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METTAYER, ANTHONY, brother of John Mettayer (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1730; KS 1736; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1740, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1740, scholar 10 Apr 1741; BA 1743/4; MA 1748; ordained deacon (Bristol) 1743; Curate, Stowmarket, Suffolk. [Note that although his father was Lewis Mettayer, Pall Mall, the name of his mother is not recorded, and he might in fact have been a half-brother of John Mettayer (qv)].

Methven, Malcolm David, son of David Methven, of Forest Row, Sussex, by Amy Johnson, daughter of William Walsham; b. May 12, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (R); left Dec. 1908; Caius Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Oct. 1, 1909); B.A. 1912; served in Great War I; Capt. wth Batt. London Regt. June 1, 1916; Lieut.Col. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; a company director; m. Dec. 16, 1918, Helen Marion, daughter of Robert Watson, of Toronto, Canada; d. 1962.

METGE, ---; b.; adm.; left 1806.

METCALFE, WILLIAM HENRY, only son of William Metcalfe, Mary Church, Devon, barrister, and Charlotte, second dau. of Morehouse Metcalfe, Gainsborough, Lincs.; b. 18 Apr 1838; adm. 10 Jun 1852; QS 1853; left 1854; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1856; BA 1860; MA 1863; ordained deacon 1861, priest 1862 (both Hereford); Curate, Whimple, Devon 1863-8, Withycombe Rawleigh, Devon 1868-9, Kentisbeare, Devon 1870-3, Honiton, Devon 1873-4; Vicar of Ottery St. Mary, Devon 1874-90; Vicar of Tipton, Devon 1890-3; m. 14 Jul 1869 Mary Minnie, second dau. of John Farrer Kensington, Charlton, Kent; d. 3 Feb 1900.

METCALFE, THOMAS; b.; adm. 6 Jun 1787.

METCALFE, PHILIP; b.; adm. 15 Jun 1785. [note will Philip Metcalfe, Hill Street, Berkeley Square, Middlesex, proved PCC 25 Sep 1818]

Metcalfe, Christopher Henry Frank, son of Frank Ernest Metcalfe, of Willesden; b. May 12, 1887; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (G); left July 1906; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1906; B.A. 1909; served in Great War I; Major 5th Batt. Beds. Regt. Jan. 30, 1917; mentioned in despatches; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917; m. Dec. 3, 1912, Mary Claire, eldest daughter of Duncan G. Kelly, of Brondesbury; d. 1961.

METCALFE, AUGUSTINE, elder surviving son of Philip Metcalfe, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Joan Uswell, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; bapt. 19 Apr 1637; at school (aged 15) 1655 (Chapter Muniments 43112); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Mar 1656/7; BA 17 Jan 1659/60; MA 1662; ordained priest (Chichester) 16 Feb 1663/4; Rector of Berwick, Sussex, from 8 Feb 1668/9; Prebendary of Chichester from 12 Oct 1669; d. 13 Jan 1672/3.