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Mackenzie, Marcus, son of Rev. Marcus Mackenzie MB, medical missionary in China; b. 4 Aug. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (KS); left July 1929; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1929, BA 1936; a writer; m. 2 Feb. 1937 Margaret Stewart, d. of Edward Houston of Ottawa; d. 1959.

MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER, son of John Mackenzie, Bishopsgate, London; b.; adm. 13 Jan 1795 (Clapham); in school list 1795; KS (aged 14) 1796; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1800, matr. 12 Jun 1800, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1800; BA 1804; MA 1807; Grand Tour (Greece ) (he bequeathed to Christ Church “a Venus and Cupid, which he had brought from Greece”); ordained; d. at Christ Church, Oxford 21 Jul 1809, aged 28.

MACILWAIN, GEORGE BOWES, eldest son of George Macilwain [FRCS, surgeon ?], London, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Daubeney DCL, advocate Doctor’s Commons, London; b. 19 Aug 1834; adm. 1 Oct 1846; QS 1848; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1852, adm. pens. 21 May 1852, scholar 1853; BA 1856; MA 1859; ordained; Curate, St. George’s, Hanover Square, London, from 1861; d. 6 Jun 1867.

MACHAM, ELIAS; b. ; adm. ; KS Jan 1609/10 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 261).

MACGUIRE, THOMAS, seventh son of William MacGuire, Dublin and London, and Elizabeth, elder sister of Francis Annesley (QS 1714, qv); b. 1 Apr 1733; adm. (aged 10) Oct 1743 (Ludford's); KS 1748; adm. Gray’s Inn 14 Nov 1754; Attorney-Gen., North Carolina 23 May 1767; Judge of Vice-Admiralty Court, North Carolina; member for Brunswick Co., House of Assembly, North Carolina; member HM Council, North Carolina 1774-; taken prisoner and his house plundered by American forces in 1781, but soon afterwards released and returned to England on conclusion of peace; d. 27 May 1803.

Macfarlane, William Angus, son of Thomas Ernest Madarlane of Weston-super-Mare and Ada Agnes Oram, d. of William White of Weymouth; b. 19 July 1908; adm. Sept. 1921 (KS); left July 1926; Balliol Coll. Oxf., matric. 1926, BA BSc 1929 (1st class hons Nat. Sci.); Commonwealth Fellow in Physical Chemistry Univ. of California 1932-4; PhD 1934; Dir. of Fuel Efficiency, Min. of Fuel & Power, 1943-8; Dir. UK Scientific Mission British Embassy Washington 1948; chief executive Nat. Industrial Fuel Efficiency Service 1954; CBE 1958; Pres. Inst. of Fuel 1960; m. 5 Feb. 1938 Joan Morton, d. of William Hughes Perkins of St Albans; d. 19 Aug. 1961.

MACDOWALL, ANDREW, eldest son of Andrew Macdowall, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London, and Elizabeth, sister of Edward Jolly (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1679; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Jul 1681, aged 16; adm. Middle Temple 7 Feb 1681/2; m. 2 Jun 1689 (IGI) Judith, dau. of Richard De Beauvoir, Hackney, Middlesex; dead by 1714. [Andrew Macdowall, St. James, Middlesex, will proved PCC 1 Jun 1711].

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.

MACDONALD, SIR ARCHIBALD, BART., son of Sir Alexander Macdonald, Bart., and his second wife Lady Margaret Montgomerie, dau. of Alexander Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton (S); b. 13 Jul 1747; adm.; KS 1760; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1764, matr. 30 Jun 1764, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1764 – Dec 1776, Faculty Student 7 Dec 1776 – res 23 Dec 1777; BA 1768; MA 1772; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Nov 1765, called to bar 24 Nov 1770, Bencher 12 Feb 1778, Treasurer 1789; patent of precedence at Bar 22 Jan 1778; Second Justice of Carmarthen 1780-4; Solicitor-Gen., 7 Apr 1784 – Jun 1788; knighted 27 Jun 1788; Attorney-Gen., 28 Jun 1788 – Feb 1793; MP Hindon 9 Feb 1777-80, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1780 – Feb 1793; Serjeant-at-law 12 Feb 1793; Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer 12 Feb 1793 – Nov 1813; Privy Councillor 15 Feb 1793; created baronet 27 Nov 1813; FSA 19 Dec 1788; Busby Trustee 21 May 1808; noted for his agreeable manners and conversational talents; m. 26 Dec 1777 Lady Louisa Leveson Gower, eldest dau. of Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Marquis of Stafford (qv), and his second wife; d. 18 May 1826. DNB.

LYON, WILLIAM JOHN, fourth son of Joseph Lyon, Ashfield Neston, Cheshire, and Bloomsbury Square, London, barrister, and Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Winder, Vaynor Park, Montgomeryshire; b. 14 Jan 1791; adm.; Min. Can. 1803; in school lists May and Oct 1803; KS 1804; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1808, adm. pens. 28 May 1808, scholar 1809; BA 1812; adm. Gray’s Inn 15 Jun 1808; Cornet, 14th Light Dragoons 28 Apr 1812; Lieut., 10 Jun 1813; served in Peninsular War; killed in action in South of France 18 Mar 1814.