Mere, Robin Marie Marcus, son of Gerald Mere of St John's Wood and Daisy Leila, d. of Edward Marcus of St John's Wood; b. 21 Feb. 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (G); left July 1927; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1927, BA 1930, MA 1934; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1934; Paymaster Sub-Lieut RNVR Jan. 1933, Lieut. Jan. 1935, Lieut.-Cdr Jan. 1942, Cdr 1945; practised as solicitor in London; m. 22 June 1937 Margaret Edith, d. of Henry Stuart Connolly of Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire; d. 17 Jan. 1967.

MEREDITH, EDWARD, son of Rev. Edward Meredith, Rector of Landulph, Cornwall, and Alice, fourth dau., of William Kekewich, Catchfrench, Cornwall; b. 1648; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1665, matr. 14 Jul 1665, aged 17, Westminster Student 19 Dec 1665 – void 1675; BA (Christ Church Act Book) 1669; MA (same) 1672; Secretary to Sir William Godolphin (qv) during his Embassy to Spain; a Roman Catholic convert; present at the conference between Tenison and Andrew Pulton 29 Sep 1687; went abroad after Revolution of 1688; living in Italy after 1700; joined Jesuit community in Rome, but prevented by ill-health from taking final vows; controversialist; author, Some Remarques upon a late popular piece of nonsense called Julian the Apostate, etc. 1682, and other works; d. in Italy c. 1715. DNB.

Meredith, Harry Rouse, son of Alfred John Rouse Meredith, of Whyteleafe, Surrey, by Sarah Florence, daughter of R. B. Evered, of Horley, Surrey; b. April 27, 1885; adm. Jan 19, 1899 (A); left July 1902; a timber merchant, firm, Meredith Bros., Belvedere Road, Lambeth; served in Great War I; temp. 2nd Lieut. Labour Corps Aug. 29, 1917; m. March 1917, Margaret Edith, daughter of Joseph Underhill, of Warlingham, Surrey; d. Sept. 22, 1958.

Meredith, Oswald Keiller, son of Edward W. Meredith, of Putney; b. May 23, 1887; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (A); left Dec. 1903; d. from the effects of an accident circ. 1916.

MEREDITH, RICHARD, son of Edward Meredith, Stanton (perhaps Stansty, parish of Wrexham), Denbighshire; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1612, adm. scholar 1613, matr. Mich. 1612; BA 1616/7; MA 1620; BD 1627; DD 1634; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1618 – ejected 8 Apr 1644, Senior Bursar 1638-42, Senior Dean 1642-4; ordained; Rector of Farthingstone, Northants 9 Nov 1627-9; Rector of Wappenham, Northants 28 Jul 1632 -–res 1639/40; Rector of Fakenham, Norfolk, from 1640; Rector of Hellesdon, Norfolk, from 1650; d. 5 Dec 1655.

MEREDITH, THEOPHILUS, brother of Sir William Meredith, Bart. (qv); bapt. 4 Aug 1730; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1743/4 (Watts'); left 1747; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Jun 1747, Canoneer Student 1 Jul 1747 – void 7 Jan 1752; migr. to St. Edmund’s Hall, Oxford; BA 1761; MA 1762; adm. Inner Temple 29 Oct 1748; ordained; Vicar of Linton, Herefs., from 21 Sep 1769; Rector of Ross on Wye, Herefs., from 27 Sep 1771; Prebendary of Hereford from 27 Sep 1771; m. 27 Oct 1772 Dyonisia, second dau. of John Walker, Lyneham, Wilts.; d. 16 Sep 1775.

MEREDITH, WILLIAM MAXSE, son of George Meredith OM, Flint Cottage, Boxhill, Surrey, novelist and poet, and his second wife Marie, dau. of Justin Vulliamy, Mickleham, Surrey; b. 26 Jul 1865; adm. 26 Jan 1881 (G); left May 1882; spent his early years in engineering works; AMICE 5 May 1891; director, Constable & Co., publishers; President, Publishers’ Association 1917-9, 1927; edited The Letters of George Meredith, 1912; Ordre de la Couronne, Belgium; m. 4 Oct 1892 Margaret, dau. of Ralph Elliot, Leith Hill, Surrey; d. 1 Feb 1937.

MEREDITH, SIR WILLIAM, BART., second son of Amos Meredith, Chester, Cheshire, and Joanna, dau. of Thomas Cholmondeley, Vale Royal, Cheshire; bapt. St. John the Baptist, Chester 10 Mar 1724 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Oct 1738 (Playford's); left 1742; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Mar 1742/3; DCL 14 Apr 1749 (incorp. LLD Cambridge 1758); succ. grandfather as 3rd baronet Jan 1752; of Henbury, Cheshire; MP Wigan 1754-61, Liverpool 1761-80; Lord of the Admiralty Aug 1765 – Nov 1766; Comptroller of the Household Mar 1774 – Dec 1777, resigning on grounds of his opposition to the American war; Privy Councillor 9 Mar 1774; a prominent member of the House of Commons; author, Historical Remarks on the Taxation of Free States, 1778, and other pamphlets; d. unm. at Lyon, France 2 Jan 1790. DNB.

MEREDYTH, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1568-9 (Chapter Muniments 54017-8, 54020). [Probably Daniel Meredyth, third son of Meredith Thomas, Bailiff of Brecon; a letter from his father to his eldest son Thomas, Secretary to Dean Goodman 1563-76, states that he would like Daniel “to be of the number of the scollers at Westmr” (Chapter Muniments)]

MEREDYTH, THOMAS, son of Thomas Meredyth, Dublin, merchant; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1747/8; KS 1750; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1754, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1754, aged 17, but did not matr.; migr. to Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 20 Dec 1754; d. 1756.