MARTYN, CHARLES FULLER, son of Rev. Charles Martyn, Charleston, South Carolina, North America, and Sarah, dau. of William Fuller; b. 11 Nov 1758; adm. 6 Nov 1770; KS 1772; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 May 1780; adm. Inner Temple year 1774-5, called to bar 1785; went out to India, arriving Sep 1785; advocate, Supreme Court, Calcutta 2 Nov 1786; Sheriff, Calcutta 1790; JP Calcutta 10 Feb 1794; still listed as of Calcutta in East India Register 1816; m. [will of Charles Fuller Martyn, Albany, Piccadilly, proved PCC 10 Mar 1823]

MARTYN, RICHARD, son of Edward Martyn, Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1648; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1652, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1652, scholar 1652.

MARTYN, THOMAS, son of Thomas Martyn, Essex; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1650; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1654, matr. 10 Nov 1654; BA 4 Feb 1657/8; MA 1660 (incorp. Cambridge 1664); BD 1669; ordained; probably the Thomas Martin who was appointed Head Master, Harrow Sch., 1668, but was not a success and was removed within six months; Vicar of Stanwell, Middlesex 1671-3, when the living was sequestrated on account of his insanity; d. 1674.

MARTYN, WILLIAM, son of William Martyn, Exeter, Devon, and Theodosia Smythe, Theddlethorpe, Lincs.; bapt. 25 Dec 1690; adm.; QS 1704; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1708, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1708, aged 17, scholar 13 May 1709, matr. 1708; adm. Inner Temple 13 Dec 1709; migrated to Lincoln’s Inn 11 Nov 1719, called to bar 6 Nov 1722; m. 21 Jun 1719 Dorothy ---; buried Exeter 31 Oct 1737.

Martyr, James Brian Evans, son of James French Martyr, of Surbiton, Surrey, by Florence Jane Taylor, daughter of Dr. Townson-Ashburner, of Kirkby-in-Furness, Lancs; b. May 14, 1897; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (A); left Dec. 1913; R.M.C. Sandhurst 1914; 2nd Lieut. South Lancs Regt. Dec. 22, 1915; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1917; served in Mesopotamia in Great War I; Ad­ministrative Commandant, Persia; Capt. Jan. 21, 1926; retired Oct. 13, 1937; re-employed in R.A. in Great War II; Staff Col. A.M.G.O.T. Cairo; O.B.E.; m. May 31, 1927; Katherine Edith Lee, daughter of Lieut.-Col. Letterstedt Frederick Childe, M.B., I.M.S.; d. about 1960.

Martyr, Paul Alan Ashburner, brother of James Brian Evans Martyr (q.v.); b. April 17, 1902; adm. May 2, 1917 (A); left July 1920; an engineer; served in Great War II in a Military Ordnance Works; d.

Marzetti, Neville, son of Arthur Marzetti, of Surbiton, Surrey, a member of the London Stock Exchange; b. Feb. 5, 1893; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (R); left Dec. 1910; enlisted in 28th Batt. London Regt. and served in Great War I; d. 1990.

Masefield, Sir Peter Gordon, son of William Gordon Masefield CBE MRCS LRCP JP, of Brentwood, Essex, and Marian Ada, d. of Edmund Lloyd-Owen, civil engineer, of Brisbane, Australia; b. 19 Mar. 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (R); left Dec. 1928 because of ill-health and went to Chillon Coll., Switzerland; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. 1932, BA 1935, MA 1939; an aeronauti­cal engineer, CEng GIMechE; Fairey Aviation Co. 1935-7; tech. editor The Aeroplane 1938-43; air correspondent Sunday Times 1940-3; war correspondent RAF and US Army 8th Air Force 1941-43; sec. War Cabinet Committee on Air Transport 1943-5; Civil Air Attaché Brit. Embassy Washington 1945-7; Dir.-Gen. Long-term Planning Min. of Civil Aviation 1946-9; chief exec. BEA 1949-55; man. dir. Bristol Aircraft Ltd 1955-60; dir. Pressed Steel Co. 1960-4; chairman BAA 1965-71; dep. chairman Brit. Caledonian Airways 1971-87; dir. Nationwide Building Society 1971-84; FCIT; hon. FRAeS, Pres. 1959-60; FRSA 1961, Vice-Pres. 1979-; Kt Jan. 1972; chairman Lond. Transport 1980-2, dir. Lond. Transport International 1981-; author of To Ride the Storm (the story of airship RIOI) 1982; m. 9 May 1936 Patricia Doreen, d. of Percy Harold Rooney of Wallington, Surrey; d. 14 Feb. 2006.

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.

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.