MERITON, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1736. [note will Henry Meriton, Chelsea, Middlesex, proved PCC 19 Apr 1757]
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.
MEREWETHER, EDWARD CHRISTOPHER, fifth son of Henry Alworth Merewether KC DCL, Castlefield, near Calne, Wilts, Serjeant at Law and Town Clerk of London, and Eliza Maria, dau. of Thomas Lockyer, Wembury House, Devon; b. 20 Feb 1820; at Charterhouse Sch. 1831-2; adm. 15 Jan 1834; Min. Can. 1835; left Dec 1837; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jun 1838; emigrated to Australia 1841; ADC to successive Governors of New South Wales 1841-6; Colonial Secretary, Port Curtis colony 1846-7; a Commissioner of Crown Lands, New South Wales 1847-54, 1856-7; General Superintendent, Australian Agricultural Co. 1861 – 31 Dec 1875; living in Sydney, New South Wales, from 1876; m. 1860 Augusta Maria, dau. of James Mitchell LRCS (Ed), Surgeon, Colonial Medical Dept., and Physician, Sydney Hospital; d. at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 30 Oct 1893.
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.
MEREST, JOHN, brother of Charles Merest (qv); b. 3 Jun 1734; adm. May 1743; left 1751.
MEREST, JAMES, brother of Charles Merest (qv); b. 15 Jul 1750; adm.; left 1764; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 May 1775; ordained deacon 20 May 1777, priest 14 Sep 1777 (both Winchester); Curate, Chertsey, Surrey 1777; Vicar of Wroughton, Wilts. (by 1783); Rector of Brandon Ferry and Wortham, Suffolk (by 1783); m. (by 1782) Sarah ---; d. 31 Mar 1827.
MEREST, CHARLES, eldest son of James Merest, Clerk Assistant, House of Lords, and his second wife Jane, sixth dau. of Charles Battely, Secondary in Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer’s Office, and Receiver-Gen., Westminster Abbey; b. 28 Apr 1729; adm. Jan 1740/1; ordained deacon (Durham, lit. dim. from Winchester) 18 Mar 1753; Vicar of Chertsey, Surrey, from 1758; m. 27 Jul 1754 Elizabeth Wilkin, Mildenhall, Suffolk; d. 26 Nov 1786.
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.
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)]
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.