MERRILL, JOHN, son of Rev. Joseph Merrill, Rector of Magdalen Laver, Essex, and Frances --- (IGI); bapt. Magdalen Laver 7 Jul 1668 (IGI, sic); adm.; KS 1686; buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey 28 Oct 1687.
MERRILL, GEORGE, brother of John Merrill (qv); bapt. Magdalen Laver 25 Jul 1670 (IGI); adm.; KS 1687; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1690, matr. 12 Jul 1690, aged 18, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1690 – void 1694.
MERLIER, CHARLES, son of Peter Merlier, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London, chemist, and Hephziba Turner (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 11 Jan 1715 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Feb 1728/9. [will of Charles Merlier, surgeon’s mate, HMS Scarborough, proved PCC 1742]
Merivale, Walter Herman Hodgson, son of Herman Walter Merivale, engineer, of Ealing, and Johanna, d. of John Alexander Hodgson OBE; b. 30 Aug. 1917; adm. Sept. 1931 (H); left July 1934; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1939, MB 1940, MRCP 1942, FRCP 1964; RAMC in WW2 (Maj.), later Capt. RARO; Dir. Dept. of Clinical Pathology Guy's Hosp.; hon. visiting pathologist Johns Hopkins Hosp. Baltimore, USA; consult. bacteriologist to Worshipful Company of Fishmongers; m. 3 Feb. 1954 Josephine Pascoe, d. of Geoffrey Pascoe Vaughan Morgan of Kensington; d. 10 Feb. 1971.
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.