MCDONNELL, SIR ALEXANDER, BART., eldest son of James McDonnell MD, Belfast, Ireland, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of J. Clarke, Belfast; b. 1794; adm. Mich. 1808; KS 1810; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1813, matr. 1 Jun 1813, Westminster Student, afterwards Faculty Student; Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1815, for Latin Essay 1819 and for English Essay 1820; Newdigate Prize for English Verse 1816; BA 1816; MA 1820; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 May 1817, called to bar 22 Nov 1824; Midland Circuit; gave up legal practice to become Chief Clerk in office of Chief Secretary for Ireland; Resident Commissioner, Board of Education (I), 1839-71; Privy Councillor (I) 1846; created baronet 20 Jan 1872; m. 1826 Barbara, widow of Richard Staples, and eldest dau. of Hugh Montgomery, Benvarden, co. Antrim; d. 21 Jan 1875. DNB.

McConnell, Williarn Edward, only son of William Robert McConnell, K.C., Chairman of the County of London Sessions, of Bloomsbury, by Minnie, eldest daughter of Edward Marshall; b. Nov. 18, 1888; adm. April 30, 1903 (A); left July 1906; Magd. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1911; served in Great War I; Capt. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; m. July 10, 1923, Rose Gertrude, only daughter of Harry Cecil Jones, of Dulwich; d. April 24, 1927.

McClure, Joseph Crosland, son of J. H. McClure, of East Molesey, Surrey; b. Sept. 18, 1871; adm. Jan. 22, 1885 (H); left March 1886.

McCleary, Fergus Hornersharn, son of George Frederick McCleary, M. D., of Hampstead, by Hilda, daughter of His Honour Homersham Cox, of Tonbridge, Kent, Judge of County Courts; b. March 29, 1902; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (A); left April 1919; 2nd Lieut. Manchester Regt. Sept. 1922; Lieut. Sept. 1924; R. W. African Frontier Force, Sierra Leone 1925-7; served in Sierra Leone successively as Asst. District Commr., District Commr. and Asst. Colonial Secretary and Clerk of Executive Council 1928-38; Lieut. R. A. O. C. Sept. 29, 1939; transferred to General List May 8, 1940; Lieut.-Col.; successively D. A. A. G., A. A. G. and A. A. & Q. M. G. 1st Army, North Africa 1942-3; A. M. G. 8th Army, Italy 1944; Allied Commission, Italy and Austria 1944-8; Senior Divisional Officer, British Admn., Eritrea, 1949-52; Clerk of the Eritrean Assembly since April 1952; m. 1st April 2, 1930, Brenda Marie, daughter of Frederick William Alsop, of Northampton; 2nd 1948, Anna Johanna Franzisca Hazelrieder, of Vienna.

McCheane, Peter James, son of Col. Montague William Hiley McCheane CMG CBE RA, of Shortlands, Kent, and Monica Beatrice Primrose, d. of Frederick Arthur Mills MD FRCS; b. 9 June 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (A); left July 1942; RASC 1943-7; branch man. Scaffolding (GB) Ltd. 1949-58, Norstel & Templewood Hawksley 1962-70; dir. Cedelton Ltd., import export co., 1970, man. dir. 1973-86; man. dir. Pembstone Ltd. 1979-; m. 31 Mar. 1956 Patricia Ann, d. of George Stinchcombe, building co. dir.; d. 28 Aug. 1999.

McCaw, Norman Wall, son of Daniel McCaw, co. director, of Teddington, Middx, and Marian Adelaide Florence, d. of William E. Wall of Powick, Worcs; b. 9July 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (A); left July 1930; TD 1945; a chartered accountant, ACA 1946, FCA 1949; won Queen's Prize Bisley 1953, 2nd 1954, 3rd 1958; winner Grand Aggregate 1961; captained British Rifle Team New Zealand and Australia 1958, West Indies 1970 and 1973, S. Africa 1971; OBE 1976; m. 3 Oct. 1946 Patricia Mary Wren; d. 22 July 1995.

McCausland, Hugh Vereker, son of Lieut.-Col. Arthur Kennedy McCausland, of South Kensington; b. Feb. 24, 1903; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (A); left July 1918; author of The English Carriage 1948, Old Sporting 1949, Snuff and Snuff-Boxes 1951, and of numerous articles on 18th and 19th century British Art, the history of road travel and horses; an adjudicator at principal agricultural and horse shows of horse and driving events; m. Bridget Mary June, elder daughter of the Rev. H.E. St. John Macdonald, M.A., of Hurstmonceaux, Sussex.

McCaskie, Norman James, son of Norman McCaskie, M. D., of Kensington, by Janet. daughter of James Bertram, of Edinburgh; b. Feb. 17, 1875; adm. Sept. 16, 1886 (H); left (with Triplett) July 1893; Caius Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Oct. 2, 1893); B.A. 1896; M.A. and M.B. 1900; M. D. 1904; St. George's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1899; practised in London; Surgeon Croix Rouge Anglo-Française 1915; served in Great War I; Lieut. R.A.M.C.; m. April 28, 1904, Mary Louise, daughter of Lieut.-Col. William Thorburn, of Peebles; d. April 19, 1944.

McCaskie, Harry Bertram, brother of Norman James McCaskie (q.v.); b. Nov. 13, 1877; adm. May 2, 1889 (H); exhibitioner 1890; left (with Triplett) July 1896; Caius Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Oct. 1, 1896); B.A. 1899; M.A. 1904; M.B. 1903; M. D. 1909; St. George's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1903; practised in London; temp. Lieut. R.A.M.C. Aug. 7, 1916; Capt. Aug. 7, 1917; served in the Mediterranean and East Africa Aug. 1916 - Aug. 1917, and in Waziristan May 1919; d. Sept. 1963.