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MAHONY, JOHN, brother of Robert Hickson (qv); b. 1816; assumed surname of Mahony in lieu of Hickson 11 Dec 1827, in compliance with will of maternal uncle; adm. 15 Apr 1830; KS 1831; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1835, matr. 4 Jun 1835, Westminster Student; BA 1839; MA 1842; adm. King’s Inns, Dublin 1840, and Middle Temple 23 Apr 1844; signed Play Protest 1847.

Maguire, George Patrick, son of George Jordan Maguire MB JP, of Kew, Surrey, and Jane Louise, d. of Francis Jefferys, music publisher, of Notting Hill; b. 13 Dec. 1913; adm. Sept. 1927 (G); left July 1931; King's Coll. Camb., matric. 1932, BA 1936, MA 1943; DipEd (Oxon.) 1937; asst master Cranleigh Sch. 1938; Paymaster Sub-Lieut. RNVR May 1941, later lntell. Divn Admiralty (Pavmaster Lieut.-Cdr), sec. to DNI 1945; housemaster Cranleigh Sch. 1946-62, head of English 1948-68, Second Master 1964-74; part-time extramural tutor Univ. of Surrey, 1975-85; m. 20 Dec. 1939 Nancy Elton Barrow LGSM, teacher of Classics and Drama, d. of Admiral Arthur Barrow RN, ADC to King Edward VII; d. Jan. 1998.

MAGRATH, TIRLOUGH, eldest son of Most Rev. Meiler Magrath, Archbishop of Cashel, and his first wife Amy, dau. of John O’Meara, Lysiniusga, co. Tipperary; b.; at school under Camden (Camden to Ussher 10 Jul 1618, Original Letters of Eminent Literary Men, ed. Ellis, Camden Soc. Pub., 1st series, xxiii, 125, note); of Allevollan, co. Tipperary; m. Catherine, sister of James Butler, 2nd Baron Dunboyne (I) (qv); d. 1627.

Magnus-Allcroft, Sir Philip, Bt (known at school as Philip Montefiore Magnus), son of Laurie Magnus and Dora, d. of Sir Isidore Spielman Kt; b. 8 Feb. 1906; adm. May 1919 (R); left July 1924; Wadham Coll. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1928, MA 1956; succeeded his grandfather as 2nd. Bt 29 Aug. 1933; civil service 1928-33 and 1946-51; RA 1939-42, transf. lntell. Corps May 1942 (Maj.), served Iceland and Italy 1942-5; assumed additional surname of Allcroft 1951; Shropshire CC 1952, County Alderman 1968; JP 1953-71; Trustee Nat. Portrait Gallery; Free­man City of London; a Busby Trustee 1969-85; CBE 1971; FRSL FRHistS; a biographer, author of Edmund Burke 1939, Gladstone 1954, Kitchener 1958, King Edward VII 1963; m. 14 July 1943 Jewell, d. of Herbert John Allcroft of Onibury, Shropshire; d. 21 Dec. 1988.

Magnus, Hilary Barrow, brother of Sir Philip Magnus-Allcroft Bt (qv); b. 3 Mar. 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (H); left July 1927; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1927, BA 1930, MA 1948; called to the Bar (Lin­coln's Inn) June 1933; Rifle Bde (Tower Hamlets Rifles, TA) 1939-45 (Lieut. Col.); TD; QC 1957; Bencher Lincoln's Inn 1963, Treasurer 1982; NI Commnr 1964-80; m. 9 Aug. 1950 Rosemary, d. of George Henry Masefield of Ledbury, Worcs, and widow of Quentin Berkeley Hurst; d. 15 Jan. 1987.

MAGIE, ---; b.; in school list 1754.