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.
Middleton, Henry Nicholas, 1845-1928
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.
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.
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.
Marsh, Matthew Henry, 1810-1881
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.
Marsh, George Thomas, 1812-1862
MARSH, GEORGE THOMAS, brother of Matthew Henry Marsh (qv); b. 6 Aug 1812; adm. 11 Jan 1825 (G); KS 1826; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Dec 1830, Canoneer Student 1830; BA 1834; MA 1838; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1835, priest (Bath & Wells) 1836; Vicar of Sutton Benger, Wilts., from 1836; Rector of Foxley, Wilts., from 1840; m. Frances Elizabeth, sister of Douglas Macdonald (qv); d. at Nice 24 Feb 1862.
MARKHAM, WILLIAM, eldest son of Maj. William Markham, Barrack-Master of Kinsale, co. Cork, and Elizabeth, dau. of George Markham, Worksop, Notts.; bapt. 9 Apr 1719; adm. (aged 14) 21 Jun 1733; KS (Capt. ) 1734; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1738, matr. 6 Jun 1738, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1738 – void by marriage 18 Jun 1759, Tutor 1742-52, Junior Censor 1751; BA 1742; MA 1745; BCL and DCL 1752; adm. Gray’s Inn 29 Jan 1742/3; ordained priest (Oxford) 17 Dec 1748; Head Master of the School Feb 1753 – Mar 1764; Chaplain in Ordinary to George II 1756 (still 1760); Prebendary of Durham 22 Jun 1759 – Feb 1771; Dean of Rochester 20 Feb 1765 – Oct 1767; Vicar of Boxley, Kent 1765-71; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 23 Oct 1767 – Jan 1777; consecrated Bishop of Chester 17 Feb 1771; Preceptor to Prince of Wales and Prince Frederick 12 Apr 1771 – 28 May 1776; Archbishop of York from 20 Jan 1777; Lord High Almoner from 21 Jan 1777; Privy Councillor 31 Jan 1777; attacked in House of Lords by Duke of Grafton and Earl of Shelburne 30 May 1777, for having preached doctrines subversive of the Constitution in a sermon at St. Mary-le-Bow Feb 1777; Markham’s “pernicious” doctrines were also attacked by Earl of Chatham; had a narrow escape at his house in Bloomsbury Square during Gordon Riots; at one time an intimate friend of Edmund Burke, whose Philiosophical Enquiry, 1756, he corrected for the press, and afterwards revised; a staunch friend and supporter of Warren Hastings (qv); “our great glory”, wrote Jeremy Bentham (qv), “was Dr. Markham : he was a tall portly man and “high he held his head” … We stood prodigiously in awe of him; indeed he was an object of adoration” (Bentham, Works, 1843, x, 30); during his Head mastership the old Granary in Dean’s Yard was removed and the houses on the Terrace probably built; donor of the scenes for the Latin Play, designed by James Stuart and in use from 1758 to 1808; Busby Trustee 18 Mar 1756; m. 16 Jun 1759 Sarah, dau. of John Goddard, Rotterdam, merchant; d. 3 Nov 1807. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
MARKHAM, FREDERICK, third son of John Markham (adm. 1768, qv); b. 16 Aug 1805; adm. 15 Jun 1814; KS 1820; expelled for a scrape which he got into when boating in Apr 1824 (A Naval Career during the Old War, 1883, pp 275-6); Ensign, 32nd Foot 13 May 1824; Lieut., 22 Oct 1825; Capt., 16 Apr 1829; Maj., 28 Sep 1839; Lieut. -Col., 22 Jul 1842; Brevet Col. and ADC to Queen Victoria 2 Aug 1850; Maj. -Gen., 28 Nov 1854; Lieut. -Gen., local rank, 30 Jul 1855; second to Capt. Smyth, 32nd Foot, in his fatal duel with Standish O’Grady 18 Mar 1830, and sentenced to a year’s imprisonment in Kilmainham Gaol; served in Lower Canada during insurrection of 1837, wounded at St. Denis; served in Punjab campaign 1848-9, wounded at siege of Mooltan; CB 5 Jun 1849; Adjutant-Gen., British Army in India Mar – Nov 1854; appointed to command of Peshawar division, but recalled from India in 1854 to proceed to the Crimea; commanded Second Division in attack on the Redan 8 Sep 1855; shortly afterwards invalided home; author, Shooting in the Himalayas, 1854; d. unm. 21 Dec 1855. DNB.
Malet, Alfred Augustus, 1814-1898
MALET, ALFRED AUGUSTUS, eighth son of Sir Charles Warre Malet, Bart., FRS FSA, EICS Bombay, and Susanna, eldest dau. of James Wales, Upper Norwood, Surrey; b. 29 Aug 1814; adm. 2 Jul 1824 (Singleton's); Ensign, 8th Foot 30 Jan 1835; Lieut., 30 Apr 1837; Capt., 24 Jun 1842; retd. 14 Nov 1845; m. 20 Jun 1840 Eleanor Anne von Passow, Brandenburg, Prussia (but born West Indies, 1881 Census); d. 21 Mar 1898.
MAHONY, JOHN, brother of Robert Hickson (qv); b. 1816; assumed surname of Mahony in lieu of Hickson 11 Dec 1827, in compliance with will of maternal uncle; adm. 15 Apr 1830; KS 1831; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1835, matr. 4 Jun 1835, Westminster Student; BA 1839; MA 1842; adm. King’s Inns, Dublin 1840, and Middle Temple 23 Apr 1844; signed Play Protest 1847.