MEDCALFE, JONATHAN, son of Reginald Medcalfe, Hempstead, Essex; b.; adm.; KS (J. Peile, Biog. Reg. of Christ’s Coll., i, 401); Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Sep 1629, aged 16, matr. 1631; BA 1633/4.
MEARS, JAMES, brother of John Mears (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1736; KS 1740; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1743, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1743, scholar 20 Apr 1744, matr. 1743.
MEADE, CHRISTOPHER; b.; adm.; QS 1565-9 (Chapter Muniments 54006-18).
MEAD, ROBERT, son of Robert Mead, The Black Lion, Fleet Street, London, stationer; b. 1616; adm.; KS 1630; contributed some commendatory verses to the Poeticall Blossomes of Abraham Cowley (qv) 1633; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1634, matr. 1 Sep 1634, Westminster Student to expulsion by Parliamentary Visitors “upon statutable grounds” 1648 (Burrows, 329); BA 1638; MA 1641; MD 1646; Capt. in Royalist Army; distinguished himself at siege of Oxford and in assault on Abingdon; one of the Commissioners for negotiating the surrender of Oxford 17 May 1646; Agent for Charles II in Sweden 1649-51; his comedy, The Combat of Love and Friendship, written by him when an undergraduate, was acted at Christ Church but not published until 1654; d. 21 Feb 1652/3. DNB.
MEAD, ROBERT WILLIAM, son of Elisha Preston Mead MD MRCS LSA, Whitby, Yorks., and Catherine --- (IGI); b. 2 Jan 1858; adm. 12 Jun 1871 (G); QS 22 Jul 1872; left Dec 1874; MB CM Edinburgh 1879; MD 1882; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; MRCS 1880; surgeon with P. & O. Steamship Co.; practised at Whitby, Yorks.; m. 3 Jun 1890 Alice Mary, only dau. of George James Rigg, Buckhurst Hill, Essex; d. 15 Dec 1926.
MEAD, RIVIS, brother of Robert William Mead (qv); b. 5 May 1860; adm. 26 Sep 1872 (G); QS 1875; left Dec 1877; MB CM Edinburgh 1882; Univ. Hospital, Edinburgh; MRCS 1883; Surgeon to Seaside Home, Whitby, Yorks.; emigrated to Australia; practised at Quirindi, New South Wales; d. at Waitara, New South Wales 1 Oct 1934.
McMILLAN, SIR ROBERT FURSE, eldest son of John McMillan, Adelaide Road, London, barrister, and Mary --- (IGI); b. 24 Jan 1858; adm. 4 Apr 1871 (James'); QS 19 Apr 1873; left May 1876; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1876; scholar 1879; 1st cl. Law 1879; LLB 1879; Fellow, Trinity Hall 1880; adm. Inner Temple 3 Jul 1878, called to bar 11 May 1881; Western Circuit; Puisne Judge, Supreme Court, Western Australia Nov 1906 – Dec 1913, Chief Justice from Dec 1913; knighted 3 Jun 1916; Lieut. -Gov., Western Australia, from 1921; KCMG 3 Jun 1925; m. 2 Aug 1887 Margaret Aitcheson, second dau. of John Elder, Yairam, Victoria, Australia, farmer; d. 23 Apr 1931.
Mcfarlane, Ian Dalrymple, son of James Blair Mcfarlane, ship repairer, of Marseille, and Valerie Edith Liston, d. of Henry Liston Dalrymple, banker, of Hong Kong; b. 7 Nov. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (KS); left Mar. 1934; Univ. of St Andrews (Harkness schol.) 1934-8, BA (1st class hons) 1938, MA 1945; 2nd Lieut. Black Watch Jan. 1940, p.o.w. St Valery June 1940 (Capt.), MBE for services in captivity Feb. 1946; lecturer in French Camb. Univ., 1945; Fellow Caius Coll. 1947, tutor 1952, sen. tutor 1956; Prof. of French Language and Literature Univ. of St Andrews 1961-70; MA (Oxon.) 1970; Prof. of French Literature Oxf. Univ. and Fellow Wadham Coll. 1971-83, Emeritus 1983; FBA 1978; hon. DLitt St Andrews 1982; W. P. Ker lecturer Glasgow 1981, Andrew Lang lecturer St Andrews 1982, Zaharoff lecturer Oxford 1984; Pres. Modern Humanities Research Assn 1985; author of Renaissance France 1470-1589 1974, Buchanan 1981, The Entry of Henri II into Paris 1549 1985; m. 12 Sept. 1939 Marjory Nan, d. of Rev. William Hamilton Hamilton; d. 17 Aug. 2002.
MCEWAN, NICHOLSON LACEY, son of Robert McEwan, Holbrooke House, Richmond, Surrey, and Mary, dau. of William Buck; b. 15 Mar 1847; adm. 30 Jan 1860 (James'); QS 1862; left Oct 1863; clerk with North British and Mercantile Fire Insurance Co., London (1881 Census); m. 1877 Lucy Peters.
MCDONNELL, SIR ALEXANDER, BART., eldest son of James McDonnell MD, Belfast, Ireland, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of J. Clarke, Belfast; b. 1794; adm. Mich. 1808; KS 1810; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1813, matr. 1 Jun 1813, Westminster Student, afterwards Faculty Student; Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1815, for Latin Essay 1819 and for English Essay 1820; Newdigate Prize for English Verse 1816; BA 1816; MA 1820; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 May 1817, called to bar 22 Nov 1824; Midland Circuit; gave up legal practice to become Chief Clerk in office of Chief Secretary for Ireland; Resident Commissioner, Board of Education (I), 1839-71; Privy Councillor (I) 1846; created baronet 20 Jan 1872; m. 1826 Barbara, widow of Richard Staples, and eldest dau. of Hugh Montgomery, Benvarden, co. Antrim; d. 21 Jan 1875. DNB.