MEREWETHER, ALWORTH, brother of Edward Christopher Merewether (qv); b. 1 Oct 1826; adm. 10 Jul 1837; QS 1841; cox in races against Eton 26 Jul 1842, 1 Aug 1843; left Easter 1845; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1845; Ensign, 61st Native Infantry 8 Mar 1846; Lieut., 18 May 1853; Brevet Capt., 16 Jun 1860; d. at Mussoorie, Upper Bengal 9 May 1861.

MEREWETHER, SIR WILLIAM LOCKYER, brother of Edward Christopher Merewether (qv); b. 6 Feb 1825; adm. from King’s Coll. Sch. 30 Sep 1834; QS 1838; left 1840; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1841; Ensign, 21st Native Infantry 26 Sep 1841; Lieut., 4 Apr 1843; attached Scinde Irregular Horse 1 Mar 1846; served Scinde campaign 1843, Sikh war 1848-9; Lieut., 3rd Bombay European Regt., 15 Nov 1853; Capt., 23 Nov 1856; Brevet Maj., 28 Nov 1856; Col. commandant, Scinde Irregular Horse 22 Feb 1859; CB 18 May 1860; Maj., Bombay Staff Corps 18 Mar 1861; Military Secretary, Government of Bombay 1861; Political Resident, Aden 1865; commanded reconnoitring force in Abyssinian campaign 1867; Chief Commissioner, Scinde Jun 1867; KCSI 24 Aug 1868; returned to England 1876; member, Council of India, from 1 Nov 1877; m. 15 Sep 1853 Harriet, youngest dau. of John Dale, Coleshill, Warwicks.; d. 4 Oct 1880. DNB.

Merivale, Walter Herman Hodgson, son of Herman Walter Merivale, engineer, of Ealing, and Johanna, d. of John Alexander Hodgson OBE; b. 30 Aug. 1917; adm. Sept. 1931 (H); left July 1934; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1939, MB 1940, MRCP 1942, FRCP 1964; RAMC in WW2 (Maj.), later Capt. RARO; Dir. Dept. of Clinical Pathology Guy's Hosp.; hon. visiting pathologist Johns Hopkins Hosp. Baltimore, USA; consult. bacteriologist to Worship­ful Company of Fishmongers; m. 3 Feb. 1954 Josephine Pascoe, d. of Geoffrey Pascoe Vaughan Morgan of Kensington; d. 10 Feb. 1971.

MERRILL, GEORGE, brother of John Merrill (qv); bapt. Magdalen Laver 25 Jul 1670 (IGI); adm.; KS 1687; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1690, matr. 12 Jul 1690, aged 18, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1690 – void 1694.

MERRILL, JOHN, son of Rev. Joseph Merrill, Rector of Magdalen Laver, Essex, and Frances --- (IGI); bapt. Magdalen Laver 7 Jul 1668 (IGI, sic); adm.; KS 1686; buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey 28 Oct 1687.

Merson, Christopher Browse, son of Frank Merson, barrister and admin. civil servant, and Dorothy, d. of Frederick John Browse of Bishop’s Hatfield, Herts; b. 9 Feb. 1931; adm. Sept. 1945 (R); left July 1948; a cost accountant; chief accountant Globe Elastic Thread Co. Ltd. 1964-82; Open Univ., BA 1978; FAI 1980; trustee Coldharbour Mill Working Wool Museum, Tiverton, Devon; m. 11 Apr. 1959 Dianne Patricia, d. of George Ketley of Hull, Yorks; d. 28 May 1996.

MERYETT, JOHN, son of John Meryett, Hampstead, Middlesex; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1728/9; KS 1731; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1736, adm. pens. 24 Jun 1736, scholar 6 May 1737, matr. 1737; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1742, Major Fellow 8 Jul 1743; BA 1739/40; MA 1743; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 2 Mar 1739/40, priest (Chester) 23 Feb 1755; Curate, Staunton, Notts., 4 Oct 1740; Vicar of Sedbergh, Yorks., from 1755; d. 1764.

MERYON, JOHN EDWARD, son of Edward Meryon MD FRCP MRCS, Clarges Street, Piccadilly, London; b. 28 Nov 1851; adm. 23 Jan 1862 (G); left Christmas 1863; Cadet, Royal Navy Dec 1863; Sub-Lieut., 28 Nov 1870; Lieut., 8 Oct 1874; Cdr., 30 Jun 1885; Capt., 30 Jun 1892; retd. 1 Dec 1897; m. 7 Oct 1879 Isabella Charlotte, eldest dau. of Thomas Chalmers, Longcroft, Stirlingshire; d. 2 Aug 1898.

Messinesi, Miltiades Leon, son of Leon Miltiades Messinesi, of Notting Hill, London, by Susana, daughter of Xenophon Stavrupulo, of Aighion, Pelopenessus, Greece; b. Feb. 20, 1895; adm. Jan. 20, 1910 (R); left Easter 1912; a director of M. L. Messinesi & Co., Athens; d.

Messinesi, Xenophon Leon, brother of Miltiades Leon Messinesi (q.v.); b. May 14, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (R); left July 1915; London Univ.; B.Sc. (Econ.) 1924; a director of Medical Trading Corporation Ltd., London; m. July 11, 1934, Elizabeth Frances Aslett, daughter of Francis Aslett Wray, of Rosslyn Hill, barrister-at-law; d.