MASKELYNE, NEVIL, brother of William Maskelyne (qv); b. 5 Oct 1732; adm. Jan 1740/1; his interest in astronomy commenced while observing an eclipse of the sun when at the School in 1748; St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, adm. sizar 29 Nov 1749; migrated to Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, and thence to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Dec 1752, scholar 18 May 1753; 7th Wrangler 1754; BA 1754; BA 1757; BD 1768; MA 1777; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1756, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1757; ordained 1755; Curate, Barnet, Herts., 1755; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1763; Rector of Shrawardine, Shropshire 30 Jan 1775 – Aug 1782; Rector of North Runcton, Norfolk 1782; FRS 27 Apr 1758, Copley Medal 1775; Astronomer Royal from 26 Feb 1765; foreign member, Imperial Academy of Science, St. Petersburg 1776; member, Institut Français 1802; went on behalf of Royal Society to St. Helena in 1761 to observe the transit of Venus, and on the voyage conceived the idea of the Nautical Almanack; established Nautical Almanack 1766, superintending its publication for 45 years; some ninety thousand astronomical observations of his were published in 4 vols, 1776-1811; inventor of the prismatic micrometer (in part anticipated by the Abbé Rochon); m. 21 Aug 1784 Sophia, dau. of John Rose, Cotterstock, Northants; d. 9 Feb 1811. DNB.
MASKELYNE, EDMUND, brother of William Maskelyne (qv); bapt. 9 Aug 1728; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1737/8; KS 1742; still at school 1744; Writer, EICS Madras 1742 [check]; volunteered for military service with his brother-in-law, Lord Clive, and with him was made a prisoner of war at the capture of Madras by La Bourdonnais 1746; escaped to Fort St. David disguised as a native; again taken prisoner at Golconda 1751; Lieut., EICS Madras, by 1751; Capt., English Infantry, Madras 17 Feb 1751/2; returned to England 1759; m. 1st, 4 Feb 1762 Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Floyer, Ty-Gwyn, Llantilio Pertholey, Monmouthshire; m. 2nd, 1771 Katherine, widow of John Muscott, Ludlow, Shropshire, and dau. of John Greenly, Titley Court, Herefs.; d. 14 Sep 1775.
MASHAM, SAMUEL, 2ND BARON MASHAM, second son of Samuel Masham, 1st Baron Masham, courtier, and Abigail Hill, Bedchamber Woman and Keeper of the Privy Purse to Queen Anne, elder dau. of Francis Hill, London, Levant merchant; b. Nov 1712; adm. Jun 1721; in school list 1729; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Dec 1729, aged 17; [perhaps Groom of Bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales 4 Dec 1739-51]; returned with two others as MP Droitwich 1747, but his name was erased by order of House of Commons 9 Dec 1747; Auditor-Gen. of the Household to George III when Prince of Wales; succ. father as 2nd Baron Masham 16 Oct 1758; King’s Remembrancer in Exchequer from 10 Nov 1758; granted pension of £1, 000 p. a. Jan 1761; a Lord of the Bedchamber from 27 Mar 1762; m. 1st, 16 Oct 1736 Harriet, sister of Thomas Winnington (qv); m. 2nd, 4 Feb 1762 Charlotte Dive, Maid of Honour to Augusta, Princess of Wales, dau. of John Dive, Queen Square, Westminster, Deputy Teller of the Exchequer; d. 14 Jun 1776. DNB s. v. Abigail Masham, Lady Masham.
Masefield, Sir Peter Gordon, son of William Gordon Masefield CBE MRCS LRCP JP, of Brentwood, Essex, and Marian Ada, d. of Edmund Lloyd-Owen, civil engineer, of Brisbane, Australia; b. 19 Mar. 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (R); left Dec. 1928 because of ill-health and went to Chillon Coll., Switzerland; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. 1932, BA 1935, MA 1939; an aeronautical engineer, CEng GIMechE; Fairey Aviation Co. 1935-7; tech. editor The Aeroplane 1938-43; air correspondent Sunday Times 1940-3; war correspondent RAF and US Army 8th Air Force 1941-43; sec. War Cabinet Committee on Air Transport 1943-5; Civil Air Attaché Brit. Embassy Washington 1945-7; Dir.-Gen. Long-term Planning Min. of Civil Aviation 1946-9; chief exec. BEA 1949-55; man. dir. Bristol Aircraft Ltd 1955-60; dir. Pressed Steel Co. 1960-4; chairman BAA 1965-71; dep. chairman Brit. Caledonian Airways 1971-87; dir. Nationwide Building Society 1971-84; FCIT; hon. FRAeS, Pres. 1959-60; FRSA 1961, Vice-Pres. 1979-; Kt Jan. 1972; chairman Lond. Transport 1980-2, dir. Lond. Transport International 1981-; author of To Ride the Storm (the story of airship RIOI) 1982; m. 9 May 1936 Patricia Doreen, d. of Percy Harold Rooney of Wallington, Surrey; d. 14 Feb. 2006.
MASCLARY, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715-8. [Perhaps a son of Henry Masclary, and Margaret ---; their dau. Jane was bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 10 Nov 1701 (IGI)]
MASCALL, ROBERT CURTEIS, son of Robert Mascall, Ashford, Kent, and Peasmarsh Place, Sussex, and Martha, sister of Edward Jeremiah Curteis (qv); b.; adm. 12 Jun 1805; left 1809; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Apr 1811, aged 16; BA 1815; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Jan 1814; d. at Nice 19 May 1816.
Marzetti, Neville, son of Arthur Marzetti, of Surbiton, Surrey, a member of the London Stock Exchange; b. Feb. 5, 1893; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (R); left Dec. 1910; enlisted in 28th Batt. London Regt. and served in Great War I; d. 1990.
MARYE, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1726.