MEYRICK, OWEN, son of Owen Meyrick MP, Bodorgan, Anglesey, and Ann, seventh dau. of Pierce Lloyd, Lligwy; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1720/1; in under school list 1723; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 20 Feb 1723/4, matr. 1724; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Jan 1723/4, called to bar 29 Jun 1731; MP Anglesey from 1761; m. 12 Dec 1749 Hester, dau. of John Putland, London; buried Llangadwaladr, Anglesey 27 Mar 1770.
Meredith, William, Sir, 1724-1790
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.
MAXWELL, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Maxwell, Carriden, Linlithgowshire, and Grizel, daughter of John Stewart MP, Castle Stewart, Wigtownshire; b. 3 Jan 1768; adm. 9 Sep 1782; left 1784; Edinburgh Univ. 1786; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 May 1787; MA 16 Jun 1791; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1787 [check]; of Carriden, Linlithgowshire (estate sold by him in 1814); MP Linlithgow Burghs 1807-12; m. 21 Mar 1799 Mary Charlotte, third dau. of Hon. Edward Bouverie MP, Delapre Abbey, Northants; buried 7 Sep 1833. [This identification of William Maxwell, adm. 1782, with William Maxwell of Carriden, first made in History of Parliament, House of Commons 1790-1820, is conjectural, but the OW of this name was certainly an individual of sufficient substance to serve as Steward of the Anniversary Dinner in 1797].
MAXWELL, SIR JOHN, BART., only son of Sir John Maxwell, Bart., MP, of Pollok, Renfrewshire, and Hannah Anne, dau. of Richard Gardiner, Aldeburgh, Suffolk; b. 12 May 1791; adm. Christmas 1806; left 1809; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1809; Edinburgh Univ. 1812; foreign tour 1813; MP (Whig) Renfrewshire 1818-30, Lanarkshire 1832-7; FRS 26 Feb 1829; succ. father as 8th Baronet 30 Jul 1844; DL Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire; m. 14 Oct 1839 Lady Matilda Harriet Bruce, second dau. of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine (S) (qv); d. 6 Jun 1865.
MASTER, THOMAS, elder son of Thomas Master (adm. 1729, qv); b. 1744; in school list 1754; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 May 1761, aged 17; inherited the Abbey estate, Cirencester, Gloucs. , from his grandfather in 1770; High Sheriff, Gloucestershire 1771; MP Gloucestershire 1784-96; m. 25 May 1769 Mary, dau. of James Lenox Dutton (formerly Naper), Sherborne, Gloucs. ; d. 12 May 1823.
MASTER, THOMAS, son of Thomas Master MP, The Abbey, Cirencester, Gloucs., and Joan, dau. of Jasper Chapman, Stratton, Gloucs.; bapt. 31 May 1717; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1729; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 May 1735; MP Cirencester from 1747; m. 26 Dec 1742 Elizabeth Chester, dau. of Sir William Cann, Bart.; d. 29 May 1749.
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.
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.
MARTIN, SAMUEL, eldest son of Samuel Martin, Greencastle, Antigua, West Indies, and his first wife Frances, dau. of John Yeomans, Attorney-Gen., Antigua; b. 1 Sep 1714; adm. (aged 7) Oct 1722; in under school list 1727; Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1729; adm. Inner Temple 1730, called to bar 12 Jul 1736, Bencher 31 Jan 1766; Deputy Agent, Antigua 1742-4; Agent for Montserrat 1742-9 and for Nevis 1744-50; MP Camelford 1747-68, Hastings 1768-74; Secretary to Right Hon. Henry Bilson Legge MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer Apr 1754 – Nov 1755; Secretary of Treasury Nov 1756 – Apr 1757, May 1758 – May 1763; Treasurer to Augusta, Princess of Wales Oct 1757 – Feb 1772; inherited Greencastle plantation from father 1776; d. unm. 20 Nov 1788.
MARSHAM, SIR JOHN, BART., second son of Thomas Marsham, Alderman of London, and Magdalen, dau. of Richard Springham, London, merchant; b. 23 Aug 1602; adm. Jun 1617; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Oct 1619; BA 17 Feb 1622/3; MA 1625; Grand Tour 1625-7 (France, Italy, Germany); adm. Middle Temple 5 Feb 1627/8; one of Six Clerks in Chancery 15 Feb 1637/8 – deprived by Parliament 1641, reinstated Jun 1660 – Oct 1680, when he resigned and the post passed to his son Robert; MP Rochester Apr – Dec 1660; knighted 1 Jul 1660; created baronet 12 Aug 1663; an antiquary interested in Egyptology; author, Chronicus Canon Aegypticus, Ebraicus, Graecus, et Disquisitiones, 1672, and other treatises; m. 13 Jan 1630/1 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir William Hammond, St. Albans, Nonnington, Kent; d. 25 May 1685. DNB.