War of Independence.—War with Tripoli.—War of 1812.—War with Mexico.
Admiral Meade was Vice-Commander-General for Pennsylvania.
Hereditary member by right of his father, Richard Worsam Meade, 2d, who
served as a lieutenant in the U. S. Navy, during the Mexican War, on
board of the U. S. frigate _Potomac_, Captain Aulick, at Vera Cruz.
Incidentally it may be said that Richard Worsam Meade, 1st, was naval
agent of the United States abroad, during the War of Tripoli and War of
1812, and that George Meade (father of R. W. Meade, 1st) was a prominent
agitator against the Stamp Act of 1765, and was one of the signers of
the non-importation resolutions of merchants of Philadelphia, Oct. 25,
1765, and though a man of wealth, served as a private soldier in 3d
battalion of Col. Cadwalader’s regiment. He gave £2000 sterling to the
fund for Washington’s suffering army at Valley Forge. Was a member of
the Philadelphia “Associators” during the Revolutionary War. Left the
city when the British army came in and did not return until Washington’s
troops reoccupied it.
4. The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, 1861–65.
Pennsylvania Commandery.
Joined 1866, No. 187 on general roll.