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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.

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.

MORDAUNT, HON. HARRY, brother of Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth (qv); b. 29 Mar 1663; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1676; tried at the Old Bailey 15 Oct 1679, with David Jones and John Osbaldeston (qvv), for murder of a bailiff, but acquitted (Elizabethan xviii, 83); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1680, matr. 17 Dec 1680, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1680 – void 1687; BA 1684; Lieut. of a corps of Christ Church and other men who trained privately in Peckwater Quadrangle during the panic caused by Monmouth’s rebellion (Wood, Ath. Oxon., i, cii-ciii); adm. Middle Temple 12 Feb 1673/4; Col. of a Regt. of Foot 25 Apr 1694; Commander in Chief, Guernsey 1 Apr 1697; Treasurer of the Ordnance 8 Jun 1699 – Jun 1702, 28 May 1705 – Jun 1712, and from 2 Dec 1714; Brig. -Gen., 29 Aug 1704; Maj. -Gen., 1 Jan 1706; Lieut. -Gen., 1 Jan 1709; MP Brackley Jan 1691/2-8, Jan 1700/1-2, 1705-8, Richmond from 1708; m. 1st, Margaret, natural dau. of Sir Thomas Spencer, Bart.; m. 2nd, Penelope, dau. of William Tipping, Ewelme, Oxfordshire; d. 4 Jan 1719/20 (M. I. Dauntsey, Wilts. ).

MORGAN, SIR CHARLES, BART., elder son of King Gould, Westminster, Deputy Judge Advocate Gen., and Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Shaw, Besthorpe, Norfolk; b. 25 Apr 1726; adm. Sep 1735; KS 1739; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1743, matr. 1 Jun 1743, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1743 – Feb 1753, Faculty Student 1 Feb 1753 – res 22 Dec 1757; BA 1747; MA 1750; DCL 8 Jul 1773; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 11 Jan 1742/3, called to bar 20 Nov 1750; Deputy Judge Advocate Gen. 1754-69, Judge Advocate Gen. 1769 – res Feb 1806; Chancellor, Diocese of Salisbury 1772-99; MP Brecon Apr 1778 – Jun 1787, Breconshire Jun 1787-1806; knighted 5 May 1779; created baronet 15 Nov 1792; assumed surname of Morgan in lieu of Gould 16 Nov 1792, on his wife inheriting estates of Morgan family in South Wales; Privy Councillor 22 Sep 1802; m. 18 Feb 1758 Jane, eldest dau. of Thomas Morgan MP, Ruperra, Glamorgan, Lord Lieut., Monmouthshire and Breconshire; d. 7 Dec 1806. DNB.

MORGAN, SIR CHARLES, eldest son of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart. (qv); b. 4 Feb 1760; adm. 1 Feb 1771; KS 1774; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 21 Nov 1777; Lieut. and Capt., 22 Mar 1781; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 14 May 1790; retd. 4 Dec 1792; served in American war, and taken prisoner at Yorktown; MP Brecon Dec 1787-96, Monmouthshire 1796-1831; assumed surname and arms of Morgan in lieu of Gould 20 Nov 1792; succ. father as 2nd baronet 6 Dec 1806; DCL Oxford 13 Jun 1834; “a staunch supporter of the agricultural interest of Monmouthshire”; m. 6 Apr 1791 Mary Magdalene, only child of Capt. George Stoney, Royal Navy; d. 5 Dec 1846.

MOSTYN, JOHN, brother of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. (adm. 1716, qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1722; KS 1723; Capt. of the School 1727; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1728, matr. Jun 1728, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1728 – deprived 10 Dec 1734 (absence); Ensign, 16th Foot 29 Feb 1732; Capt., 6 Nov 1736; Capt. -Lieut., 2nd Foot Guards 2 Sep 1742; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 2 Apr 1743; wounded at battle of Fontenoy 1745; Brevet Col. and ADC to George II 3 Dec 1747 (listed as ADC, Chamberlayne 1748); Col., 7th Foot (Royal Fusiliers) 26 Jan 1751 – Jul 1754, 13th Dragoons 8 Jul 1754 – Oct 1758; Maj. -Gen., 8 Jul 1757; Col., 5th Dragoons 18 Oct 1758 – Aug 1760; Lieut. -Gen., 8 Apr 1759; Col., 7th Dragoons 18 Aug 1760 – May 1763, 1st Dragoon Guards, from 13 May 1763; Gen., 25 May 1772; MP Malton 30 Dec 1741-68; Groom of the Bedchamber from 20 Jan 1746; Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Minorca, from 2 Mar 1768; defendant in 1773 in an action successfully brought by Anthony Fabrigas, who he had banished from the island (Howell, State Trials, xx, 81-238); d. 13 Feb 1779. DNB.

MOYSEY, ABEL, son of Abel Moysey MD, Bath, and Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset, medical practitioner, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Fortrie, Vicar of Washington, Sussex; b. 23 Aug 1743; adm.; KS (Capt., aged 12) 1756; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1760, matr. 9 Jun 1760, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1760 – void 25 Jun 1774; BA 1764; MA 1767; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Feb 1758, called to bar 31 Mar 1767, Bencher 18 Jun 1802, Treasurer 1811; a Commissioner of Bankrupts 1771-4; Second Justice of Brecon 1777-1819; Deputy to King’s Remembrancer, Exchequer 16 Jun 1795-1824; one of the four Registrars of Deeds, Middlesex 1796-1813; MP Bath 1774-90; m. 26 Dec 1774 Charlotte, fourth dau. of Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde, Bart. MP; d. 3 Jul 1831.

MURRAY, JAMES PATRICK, only son of Gen. Hon. James Murray, Governor of Quebec, and his second wife Anne, dau. of Abraham Witham, Consul-Gen., Minorca; b. 21 Jan 1782; adm. 7 Jul 1794 (Clapham); in school list 1797; left Bartholomewtide 1797; Ensign, 44th Foot 1 Nov 1797; Lieut., 15 Mar 1798; Capt. -Lieut. and Capt., 9th Foot 26 Dec 1799; 66th Foot 9 Jul 1803; Maj., 9 Feb 1804; Lieut. -Col., 25 May 1809; 5th Garrison Bn., 2 Nov 1809; half-pay 6 Feb 1815; Brevet Col., 12 Aug 1819; Major-Gen., 22 Jul 1830; served in Netherlands and at the passage of the river Douro in Portugal; CB 8 Dec 1815; MP Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1802 – Feb 1803; m. 31 Jan 1803 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Edward Rushworth MP, Freshwater House, isle of Wight; d. 5 Dec 1834.

MYLLES, JOHN, fourth son of Francis Mylles, Bitterne, Hampshire, Clerk of the Privy Seal, and Alice, dau. of Richard James, Newport, Isle of Wight; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1620, matr. 12 Oct 1621, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1644; BA 6 Feb 1623/4; MA 1626; BCL 1631; DCL 5 Jan 1648/9; adm. Middle Temple 19 Mar 1640/1; Judge Advocate-Gen. of Parliamentary Army 1644-51 and Jan – Dec 1660; one of Parliamentary Commissioners for surrender of Oxford 1646; a Parliamentary Visitor of University of Oxford 1 May 1647; one of the twenty Delegates appointed by the Proctors 19 May 1648; Canon of Christ Church (although not in holy orders) 12 Apr 1648 – ejection Jan 1650/1, for refusing to take the Engagement; restored to Canonry by Parliament 13 Mar 1659/60, but deprived by King’s Delegates Jul 1660; advocate, Doctors’ Commons 3 Jul 1650; MP Oxford University 1659-60; Chancellor, Diocese of Norwich, from 1661; d. Mar 1676.

NORRIS, SIR WILLIAM, BART., second son of Thomas Norris MP, Speke, Lancashire, and Catherine, dau. of Sir Henry Garroway, Kt, Lord Mayor of London; b.; adm.; KS in 1672; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1675, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1675, scholar 1676; BA 1678/9; MA 1682; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1681 – c. 1690, Tutor 1687; took part in struggle with James II against the admission of Roman Catholics to Cambridge Univ. 1687; MP Liverpool 1695 – Nov 1701; a Commissioner of Public Accounts 1697; created baronet 3 Dec 1698; sent out to India as King’s Commissioner to obtain trading privileges from the Mogul Emperor for the New General Society (otherwise English Company); landed at Masulipatam Sep 1699, but was not able to secure an audience with the Emperor Aurungzeb until 28 Apr 1701; after repeated interviews Norris left the Mogul camp in Nov 1701 without having achieved the objects of his mission; was forcibly detained for two months at Burhampuri, and not allowed to proceed until Feb 1701/2; sailed for England in ship Scipio 5 May 1702; lic. to m. 13 Dec 1689 Elizabeth, widow of Nicholas Pollexfen and of Isaac Meynell, both of London, and dau. of Robert Reade, Cheshunt, Herts.; d. 10 Oct 1702 on voyage back from India, and was buried at sea. DNB.