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MACNAMARA, ARTHUR, son of John Macnamara MP, London, and Mary, dau. of Arthur Jones, Llangoed Castle, Breconshire; b. 19 Oct 1783; in school list 1801; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 27 Jan 1802, matr. 1803; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Jun 1800; Cornet, 4th Dragoons 6 Feb 1806; Lieut. , 7th Light Dragoons 6 Feb 1807; Capt. , 5th Garrison Battn. , 11 Aug 1808; 63rd Foot 31 Aug 1809; retd. Mar 1810; of Caddington Hall, Herts. , and of Llangoed Castle, Breconshire; High Sheriff, Brecknockshire 1823, Bedfordshire 1839 [check]; DL Breconshire; m. 3 Jun 1819 Anne, eldest dau. of William Lee, Anstey House, Hampshire; d. in Paris 2 Mar 1851.

Macmorran, Kenneth Mead, son of Alexander Macmorran, K.C., of Putney, by Edith Kate, youngest daughter of George Edward Mead, of Chelsea, solicitor; b. Nov. 29, 1883; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (G); left July 1902; King's Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1902; B.A. 1905; LL.B. 1907; M.A. 1909; called to the bar at the Middle Temple April 24, 1907; Western Circuit; Chancellor of the dioceses of Chichester 1922-60, and St. Albans 1922-59, and of Ely 1924; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Oct. 18, 1915, and became Staff-Capt., Judge Advocate-General's Office, 1919; Chancellor of the diocese of Guildford 1927, of Lincoln 1937, of Newcastle 1942; K.C. 1932; a bencher of the Middle Temple 1937; Treasurer 1956; member of the Interned Enemy Aliens (Austrians and Germans) Tribunal 1941; of the Probation Advisory Committee 1946; author of a Handbook for Churchwardens and Church Councillors (1921), and other works; m. Aug. 31, 1920, Freda Mary, daughter of William Frederick Knight, of Croydon; d. 9 Jan. 1973.

Macmillan, William Stephen George, son of William Edward Frank Macmillan, publisher, of Danby, Yorks, and Marjorie Lovis Tennyson, d. of Stephen Louis Simeon, Clerk of Commit­tees, House of Commons; b. 6 Dec. 1922; adm. Sept. 1936 (G); left July 1941; King's Coll. Camb., matric. 1941, BA 1946, MA 1949; a farmer at North Walsham, Norfolk; dir. Rounce & Wortley Ltd, printers, Holt, Norfolk, 1962, man. dir. 1977-82; m. 1 Oct. 1945 Muriel Mary, d. of Maj. A. J. G. Hands of Whetstone, Middx; d. 15 Sep 2012.

MACMILLAN, MAURICE CRAWFORD, second son of Daniel Macmillan, Cambridge, publisher, and Frances, dau. of Charles Orridge, Cambridge, chemist; b. 19 Apr 1853; adm. 19 Oct 1863; left Aug 1864; at Uppingham Sch. Aug 1866 – Oct 1871; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1871, matr. Mich. 1871; bracketed 19th Classic 1875; BA 1875; MA 1878; Assistant Master (Classics), St. Paul’s School 1877-83; director, Macmillan & Co., London, and The Macmillan Co., New York, publishers; father of Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, Prime Minister; m. 22 Nov 1884 Helen Artie, widow of John B. Hill, musician, and dau. of J. Tarleton Belles MD, Spencer, Indiana, USA; d. 30 Mar 1936.

MacManus, Nicholas Strong, brother of James Niall Manus MacManus (qv); b. 10 Feb. 1945; adm. Sept. 1958 (R); left Dec. 1962; d. 15 Mar. 1966.

MacManus, Diarmuid Arthur Maurice, brother of Desmond Manus MacManus (q.v.); b. Nov. 22, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (R); left Dec. 1910; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers March 13, 1912; Lieut. Feb. 19, 1914; wounded July 3, 1915; placed on half-pay owing to ill health Feb. 15, 1917; Lieut. R.A.F., acting Capt. April 1, 1918; served in the Dardanelles 1915; wounded at Gallipoli May 1915; Recruiting Staff R.A.F. Sept. 1917 - May 1919; Trin. Coll. Dublin 1919; an officer in the Free State Army 1922-7; farmed in County Longford 1928-38; founded the Lancegaye Safety Glass (Ireland) Co. Ltd. 1938; served in the Civil Defence, London, 1942-5; author of The Middle Kingdom (1960) on Irish Fairy lore; m. Sept. 6, 1922, Kathleen Redfern, daughter of Sir William Henry Thompson, K. B. E., M.D., Professor of Institutes of Medicine, Trin. Coll., Dublin; d. 1990.

MacManus, Desmond Manus, son of Leonard Strong MacManus, M. D., of Kiltimagh, co. Mayo, by Julia, daughter of Robert Boyd, of Howth, co. Dublin; b. July 15, 1888; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (R); left Easter 1907; Guy's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1914; M.B. and B. S. (Lond.) 1923; practised in London; Pres. Chelsea Clinical Soc. 1939-46; Pres. Harveian Soc. 1948-9; Cdr. Ven. Order St. John and Jerusalem 1956; served in Great War I; Capt. R.A.M.C. Jan. 21, 1916; m. April 16, 1914, Gladwyn Lesley Mary, daughter of Edward Aman, of Farnham; d. 1968.

MacMahon, Robert Patrick Kenworthy, son of Surgeon-Capt. Robert Francis MacMahon RN and Annie, d. of John Lawson of Harrogate, Yorks; b. 5 Apr. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1942; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1942; RN 1943-6, Sub-Lieut. 1944; BA MA (Oxon. ) 1949; asst. sec. King’s Coll. Hosp. 1950-4; dep. House Governor and sec. to the Board of Governors, Westminster Hosp., 1961-74; district administrator Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Area Health Authority (teaching) 1974-82; d. 28 Oct. 2003.

MACMAHON, MATTHEW JOHN, son of Matthew Macmahon, Limerick, Ireland, and Frances, dau. of John Tierney, and sister of Sir Matthew John Tierney, Bart. MD LRCP, Physician in Ordinary to George IV and William IV; b. 3 Jan 1808; adm. 15 Apr 1819 (Packharness'); left 1825; at Haileybury Coll. 1825-6; Writer, EICS Bengal 1827; arrived in India 3 Jun 1827; Assistant to Secretary, Board of Revenue, Lower Provinces 1826; Assistant to Magistrate, Hooghly 7 Feb 1829; Officiating Registrar, Civil Court, Hooghly 1831; m. 26 Jun 1828 Eliza Mary, second dau. of Charles Mackenzie, EICS Bengal; d. at Singapore 8 Oct 1831.