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Mayhew, Henry, 1812-1887
GB-2014-WSA-00990 · Person · 1812-1887

MAYHEW, HENRY, brother of Thomas Charles Wilson Mayhew (qv); b. 25 Nov 1812; adm. 14 Jan 1822; Min. Can. 1826; ran away from School during the Challenges, in which he had greatly distinguished himself (Forshall, Westminster School Past and Present, 1884, 329-30); articled to father, but soon abandoned law for journalism; started Figaro in London with Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (qv) 1831; published The Thief 1832; one of the originators of Punch 1841, and for a short time its joint editor; joint author with his brother Augustus Septimus Mayhew of The Greatest Plague of Life, 1847; one of the first philanthropic journalists; author London Labour and the London Poor, 1864, and numerous other works; m. 1844 Jane, elder dau. of Douglas William Jerrold, journalist and wit; d. 25 Jul 1887. DNB.

Mayhew, Alfred, 1810-?
GB-2014-WSA-12072 · Person · 1810-?

MAYHEW, ALFRED, brother of Thomas Charles Wilson Mayhew (qv); b. 7 Jun 1810; adm. 14 Jan 1822; Cadet, EICS Madras 1825; Ensign, 25th Native Infantry 12 Feb 1827; discharged in India 30 Nov 1831; returned to England; adm. attorney Hilary 1839; practised in Carey Street, Lincoln’s Inn, firm Mayhew, Johnston and Mayhew; living 1861.

GB-2014-WSA-12071 · Person · 1761-1836

MAYDWELL, WILLIAM LOCKWOOD, son of William Lockwood (qv); b. 1761; at school under Smith (name not in admissions but on family list up School as W. L. Lockwood 1769); Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 Aug 1779; BCL [but this degree not in Foster]; ordained priest (Peterborough) 29 Jun 1787; assumed additional surname of Maydwell 7 Oct 1797; Curate, Thrapston, Northants, from 1819; of Geddington, Northants; m. 1st, 6 Jun 1798 his cousin Matilda, dau. of Thomas Lockwood (adm. 1731, qv); m. 2nd, 1801 Mary Anne, dau. of John Hodson, Wellingborough, Northants; d. 12 Jun 1836.

Maycock, ---, fl. 1729
GB-2014-WSA-12069 · Person · fl. 1729

MAYCOCK, ---; b.; in under school lists 1729, 1730.

GB-2014-WSA-12068 · Person · ca. 1717-1760

MAYBANK, LAMPEN, son of Robert Maybank, Hayes, Middlesex, and Ann ---; b.; adm. (aged 6) Apr 1723; in school list 1731; d. unm. 1760.

GB-2014-WSA-12067 · Person · 1936-2015

Maybank, John Robert, son of John Richard Charles Maybank of Herne Hill, Kent, and Maud Beatrice, d. of Herbert Frank Pratt; b. 19 Sept. 1936; adm. Sept. 1950 (R); left July 1954; m. 1965 Beryl Catlow; d. 25 Oct 2015.

GB-2014-WSA-12066 · Person · ca. 1762-1811

MAY, WILLIAM VASSALL, son of Rose Herring May, Spanish Town, Jamaica, member of council, Jamaica, and Mary Trelawny, dau. of John Wigan (qv); nephew of Florentius May (qv); b.; adm. 12 Jun 1770; KS (aged 13) 1775; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1779, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1779, but did not matr.; adm. Inner Temple 20 Feb 1777; Ensign, 94th Foot 26 Dec 1781; half-pay, 60th Foot 1783; d. 6 Dec 1811.

May, Thomas, 1804-?
GB-2014-WSA-12065 · Person · 1804-?

MAY, THOMAS; b. 13 Jun 1804; adm. 2 Jul 1817. [Evidently brother or close kin to Henry May (qv), adm. same day].