Nicol, Silvanus James Westell, son of Silvanus Westell Nicol and Agnes Mary, d. of James Westell; b. 20 Oct. 1920; adm. May 1934 (A); left July 1940; PO (A & SD) RAF Oct. 1944, FO (WS) June 1945; recalled to active list July 1945; FO Nov. 1947, Flt Lieut. May 1956; Staff Officer Air Ministry 1956; m. 8 Apr. 1947 Elizabeth, d. of W. Trice of Tunstall, Staffs; d. Dec. 1998.

Marks, Julian David, elder son of Montague Lawrence Marks, of South Kensington, by Agnes, daughter of Moses Lazarus, of New York; b. Aug. 17, 1888: adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 25, 1902 (A); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1907, matric. Michaelmas 1907; 1st class Nat. Science, pt. i, 1910; B.A. 1910; 2nd Lieut. 5th Dragoon Guards (S. R.) Aug. 15, 1914, R.F.A. Oct. 23, 1915; served in France and Salonika 1915-6; invalided Feb. 1918; chairman of the Staveley Investment Trust and other companies; . J.P., Surrey; m. May 5, 1915, Nancy Pleasants, daughter of Samuel Hollingsworth, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. Aug. 25, 1950.

Marks, Philip Moses, brother of Julian David Marks (q.v.); b. April 6, 1890; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (A); left Easter 1905; enlisted in 17th (Empire) Batt. Royal Fusiliers Aug. 10, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. (Res.) Middlesex Regt. March 25, 1915, attached 4th Batt.; went out to the western front June 1915; m. 191 1 Cynthia Dow White, daughter of Janet Ridsdale, of Kingsdown, Kent; killed in action at Hooge in Flanders Sept. 29, 1915.

Marsden, Christopher Alexander, son of Wilfred Alexander Marsden CB, Keeper of Printed Books, Brit. Museum, and Gwladys, d. of William Keown-Boyd of Downpatrick, Eire; b. 27 Mar. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (A); left July 1930; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1930 but did notgradu­ate; literary editor The Geographical Magazine 1935-8; RA 1939-45 (Capt. and Adjutant); BBC External Services 1945-70; author of Palmyra of the North 1942, The English at the Seaside 1947, Nottinghamshire 1953; m. 22 Sept. 1939 Margaret Ruth Kershaw, psychiatric social worker; d. 24 Dec. 1989.

Martyr, Paul Alan Ashburner, brother of James Brian Evans Martyr (q.v.); b. April 17, 1902; adm. May 2, 1917 (A); left July 1920; an engineer; served in Great War II in a Military Ordnance Works; d.

McCheane, Peter James, son of Col. Montague William Hiley McCheane CMG CBE RA, of Shortlands, Kent, and Monica Beatrice Primrose, d. of Frederick Arthur Mills MD FRCS; b. 9 June 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (A); left July 1942; RASC 1943-7; branch man. Scaffolding (GB) Ltd. 1949-58, Norstel & Templewood Hawksley 1962-70; dir. Cedelton Ltd., import export co., 1970, man. dir. 1973-86; man. dir. Pembstone Ltd. 1979-; m. 31 Mar. 1956 Patricia Ann, d. of George Stinchcombe, building co. dir.; d. 28 Aug. 1999.

McDougall, Eardley Harold Victor, son of Harold McDougall and Helena Victoria Augusta, d. of Col. Eardley Maitland CB RA; b. 30 Dec. 1910; adm. May 1924 (A); left July 1929; adm. a solic­itor Dec. 1933; under-sec. Law Society 1938-51; sec. Inst. of Chartered Accountants of Scot­land 1951-76; CBE 1976; m. 16 Aug. 1941 Gwendolen Mary, d. of Rev. John Owen Hagger BO of Chorleywood, Herts.; d. Jan. 2001.

McGregor, Kenneth, son of James McGregor, of Ealing, by Eugenie Lydia, daughter of WilliamJohnson, of Hornsey; b. Feb. 11, 1903; adm. as (non-resident) K.S. Sept. 23, 1915 (A); left (with Triplett) July 1921; New Coll. Oxon.; scholar (Mod. Hist.) 1920, matric. Michael­ mas 1921; B.A. 1924; 2nd class Lit. Hum. 1924; 1st class Mod. Hist. 1926; M.A. 1953; an asst. principal, Ministry of Health, 1926, principal 1934; called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn July 3, 1935; asst. secretary, Ministry of Health 1940; Ministry of Supply 1941-2; Ministry of Pro­duction 1942-5; Board of Trade since 1945; Economic Adviser (Minister) to British High Commissioner in Canada and British Senior Trade Commissioner, 1958; C.M.G. 1951; m. May 31, 1930, Dorothy Laura Roope, daughter of His Honour Raymond Roope Reeve, K.C., Judge of County Courts, of Penegoes, Machynlleth, Mont.; d. 8 Oct. 1984.

Mercer, Henry Philip, son of Henry Chandler Mercer, of Paddington; b. Sept. 8, 1877; adm. April 28, 1892 (A); left April 1895.

Millholland, John Angus; b. Nov. 3, 1892; adm. Jan. 19, 1905 (A); left Aug. 1905.