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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.

MAUD, HENRY LANDON, brother of John Primatt Maud (qv); b. 24 Feb 1829; adm. 30 Sep 1841 (Scott's); QS 1842; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1846, matr. 23 May 1846; BA 1850; MA 1881; ordained deacon 1853, priest 1854 (both Canterbury); Curate, Patrixbourne, Kent 1853, subsequently of Brigstock, Northants, and St. Giles in the Fields, London; Vicar of Assington, Suffolk 1866-77; Vicar of New Milverton, Warwickshire 1877-91; Rector of Sanderstead, Surrey 1892-1902; m. 12 Jun 1855 Amelia Harriet, youngest dau. of Col. Thomas Powell, Rifle Brigade and King’s Horse; d. 7 Mar 1909.

MAYNE, HENRY BLAIR, son of Robert Mayne (qv); b. 23 Aug 1813; adm. 5 Jul 1826 (Stelfox's); KS 1827; rowed v. Eton 27 Jul 1829, 12 May 1831; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1831, matr. 21 May 1831, Westminster Student; BA 1835; MA 1838; Clerk, House of Commons 1836, Third Clerk, Private Bill Office 1848, Assistant Clerk 1849, Senior Clerk 1862, Principal Clerk, Table Office 1870-86; adm. Middle Temple 16 Nov 1838, called to bar 21 Nov 1845; member Marylebone, I Zingari and West Kent Cricket Clubs; played cricket for Kent 1835, 1844; one of the committee which framed the rules for short whist at the Arlington Club 1863; d. unm. 17 Jan 1892.

MIDDLETON, HENRY NICHOLAS, second son of Charles Atticus Monck (qv); b. 27 Jul 1845; adm. Jun 1854 (G); rowed v. Eton 2 Aug 1861, 1 Aug 1862; left Aug 1862; Ensign, Rifle Brigade 10 May 1864; Lieut., 1 Aug 1868; retd. Jun 1870; partner in firm Lambton & Co., bankers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, from 1880 until the bank’s amalgamation with Lloyds Bank 1908; assumed surname of Middleton in lieu of Monck 12 Feb 1876; DL Northumberland, JP Northumberland 1881; Vice-Chairman, Northumberland County Council; JP Roxburghshire; m. 2 Mar 1872 Sophia Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir William Colles Meredith, Kt, Chief Justice of Quebec; d. 6 Dec 1928.

MILLER, FREDERICK, fourth son of Taverner John Miller MP, Portland Place, London, sperm oil merchant, and Marian, youngest dau. of Charles Cheyne, Godalming, Surrey; b. 12 Dec 1848; adm. 26 Sep 1861 (James'); left May 1867; living in USA 1875-82; emigrated to Western Australia 1889, where he rented a farm; m. 4 Sep 1872 Constance Mary, dau. of His Hon. Charles Sumner, County Court Judge; d. at Cottesloe, Western Australia 5 Dec 1918.

MILMAN, WILLIAM HENRY, eldest son of Very Rev. Henry Hart Milman DD, Dean of St. Paul’s, and Mary Anne, youngest dau. of Lieut. -Gen. William Cockell, Sandleford Lodge, Berks.; b. 25 Apr 1825; adm. 5 Oct 1835; QS 1839; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1843, matr. 9 Jun 1843, Westminster Student 1843-58; BA 1847; MA 1850; rowed v. Cambridge 1845, 1846; President, OUBC 1846; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1849, priest (London) 1850; Curate, Christ Church, Regent’s Park, London, subsequently Hoxton, Middlesex; Librarian, Sion Coll., 1856; Rector of St. Augustine with St. Faith, City of London, from 31 Jan 1857; Minor Canon of St. Paul’s from 17 Feb 1859, Senior Cardinal from 1875; m. 13 Dec 1884 Juliet Margaret, elder dau. of Sir George Campbell KCSI MP; d. 9 Jun 1908.

MONTAGU, CHARLES, 1ST EARL OF HALIFAX, fourth son of Hon. George Montagu MP, Horton, Northants, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Anthony Irby, Kt, Boston, Lincs.; b. 16 Apr 1661; adm. 1675; KS (Capt. ) 1677; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 8 Nov 1679; MA 1682; LLD 1705; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1683 – c. 1689; High Steward, Cambridge Univ., from 1697; wrote with Matthew Prior (qv) The Hind and the Panther transvers’d to the story of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse, 1687; MP Maldon 1689-95, Westminster 1695 – 13 Dec 1700; a Clerk of the Privy Council 1689-92; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 21 Mar 1692 – Apr 1698; his proposal of 15 Dec 1692 to raise a million pounds by life annuities was the origin of the National Debt; his bill to establish the Bank of England became law 1694; Chancellor of the Exchequer 30 Apr 1694 – May 1699; Privy Councillor 10 May 1694; introduced the Recoinage Bill, and instituted the Window Tax to pay for the expense of the recoinage; issued the first Exchequer Bills and carried his bill for the formation of a consolidated fund to meet interest on the various government loans; First Lord of the Treasury 1 May 1697 – Nov 1699; Auditor of the Receipt of Exchequer 17 Nov 1699 – 30 Sep 1714; created Baron Halifax 13 Dec 1700; impeached by the House of Lords for obtaining grants from the King in the names of others for himself, and for his share in the Partition Treaty, but the impeachment was dismissed for want of prosecution 24 Jun 1701; charged by House of Commons for neglect of his duties as Auditor of the Exchequer, but his conduct as such was unanimously approved by the House of Lords 1703; successfully moved the rejection of the Occasional Conformity Bill 14 Dec 1703; a Commissioner for negotiating the Union with Scotland 10 Apr 1706; acted as one of the Lords Justices from Queen Anne’s death until the arrival of George I; First Lord of the Treasury from 11 Oct 1714; KG 16 Oct 1714; created Earl of Halifax 19 Oct 1714; Lord Lieutenant, Surrey, from 24 Dec 1714; a great parliamentary orator and brilliant financier; the lifelong friend of Sir Isaac Newton and a munificent patron of literature; FRS 30 Nov 1695, President 30 Nov 1695 – 30 Nov 1698; his collected poems were published in 1715; [? m. 1st, 3 Sep 1685 Elisabeth, dau. of Francis Forster, South Bailey, Durham]; m. Feb 1688 Anne, widow of his cousin Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester, and dau. of Sir Christopher Yelverton, Bart.; d. 19 May 1715. Buried in Duke of Albemarle’s vault, Henry VII’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

MORDAUNT, CHARLES, 3RD EARL OF PETERBOROUGH and 1ST EARL OF MONMOUTH, eldest son of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt, and Elizabeth, dau. of Hon. Thomas Carey; b.; at school under Busby (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1727/8); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Apr 1674, aged 16; succeeded father as 2nd Viscount Mordaunt 5 Jun 1675; served as volunteer with British fleet in Mediterranean 1674-7, 1678-9, and at Tangier 1680; associated with Essex, Russell and Sidney in 1682; said to have been the first to press the Prince of Orange (William III) “to undertake the business of England”; commanded a small Dutch squadron in West Indies 1687; attended William III on his landing at Torbay Nov 1688; Privy Councillor 14 Feb 1688/9; a Gentleman of the Bedchamber 1 Mar 1688/9 – Apr 1697; First Lord of the Treasury 8 Apr 1689 – Mar 1690/1; created Earl of Monmouth 9 Apr 1689; one of Queen’s Council of Nine 1689; went with King to Netherlands 1691, 1692; quarrelled with William III over conduct of war Dec 1692, and went into fierce opposition; imprisoned in Tower of London for his conduct in Fenwick’s case, and struck off Privy Council 21 Jan 1696/7; released 30 Mar 1697; succeeded uncle as 3rd Earl of Peterborough 19 Jun 1697; helped Somers to translate the Olynthiacs of Demosthenes 1702; restored to favour at Court on avccession of Anne; appointed Captain-Gen. and Governor of Jamaica 22 Dec 1702, but appointment cancelled as he declined to undertake an expedition against the Spanish settlements in the West Indies without the help of the Dutch; readmitted to Privy Council 29 Mar 1705; appointed with Sir Clowdesley Shovell to joint command of expedition to Spain May 1705; surprised Montjuich and captured Barcelona; entered Valencia 24 Jan 1705/6; proceeded to Genoa to arrange with the Duke of Savoy for a combined attack on Toulon; negotiated a loan at an exorbitant rate of interest without authority; returned to Valencia and recalled to England to give an account of his conduct of the war 11 Feb 1706/7; did not return until Aug 1707; employed John Friend (qv) to write An Account of the Earl of Peterborough’s Conduct in Spain; after two investigations by House of Lords, he received a vote of thanks 10 Feb 1710/1; Ambassador Extraordinary in Vienna, Turin, Frankfurt and Naples 1711-3; Col., Royal Horse Guards 19 Aug 1712 – 13 Jun 1715; KG 3 Aug 1713; Ambassador Exraordinary to Italian Princes Nov 1713; Governor of Minorca Mar 1714; recalled on accession of Whigs to power on accession of George I; General of Marine Forces in Great Britain 24 May 1722; Lord Lieut., Northamptonshire 30 May 1689 – 21 Jul 1715; a brilliant but untrustworthy man, of untiring energy and a craving for novelty and excitement; patron of literature and science; m. 1st, Carey, half-sister of Charles Fraser (qv); m. 2nd, Anastasia (Anastasia Robinson, singer), dau. of Thomas Brown, portrait painter; d. on his yacht off Lisbon 25 Oct 1735. DNB.

MORRIS, THOMAS EDWARD, son of Rev. John Morris DD, Rector of Elstree, Herts.; b. 1 Sep 1813; adm. 1 Oct 1827 (Singleton's); KS (Capt. ) 1828; Capt. of the School 1831; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1832, matr. 7 Jun 1832, Westminster Student (still 1847), Tutor 1838-45; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 21 May 1837, priest (Oxford) 10 Jun 1838; Curate, Hambleden, Bucks.; Vicar of Carleton in Craven, Yorks., from 1854; m. (by 1859) Amelia J. --- (1881 Census); d. 14 Dec 1885.

MOYSEY, FREDERICK LUTTRELL, third son of Charles Abel Moysey (qv), and his first wife; b. 9 Nov 1815; adm. 9 Jun 1828 (G); KS 1830; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1834, matr. 15 May 1834; rowed v. Cambridge 1836; BA 1838; MA 1861; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1838, priest (Bath and Wells) 1840; Curate, Holy Trinity, Bath 1838; Assistant Minister, Margaret’s Chapel, Bath 1839; Rector of Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset 1840-61; Vicar of Sidmouth, Devon 1861-5; m. 29 May 1839 Arabella, eldest dau. of Hon. John Petty Ward; d. 13 Aug 1906.