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, 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, 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, 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, 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).

MASSEY, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1554 (Chapter Muniments).

MASSINGBERD, THOMAS, eldest son of William Massingberd (formerly Meux), Gunby, Lincs., and his first wife Mary Thornborough; nephew of Thomas Meux (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Feb 1738/9 (Hutton's); left 1746; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 25 Jan 1747/8, aged 18, but did not matr.; Cornet, 1st Dragoons 3 Mar 1749/50; m. 23 Jan 1756 (IGI) Elizabeth, dau, of Alexander Emerson, Caistor, Lincs.; d. 1777.

Massingham, Harold John, son of Henry William Massingham, of Bloomsbury, by his first wife, Emma, daughter of Henry Snowdon, of Norwich; b. March 25, 1888; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 26, 1901 (H); left (with Triplett) July 1906; Queen's Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1906; writer and journalist; member of the Board of Trade Committee for Administering the Plumage Act (Prohibition of Imports) 1921; author of a number of well-known books on natural history and the English country scene of which The English Countryman (1942) was perhaps the most important: 'As various as Cobbett, with something of Cobbett's obstinacy but without his eccentricity. ' (The Times Aug. 25, 1952); m. 1st July 30, 1914, Speedwell Gertrude, daughter of Arthur Black, of London; 2nd 1933, Penelope Anne, daughter of Alexander Josiah Webbe, of Chelsea; d. Aug. 22, 1952.

MASTER, BENJAMIN, seventh son of Rev. William Master DD, Prebendary of Canterbury, and Mary ---; bapt. Canterbury Cathedral 28 Oct 1612 (sic); adm.; KS (aged 14) 1629; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1633, matr. 29 Nov 1633, Westminster Student to 1649; BA 1637; MA 1640. [Perhaps Benjamin Masters (sic) who was Rector of Grafton Flyford, Worcs., by 1650; perhaps Benjamin Master who was Master, Gloucester Cathedral School 1659-60].

MASTER, THOMAS, brother of Legh Master (qv); b. 3 Dec 1723; adm. Apr 1733; Min. Can. 1738; KS 1739; d. at school 14 Dec 1742. Buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey.