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MEREDITH, SIR WILLIAM, BART., second son of Amos Meredith, Chester, Cheshire, and Joanna, dau. of Thomas Cholmondeley, Vale Royal, Cheshire; bapt. St. John the Baptist, Chester 10 Mar 1724 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Oct 1738 (Playford's); left 1742; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Mar 1742/3; DCL 14 Apr 1749 (incorp. LLD Cambridge 1758); succ. grandfather as 3rd baronet Jan 1752; of Henbury, Cheshire; MP Wigan 1754-61, Liverpool 1761-80; Lord of the Admiralty Aug 1765 – Nov 1766; Comptroller of the Household Mar 1774 – Dec 1777, resigning on grounds of his opposition to the American war; Privy Councillor 9 Mar 1774; a prominent member of the House of Commons; author, Historical Remarks on the Taxation of Free States, 1778, and other pamphlets; d. unm. at Lyon, France 2 Jan 1790. DNB.

MARTON, GEORGE, eldest son of Col. George Richard Marton, Capernwray Hall, Lancs., and Anne, dau. of Col. --- Pocklington, Chelsworth, Suffolk; b. 31 Mar 1800; adm. 29 Mar 1815 (Best's); left 11 Dec 1817; Trinity Hall, Cambridge; MP (Cons) Lancaster 1837-47; DL JP Lancashire, High Sheriff 1858; JP Westmorland; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber 1843; m. 26 Nov 1833 Lucy Sarah, sister of Robert William Dallas (qv); d. 24 Nov 1867.

MARSH, MATTHEW HENRY, eldest son of Rev. Matthew Marsh, Canon Residentiary of Salisbury, and Margaret, dau. of Rev. Peter Bellinger Brodie, Rector of Winterslow, Wilts.; b. 12 Sep 1810; adm. 3 Jun 1822 (G); KS 1824; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1828, matr. 16 May 1828, Westminster Student, subsequently Faculty Student; BA 1833; MA 1835; adm. Inner Temple 25 Jan 1833, called to bar 29 Apr 1836; KC Duchy of Lancaster Dec 1837 – Jan 1840; emigrated to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1840, where he made a large fortune and was a member of the Legislative Council 1851-5; returned to England 1855; MP (Liberal) Salisbury 1857-68; DL JP Wiltshire; m. 25 Jul 1844 Eliza Mary Anne, sister of Sir William Lockyer Merewether (qv); d. 26 Jan 1881.

MARKHAM, OSBORNE, son of William Markham (adm. 1733, qv); b. 27 May 1769; adm. 30 Mar 1778; KS (Capt. ) 1783; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1787, matr. 8 Jun 1787, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1787 – Feb 1797, Faculty Student 2 Feb 1797 – Jun 1806; BA 1791; MA 1794; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 7 Jun 1790, called to bar 2 Jul 1794; Chancellor, Diocese of York 1795-1818; a Commissioner of Bankrupts 1796-1804; Commissioner of the Navy 24 Aug 1803 – May 1805; MP Calne 17 Feb 1806 – Mar 1807; Commissioner of Barracks Apr 1807-16, Comptroller from 1816; m. 1st, 10 Jun 1806 Lady Mary Thynne, dau. of Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquis of Bath KG PC; m. 2nd, 28 Jun 1821 Martha Honora Georgina, dau. of Capt. William Henry Jervis Ricketts, Royal Navy; d. 22 Oct 1827.

MARKHAM, SIR CLEMENTS ROBERT, son of David Frederick Markham (qv); b. 20 Jul 1830; adm. 26 May 1842 (Benthall); Min. Can. 1843; left Jun 1844; Cadet, Royal Navy 18 Jul 1844; Midshipman 28 Jun 1846; served in Capt. Austin’s Arctic expedition in search of Sir John Franklin May 1850 – Oct 1851; left Navy 28 Dec 1851; travelled in Peru 1852-3; Clerk, Legacy Duty Office, Inland Revenue Dec 1853 – Jul 1854; Clerk, Board of Control Jul 1854; Clerk, Correspondence Dept., India Office; Private Secretary to T. G. Baring MP when Parliamentary Under-Secretary, India Office 1862-4; Assistant Secretary, Public Works Dept., India Office 1867-71, Judicial Public and Revenue Dept. 1871-7; CB 17 May 1871; KCB 20 May 1896; introduced the cultivation of cinchona into British India from Peru 1859-61; geographer with British Army in Ethiopia 1867-8; took an active interest in Polar expedition and largely responsible for the despatch of Sir George Nares’s expedition in 1874 and that of Capt. R. F. Scott in 1901; Secretary, Hakluyt Society 1858-86, President 1886-1909; Secretary to Royal Geographical Society 1863-88, Gold Medallist 1888, President 1893-1905; President, International Geographical Congress, London 1895; FSA 12 Dec 1861; FRS 12 Jun 1873; DSc Cambridge 12 Jun 1907, Leeds 11 Jun 1910; an enthusiastic Old Westminster; acted as Secretary to OW Crimean and Indian Memorial Committee, and Chairman of the Committee for the decoration of the School walls with the arms of distinguished OWW; contemplated writing his reminiscences of the School, and left in MS his recollections as a small boy up Benthall’s in 1842-4; President, Elizabethan Club 1898-1912; Busby Trustee from 16 May 1899; a Governor of the School 16 Nov 1899 – 28 Jul 1913; a voluminous writer on Peru and the history of geographical discovery; m. 23 Apr 1857 Mary Anne (Minna), dau. of Rev. James Hamilton John Chichester, Rector of Arlington, Devon; d. 30 Jan 1916, after a shock from a fire in his room by which he was seriously injured. DNB.

MACLEAN, SIR FRANCIS AUBREY DE VERE WILLIAMS, third son of Alexander Maclean, Carshalton, Surrey, and Maria, dau. of Joseph Lightfoot, Walworth, Surrey; b. 13 Dec 1844; adm. 8 May 1859 (G); left 1862 (with Triplett); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Jul 1862; BA 1866; MA 1871; adm. Inner Temple 17 Jan 1879, called to bar 30 Apr 1868, Bencher 25 Nov 1892; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Jan 1879; QC 1886; MP (Lib) Mid Oxfordshire 1885-6 (LU) 1886-91; a Master in Lunacy 1891-6; Assistant Chief Justice, Bengal Jul 1896, Chief Justice 9 Nov 1896 – Mar 1909; knighted 12 Oct 1896; KCIE 11 Jan 1898; Kaisar-i-Hind medal, 1st class 23 May 1900; Vice-Chancellor, Calcutta Univ., 1898-1900; Busby Trustee 17 Jun 1913; m. 10 Aug 1869 Mattie, second dau. of John Sowerby, Benwell Tower, Northumberland; d. 11 Nov 1913.

MACKWORTH, SIR HERBERT, BART., son of Herbert Evans Mackworth (at school under Knipe, qv); b. 1 Jan 1736/7; adm. Oct 1748 (Watts'); in school list 1752; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Dec 1753; BA 1757; MA 1760; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 18 Mar 1754, called to bar 27 Jun 1759; MP Cardiff 2 Jan 1766-90; created baronet 16 Sep 1776; Col. Glamorgan Militia 31 Jul 1780, with rank of Col. in Army 19 Aug 1780; FSA 10 Nov 1774; FRS 9 Jan 1777; m. 13 May 1761 Eliza, dau. of Robert Trefusis (qv); d. 25 Oct 1791.

MACKINNON, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, eldest son of William Alexander Mackinnon FRS FSA MP (The Mackinnon of Mackinnon), and Emma Mary, only dau. of Joseph Budworth Palmer (formerly Budworth) FSA, Palmerstown, co. Mayo, Ireland; b. 4 Oct 1813; adm. 16 May 1827 (Stelfox's); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge; BA 1836; MA 1845; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Oct 1836; MP Rye 1852-7, Lymington 1857-68; of Acryse Park, Kent; High Sheriff, Kent 1885; DL Radnorshire, JP Hampshire, Middlesex and Radnorshire; m. 27 Apr 1846 Margaret Sophia, dau. of Francis Willes; d. 14 Sep 1903.

MACKINNON, LAUGHLAN BELLINGHAM, brother of William Alexander Mackinnon (qv); b. 21 Apr 1815; adm. 2 Jul 1828 (Stelfox's); entered Royal Navy 1 Oct 1829; Lieut., 10 Feb 1842; Cdr., 1 Nov 1847; retd. 1 Jul 1864; MP Rye 1865-8; m. 9 Aug 1842 Augusta, younger dau. of John Entwistle MP, Foxholes, Rochdale, Lancs.; d. 10 Jul 1877.

MACDONALD, SIR JAMES, BART., eldest son of Sir Archibald Macdonald, Bart. (qv); b. 14 Feb 1784; at school 1796; KS 1797; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1801, matr. 15 May 1801, Westminster Student; BA 1805; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Aug 1804; MP Kirkwall 26 Jun 1805-6, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1806-12, Sutherland 1812 – Feb 1816, Calne 23 Feb 1816-31, Hampshire 1831 – Jun 1832; a prominent member of Whig party in House of Commons; succ. father as 2nd baronet 18 May 1826; Commissioner, Board of Control 1827-8, 1830-2; High Commissioner, Ionian Islands, from 2 Jun 1832; m. 1st, 5 Sep 1805 Elizabeth, dau. of John Sparrow, Bishton, Staffs.; m. 2nd, 10 Aug 1819 Lady Sophia Keppel, sister of George Thomas Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle (qv); m. 3rd, 20 Apr 1826 Anne Charlotte, dau. of Rev. John Savile Ogle, Kirkley Hall, Northumberland; d. 29 Jun 1832.