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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, 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, ROGER, sixth son of Sir William Meredith, Bart., and his first wife Susanna, dau. of Francis Barker, London; b.; at school under Busby (Alum. Cant. ); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Feb 1656/7, matr. 1658; BA 1658; Fellow, Trinity Hall, Cambridge 3 Jan 1662; MA 1662; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 Feb 1656/7; Professor of Law, Gresham Coll., London 1673-87; Secretary to Sir William Temple 1674-80; FRS 6 Apr 1681; a Master in Chancery from 1688; m. 10 Dec 1687 (IGI) Anne, dau. of Sir Brocket Spencer, Bart.; d. 17 Feb 1700/1.

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, 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, SIR MOORE, BART., third son of Sir Richard Meredith, Bart., and Sarah, dau. of Jeffrey Paul, Bough, co. Carlow; b.; adm. May 1727; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1728; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1733, adm. pens. 31 May 1733, scholar 17 May 1734; BA 1736/7; MA 1740; BD 1761; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1739, Major Fellow 2 Jul 1740, Junior Bursar 1748-50, Senior Fellow 1764, Vice Master from 1766; Proctor 1752; ordained deacon 2 Mar, priest 9 Mar 1739/40 (both Lincoln); Vicar of Over, Cambs., 1754; Vicar of Chesterton, Cambs., 1756; Rector of Fakenham, Norfolk, from 30 Aug 1770; succ. brother as 6th baronet 1783, but apparently never assumed the title; d. unm. 8 Nov 1789.

MEREDITH, JOSHUA PAUL, brother of Sir Moore Meredith, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) May 1727; in school list 1729; m. 1743 Susanna, only dau. of Barry Colles, Kilcollen, co. Kilkenny; d. 1787.

MEREDITH, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1718; in under school list 1720.

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, 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.