Capt. Edmund Wigley Burt RN, of Ryde, I. of Wight; b. 28 June 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (H); left July 1926; d. 8 Dec. 1926.

Meade, Thomas Wilson, son of James Edward Meade FBA, Prof. of Political Economy, Univ. of Camb., and Elizabeth Margaret Meade BA, social worker, d. of Alexander Cowan Wilson, engineer; b. 21 Jan. 1936; adm. Sept. 1949; (KS) Capt. of the Sch. 1953; left July 1954; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1954, BA 1958, MA BM BCh 1960; MRCP 1964; FFCM 1973, FRCP 1979; DM (Oxon. ) 1980; FRS 1996; physician, Medical Research Council 1960-2001; dir. MRC Epidemiol. and Med. Care Unit, Northwick Park Hosp. 1970-2001; Prof. of Epidemiology, Barts Hosp. Med. Coll. 1992-2001; Prof. Emeritus, Lond. Sch. of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 2001-16; Balzan Prize 1997; FMedSci 1998; Hon. DSc QMUL 2010; m. 23 June 1962 Helen Elizabeth Perks BSc, social worker; d. 24 Oct. 2022.

MEADE, CHRISTOPHER; b.; adm.; QS 1565-9 (Chapter Muniments 54006-18).

MEAD, ROBERT, son of Robert Mead, The Black Lion, Fleet Street, London, stationer; b. 1616; adm.; KS 1630; contributed some commendatory verses to the Poeticall Blossomes of Abraham Cowley (qv) 1633; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1634, matr. 1 Sep 1634, Westminster Student to expulsion by Parliamentary Visitors “upon statutable grounds” 1648 (Burrows, 329); BA 1638; MA 1641; MD 1646; Capt. in Royalist Army; distinguished himself at siege of Oxford and in assault on Abingdon; one of the Commissioners for negotiating the surrender of Oxford 17 May 1646; Agent for Charles II in Sweden 1649-51; his comedy, The Combat of Love and Friendship, written by him when an undergraduate, was acted at Christ Church but not published until 1654; d. 21 Feb 1652/3. DNB.

MEAD, ROBERT WILLIAM, son of Elisha Preston Mead MD MRCS LSA, Whitby, Yorks., and Catherine --- (IGI); b. 2 Jan 1858; adm. 12 Jun 1871 (G); QS 22 Jul 1872; left Dec 1874; MB CM Edinburgh 1879; MD 1882; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; MRCS 1880; surgeon with P. & O. Steamship Co.; practised at Whitby, Yorks.; m. 3 Jun 1890 Alice Mary, only dau. of George James Rigg, Buckhurst Hill, Essex; d. 15 Dec 1926.