Campbeltown, Argyllshire 3 June 1812; ed. at Glasgow and
Edinburgh univs.; minister of Loudoun, Ayrshire 15 March 1838 to
1843; minister of Dalkeith near Edinburgh 15 Dec. 1843 to 1851;
sent by general assembly to British North America, June 1845;
member of general assembly 1849; minister of Barony church,
Glasgow 27 Feb. 1851, inducted July 1851; dean of the chapel
royal; one of H.M. chaplains for Scotland 26 Dec. 1857; hon.
D.D. Glasgow 30 April 1858; dean of the order of the thistle 26
July 1869; visited the mission stations in India 1867; moderator
of the general assembly 1869; edited The Edinburgh christian
magazine 1850–9; Good words 1860 etc.; Good words for the young
1868–70; author of Deborah or fireside readings for servants
1857; The home school, or hints on home education 1856; Parish
papers 1862; Reminiscences of a highland parish 1867; The
starling, a Scottish story 2 vols. 1867; Eastward, a visit to
Egypt and the Holy Land 1866; Peeps at the far east, a visit
to India 1871 and 25 other books. _d._ Glasgow 16 June 1872.
_bur._ Campsie 20 June. His statue erected in Glasgow and two
windows placed by the queen to his memory in Crathie church. _D.
Macleod’s Memoir of N. Macleod_ (1877), _portrait_; _Cartoon
portraits_ (1873) 86–7, _portrait_; _J. Smith’s Our Scottish
clergy_ (1851) 313–23; _More leaves from the journal of a life
in the highlands_ (1884) 209–37; _Illustrated Review_, _iv_
33–7 (1872), _portrait_; _Maclehose’s Glasgow men_, _ii_ 207–12
(1886), _portrait_.
MACLEOD, RODERICK. _b._ Scotland; ed. at univ. of Edinb., M.D.
1 Aug. 1816; surgeon in the army; settled in London; L.R.C.P.
22 Dec. 1821; F.R.C.P. 9 July 1836, Gulstonian lecturer 1837,
consiliarius 1839; editor and proprietor of London Medical
Gazette, number one 8 Dec. 1827, a weekly journal; physician St.
George’s hospital 13 Feb. 1833 to 1845; author of On rheumatism
1842. _d._ Chanonry, Old Aberdeen 7 Dec. 1852. _Munk’s College
of physicians_, _iii_ 243–4 (1878).
MACLEOD, RODERICK. _b._ 1786; M.P. Cromarty and Nairn 1818–20;
M.P. co. Sutherland 1831–7 and M.P. Inverness district of burghs
1837–40; lord lieutenant of Cromarty 8 May 1833 to death. _d._
Invergordon castle, Rossshire 13 March 1853.
M’LEOD, RODERICK (son of the minister of Snizort). _b._
Glen-Haltin, Isle of Skye 1794; presbyterian minister at
Lynedale, Skye to 1823, at Bracadale 1823–38 and at Snizort
1838–43; minister of the Free church, often preaching on hill
sides and in snow storms 1843, itinerated in Skye to his death;
moderator of Free ch. general assembly 1863; author of Report
of the proceedings of the general assembly in the case of the
suspension of R. M’Leod 1826. _d._ 1868. _Wylie’s Disruption
Worthies_ (1881) 383–8, _portrait_.
MACLEOD, RODERICK BANNATYNE. _b._ 18 Feb. 1823; entered Bengal
army; cornet 4 European light cavalry 27 Sep. 1843, captain 6
Sep. 1851; captain 3 European light cavalry to 1862; major 21
hussars 30 July 1862, lieut.-col. 4 March 1868 to 8 Dec. 1877
when he retired as M.G. _d._ Golden manor court near Hanwell,
Middlesex 24 Feb. 1881.
MACLEOD, WILLIAM COUPERUS. Entered Madras army 1821; lieut.
30 Madras N.I. 8 Sep. 1826, lieut.-col. 14 May 1853 to 1856;
lieut.-col. of 29 N.I. 1856–7, of 14 N.I. 1857–9, of 40 N.I.
1859–60, of 14 N.I. 1860–3 and of 1 N.I. 1863 to 1 Aug. 1864;
commandant at Jaulnah 16 Aug. 1859 to 9 July 1861; commandant at
Malabar and Canara 9 July 1861 to 15 Jany. 1862; commandant of
Nagpore subsidiary force 15 Jany. 1862 to 2 June 1863; commanded
Pegu division 2 June 1863 to 27 April 1864; commanded Ceded
district 27 April 1864 to 30 May 1868; col. of 30 Madras N.I.
12 March 1865 to 1869; general 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ 62 Gloucester
gardens, London 4 April 1880.
M’LERIE, JOHN. _b._ Ayrshire 1809; private in fusilier guards;
an orderly clerk in war office; ensign 58 foot 28 Dec. 1838,
adjutant 1838–48, lieut. 27 June 1841, sold out 7 June 1850;
served in Tasmania and N.S.W.; was in Maori war of 1845;
paymaster and adjutant of the mounted patrol, Sydney; principal
gaoler at Darlinghurst; police magistrate and superintendent of
police, Sydney 1850; inspector general of police 1856 when he
suppressed bush-ranging. _d._ 6 Oct. 1874. _Heaton’s Australian
Dict. of dates_ (1879) 140.
M’LETCHIE, JAMES. _b._ Maybole, Ayrshire 24 Dec. 1800;
apprentice to a surgeon at Maybole; ed. Glasgow univ., D.D.;
presbyterian minister at Larkhall 1837, at Gartsherrie to 1841,
at St. Thomas’, Leith 1841, at Blackfriars’ parish, Glasgow
1842; minister of the second charge, High ch. Edinb. 1843 to
death. _d._ Edinburgh 18 Sep. 1866. _bur._ Grange cemetery 24
Sep. _Sermons by J. M’Letchie_ (1871) _memoir pp. vii–xxvii_,
_portrait_.
MACLISE, DANIEL (2 child of Alexander Mc Lish of Cork, tanner).
_baptized_ in presbyterian ch. Princes st. Cork 2 Feb. 1806
but he always said he was _b._ 25 Jany. 1811; student at Cork
academy opened 1822; opened a studio in Patrick st. 1825;
entered schools of the R.A. London 20 April 1828, gained the
gold medal for historical composition 1829; contributed 80
character portraits to Fraser’s Mag. latterly under nom de plume
of Alfred Croquis, June 1830 to 1838; exhibited 83 pictures
at R.A., 20 at B.I. and 21 at Suffolk st. 1829–71; altered
spelling of his name to Maclise 1835; A.R.A. 1835, R.A. 1840;
for his great mural paintings of Wellington and Blucher 1858–61
and The death of Nelson on board the Victory 1861–4, in the
royal gallery Westminster, he was paid £7,000; designed the
Swiney cup for the Society of arts, the medal for International
Exhibition 1862, and the Turner medal for the R.A.; illustrated
The princess by A. Tennyson 1860 and took part in illustrating
many other works. _d._ 4 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea 25 April 1870.
_bur._ Kensal Green cemetery in his father’s vault, portrait by
E. M. Ward in National portrait gallery. _W. J. O’Driscoll’s
Memoir of D. Maclise_ (1871), _portrait_; _The Mask_ (1868)
100, _portrait_; _J. Sherer’s Gallery of British artists_,
_ii_ 15–19; _Sandby’s History of royal academy_, _ii_ 161–64
(1862); _Walford’s Photographic portraits of living celebrities_
(1859), _portrait_; _Fine art. By W. M. Rossetti_ (1867) 245–54;
_Maclise Portrait gallery_ (1883) 448–63, _portrait_; _I.L.N.
vi_ 293 (1845) _portrait_, _iii_ 169, 170 (1868), _portrait_;
_Illust. Times 4 May 1870 p._ 313, _portrait_; _Dublin univ.
mag. May 1847 p._ 594, _portrait_.
MACLIVER, PETER STEWART (son of David Macliver of Kilchoman,
Islay, Scotland). _b._ Edinburgh 1820; ed. High sch. and univ.
of Glasgow; on staff of Tyne mercury at Newcastle 1845; started
the Newcastle Guardian; founder and proprietor of Western Daily
Press, Bristol 29 June 1858, built at great cost new offices
1889; M.P. Plymouth 1880–85; great advocate of cause of post
office officials; liberal candidate for Doncaster division
of Yorkshire 1890. _d._ Cotham park, Brighton 19 April 1891.
_Michell’s Newspaper Press directory_ (1892) 78, _portrait_;
_Congregationalist_, _Dec. 1881 pp._ 977–82, _portrait_.
MACLOUGHLIN, DAVID. _b._ 1784; ed. Edinb. univ., M.D. 1810;
L.R.C.S. 1809; assistant surgeon in the army 22 June 1815;
served during Peninsular war, taken prisoner; in charge of a
French hospital; Napoleon made him a member of the Legion of
honour, the first Englishman so honoured; M.R.C.P. Lond. 1859;
in practice at 36 Bruton st. London; author of Result of an
enquiry into the existence of premonitory diarrhœa in cholera
1854; Consultation médico-légale sur paralysies vraies. Paris
1841, 2 ed. 1845; Result of an enquiry whether cholera can
be conveyed by intercourse 1856; Proofs of the non existence
of a specific enthetic disease 1863; Letter to the duke of
Somerset relative to the question, Is there a syphilitic virus
1864; Pathological facts as to the means for the prevention of
contagious disease 1864. _d._ 22 Maddox st. London 26 Feb. 1870.
MACLURE, ROBERT. Ed. Edinb. acad.; head classical and
mathematical master of a district sch. in connection with King’s
coll. London; a candidate for Greek chair in Edinb. univ. Dec.
1851; professor of humanity Marischal coll. and univ. Aberdeen
1852 to 15 Sep. 1860; professor of humanity in Aberdeen univ. 15
Sep. 1860 to 1881. _Testimonials of Dr. Maclure, candidate for
the Greek chair_ (1852).
MACMAHON, SIR CHARLES (3 son of sir Wm. Macmahon, master of the
rolls in Ireland). _b._ Fortfield, co. Dublin 10 July 1824;
ensign 71 Highlanders 4 Aug. 1843; cornet 10 hussars 3 April
1846, lieut. 2 Feb. 1847, sold out 8 Aug. 1851; a member of
the police force, Melbourne, Australia, Jany. 1853, assist.
commissioner 1856, then chief commissioner, resigned 1858;
member of legislative assembly West Bourke 1861, a member of the
cabinet 1861–63; contested West Bourke 1863; member legislative
assembly, West Melbourne 1866–78 and 1880–86; speaker of the
assembly 1871–4, 1874–7 and 1880; knighted by patent 29 Sep.
1875. _d._ East Melbourne 28 Aug. 1891. _Mennell’s Australian
Biog._ (1892) 305–6.
MC MAHON, PATRICK. _b._ 1813; barrister G.I. 8 June 1842, went
Oxford circuit; M.P. co. Wexford 1852–65 and M.P. New Ross
1868–74; junior counsel for defence of Tichborne claimant
1872–3; author of articles in Dublin Review. _d._ 19 Dec. 1875.
_I.L.N. xxx_ 499 (1857) _portrait_, _lxviii_ 43 (1876).
MAC MAHON, PATRICK WILLIAM. Ensign 81 foot 6 Nov. 1835; captain
44 foot 17 May 1845, lieut.-col. 28 Aug. 1857 to 28 Dec. 1866;
lieut.-col. 36 foot 28 Dec. 1866 to death; col. in the army 4
May 1861; C.B. 1 March 1861. _d._ Brighton 14 Oct. 1871.
MC MAHON, SIR THOMAS, 2 Baronet (younger son of John Mc Mahon,
patentee comptroller of port of Limerick, _d._ 22 May 1789).
_b._ 27 Dec. 1779; ensign 22 foot 2 Feb. 1797; lieut.-col. 17
foot 20 June 1811 to 4 Nov. 1822; succeeded brother as 2 bart.
12 Sep. 1817; colonel 94 foot 28 March 1838 to 28 Sep. 1847;
colonel 10 foot 28 Sep. 1847 to death; commander in chief at
Bombay 16 Oct. 1839 to 13 Jany. 1847; general 20 June 1854;
K.C.B. 18 Jany. 1827, G.C.B. 20 June 1859. _d._ 10 Great
Cumberland st. Hyde park, London 10 April 1860.
MACMAHON, SIR THOMAS WESTROPP, 3 Baronet (eld. son of
preceding). _b._ 14 Feb. 1813; cornet 16 lancers 24 Dec. 1829;
cornet 6 dragoons 1830, captain 1838–42; captain 9 light
dragoons 1842, placed on h.p. 13 July 1847; in Sutlej campaign,
present at Sobraon 1846; major 5 dragoon guards 24 Nov. 1854,
lieut.-col. 12 Dec. 1854, placed on h.p. 15 Feb. 1861; military
secretary Bombay 14 Feb. 1840 to April 1847; A.Q.M.G. in Crimea
8 March to 20 Dec. 1854, present at Alma, Balaklava, Tchernaya
and at siege of Sebastopol; M.G. cavalry brigade Aldershot, and
inspector general of cavalry in Great Britain 14 June 1871 to
31 July 1876; col. of 18 hussars 6 Jany. 1874 and of 5 dragoon
guards 1885 to death; general 12 April 1880; C.B. 5 July 1855.
_d._ The Sycamores, Farnborough, Hampshire 23 Jany. 1892.
MACMANUS, TERENCE BELLEW. _b._ co. Fermanagh about 1823; a
shipping agent at Liverpool; a member of the ’82 club in Ireland
1844; joined the physical force movement 1848; took part in the
Tipperary civil war 1848; tried for high treason by special
commission at Clonmel with Smith O’Brien 9 Oct. 1848, sentenced
to death and confined in Richmond Bridewell, his sentence was
commuted to transportation for life, transported to Van Diemen’s
Land, reached there July 1849; escaped to San Francisco 1852
where he became a shipping agent but failed. _d._ San Francisco
1860. _bur._ Glasnevin cemetery near Dublin 10 Nov. 1861.
MAC MASTER, GILBERT. _b._ Saintfield, Ireland 13 Feb. 1778;
at Jefferson coll. Philadelphia 1791–3; licensed to practise
medicine 1805; pastor of Reformed presbyterian ch. Duanesberg,
New York 1808–40, and of Princetown ch. Indiana 1840–6; D.D.
of Union univ. 1828; author of An essay in defence of some
fundamental doctrines of christianity. Utica 1815; An apology
for the book of Psalms 1818; The moral character of civil
government with reference to the institutions of the United
States. Albany 1832; Thoughts on the union of the church.
Cincinnati 1846. _d._ New Albany, Indiana 15 March 1854.
_Appleton’s American biography_, _iv_ 148 (1888).
MC MASTER, VALENTINE MUNBEE. _b._ 1835; assist. surgeon 78 regt.
27 March 1855, surgeon 14 March 1868; served in Persian war
1857, in Indian mutiny, wounded at Lucknow; Victoria cross for
exposing himself to the fire of the enemy in bringing in and
attending to the wounded at Lucknow 25 Sep. 1857, decorated 18
June 1858. _d._ the barracks, Belfast 22 Jany. 1872. _Medical
Times_, _i_ 115 (1872).
MC MASTER, WILLIAM. _b._ Tyrone, Ireland 24 Dec. 1811; in
mercantile house of Robert Cathcart, Toronto, Canada 1833; a
merchant at Toronto; member of legislative council of Canada
1862–7 when he was called to the senate; gave 12,000 dollars to
Canadian literary institute, Woodstock; built at cost of 100,000
dollars Mc Master hall, the baptist college, Toronto; with his
wife gave 80,000 dollars to Jarvis st. baptist ch. Toronto;
chairman of Canada board of G. W. Railway; president Canadian
bank of commerce; while speaking at Mc Master hall, Toronto,
fainted and remained unconscious till his _death_ next morning
22 Sep. 1887. _Appleton’s American biography_, _iv_ 149 (1888).
M’MICHAEL, NEIL. _b._ 1808; minister of Gillespie church,
Dunfermline 1835 to death; professor of divinity, united
presbyterian church 1847–; D.D.; author of Hildebrand and his
age 1853; The pilgrim psalms an exposition of the songs of
degrees 1860. _d._ Dunfermline 3 April 1874. _John Smith’s Our
Scottish clergy_ (1851) 390–93.
MACMILLAN, ANGUS. _b._ Glenbrittle, Skye 1810; went to New South
Wales 1829, worked on sheep stations to 1839; in company with
one black man explored the country south-west of Sydney 28 May
1839 etc.; discovered Gippsland 1840–1 which was originally
called by him Caledonia Australis; author of On the preservation
of sight 1859; settled down on a sheep-run of his own on the
Avon where he _d._ May 1865. _Mc Combie’s History of the colony
of Victoria_ (1858) 79, 80; _Mennell’s Australian biography_
(1892) 306.
MACMILLAN, DANIEL (3 son of Duncan Macmillan of Upper Corrie,
island of Arran, farmer _d._ 1823). _b._ Upper Corrie 13 Sep.
1813; apprenticed to Maxwell Dick of Irvine, bookseller 1 Jany.
1824 for 7 years; worked for Mr. Atkinson of Glasgow, bookseller
1831–33; shopman to Mr. Johnson of Cambridge 1833–37; employed
by Messrs. Seeley of Fleet st. London, publishers 1837–43;
bookseller and publisher at 57 Aldersgate st. Feb. 1843; bought
business of Mr. Newby of Trinity st. Cambridge 1843 where
he issued his first university catalogue March 1844; issued
Kingsley’s Westward Ho! 1855 and Tom Brown’s school days 1857;
gave up his business in London end of 1843. _d._ Cambridge
27 June 1857. _T. Hughes’ Memoir of D. Macmillan_ (1882),
_portrait_; _A bibliographical catalogue of Macmillan and Co.’s
publications_ (1891), _portrait_.
MACMILLAN, JAMES. _b._ 1815; editor of the Worcester Herald 1836
to death; projector and founder of Worcestershire association
for promotion of science; the regenerator of the Worcester
races. _d._ Worcester 3 Feb. 1868. _Newspaper Press_, _ii_ 69
(1868).
MACMILLAN, JOHN. _b._ Byreflat, parish of Keir, Dumfriesshire 9
June 1802; ed. at gr. sch. Dumfries and univ. of Edinb., M.A.
1829; master in Watson’s hospital, Edinb. March 1827 to Jany.
1831; rector of Dumfries gr. sch. Jany. 1831 to April 1837; one
of classical masters in Glasgow high sch. April 1837 to Nov.
1844; one of classical masters in high school of Edinb. Nov.
1844 to 1867, examiner 1867–72. _d._ 1872. _W. S. Dalgleish’s
Memorials of high school of Edinburgh_ (1857) 48.
M’MINNIES, JOHN GORDON (son of John M’Minnies). _b._ Lancaster
1817; alderman of Warrington; senior partner in W. Bashall
and Co. cotton manufacturers, Farington near Preston; M.P.
Warrington 1880–85. _d._ Summer house, Warrington 1 Feb. 1890.
MC MULLEN, JOHN. _b._ Ballinahinch, co. Down 8 March 1833; ed.
St. Mary’s college, Chicago to 1854; studied at Urban coll.
Rome 1854, priest and D.D. 1858; president of the univ. of St.
Mary of the Lake, Chicago 1861–4, building destroyed in the
fire 1871; in charge of the cathedral of the Holy Name, Chicago
1870, vicar general of the diocese 1877; bishop of the diocese
of Davenport, Iowa 1880 to death. _d._ Davenport 3 July 1883.
_Appleton’s American Biography_, _iv_ 150 (1888).
MC MULLEN, RICHARD TURRILL. _b._ Surrey 10 Jany. 1830; sailed in
a 3 ton cutter the Leo in a voyage to the Eddystone 1868; in the
Sirius 11 tons circumnavigated Scotland; sailed with 2 seamen
from Greenhithe to Cherbourg, but as they sulked and mutinied
he henceforth sailed alone; had a 16 ton yacht the Orion; he
skirted most of the currents and races between the Pentland
Firth and the Channel islands and tried most of the anchorages
between the Galloper Sands and the Land’s End; author of Down
channel from London to the Land’s End in the Leo 3 tons, and
from London to the Scilly islands in the Orion 16 tons 1869;
Infidelity, its cause and antidote 1879; Orion, or how I came to
sail alone in a 19 ton yacht 1879; An experimental cruise single
handed in the Procyon 7 ton lugger 1880; Whither do they ascend?
1881; Priestly pretensions and God’s word 1885; _found dead_
sitting alone in his boat the Perseus in mid channel June 1891.
_R. T. Mc Mullen’s Down channel_ (1893); _The Times 10 Oct. 1893
p._ 5.
MC MURDIE, HENRY. _b._ London 21 May 1822; in a mercantile
house in Liverpool; became a Romanist; educated at Mount St.
Mary seminary, Emmettsburg, U.S. America; ordained priest 1854;
professor of dogmatic theology and moral philosophy in Mount
St. Mary, and then the director of the seminary; the ablest
theologian and metaphysician of the R.C. ch. in U.S. of America.
_d._ Emmettsburg 20 Jany. 1880. _Appleton’s American biography_,
_iv_ 150 (1888).
MACNAB, SIR ALLAN NAPIER, 1 Baronet (son of Allan Macnab,
lieut. 71 foot). _b._ Newark now Niagara, Ontario 19 Feb. 1798;
served against the Americans in their invasion of Canada 1813;
midshipman on board H.M.S. Wolfe short time 1813; a volunteer
with the 100th foot 1813; ensign 49 foot 3 March 1814, served in
the American war, at end of which he left the army 1814 or 1815;
articled clerk in office of attorney general; called to Canadian
bar 1826, practised at Hamilton 1826; member for Wentworth in
house of assembly 1830, speaker of the house 1837–41 and 1844–8;
at the head of a band of volunteers defeated the Canadian rebels
1837–8 and for his services was knighted by patent 14 July
1838; a queen’s counsel; leader of the conservatives 1841–4 and
1848; formed a coalition ministry with Augustin Norbert Morin
1854–6; settled near Brighton, Sussex 1857; contested Brighton
30 April 1859; created baronet 5 Feb. 1858; returned to Hamilton
and elected member again 1860; a militia A.D.C. to the queen and
hon. col. in the army; col. commandant of 7th military district
in Upper Canada; chosen speaker again 1862. _d._ Hamilton,
Toronto 8 Aug. 1862. _Appleton’s American Biography_, _iv_ 151–2
(1888), _portrait_.
M’NAB, DUNCAN. _b._ South Knapdale, Argyleshire 1807; ed.
Glasgow univ.; assist. minister to Dr. Mackintosh Mackay
at Dunoon 1835; assist. to the second charge at Campbelton
1839 and to the first charge 1841–3; joined the Free church
1843, minister at Campbelton, assisted in organising many
congregations; minister of Free Renfield congregation, Glasgow
1856 to death; author of Discourses. Ed. by A. S. Patterson.
With biographical sketch pp. ix–xv by W. Trail (1864), portrait.
_d._ at house of his brother-in-law in London 12 June 1863.
_Scott’s Fasti_, _iii pt. i p._ 39 (1870).
MC NAB, WILLIAM RAMSAY (only son of James Mc Nab _b._ 1810,
curator of Edinb. botanical gardens, _d._ 20 Nov. 1878). _b._
Edinburgh, Nov. 1844; M.D. Edinb. 1866, began practice 1867;
professor of natural history in royal agricultural college,
Cirencester 1870–2; introduced the facts and methods of Julius
Von Sachs in teaching botany 1871; professor of botany in royal
college of science, Dublin, March 1872 to death; scientific
superintendent of royal botanic gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 1880
to death; Swiney lecturer on fossil botany at British Museum
1888 to death; author of Outlines of morphology and physiology
1877, new ed. 1881; Outlines of classification of plants 1877.
_d._ 2 Montrose, Cabra road, Dublin 3 Dec. 1889; a subscription
raised for his wife and children. His collection of coleoptera
is in the Dublin museum of science and art. _Nature_, _Dec. 1889
pp._ 112, 159, _Feb. 1890 p._ 347.
MACNAGHTEN, AGNES (dau. of James Eastmont of St. Berner’s near
Edinb.) An associate of British archæological assoc. 1845;
resided at Bittern manor near Southampton the ancient Roman
Clausentum, preserved the Roman remains found on the spot and
made a collection of the coins discovered there; (_m._ first
Lewis Shedden captain 15 hussars; _m._ secondly 1848 Stewart
Macnaghten of Invertrossachs, Perthshire, barrister M.T. 1839).
_d._ Bittern manor 28 April 1863. _Journal of British Archæol.
Assoc. xx_ 168 (1864).
MACNAGHTEN, SIR EDMUND CHARLES WORKMAN, 2 Baronet (1 son of
sir F. W. Macnaghten, 1 bart. 1763–1843). _b._ Dublin 1 April
1790; succeeded 22 Nov. 1843; M.P. Antrim 1847–52; author of The
elements of political economy. Coleraine 1854. _d._ Dundarave,
Bushmills, co. Antrim 6 Jany. 1876. _I.L.N. lxviii_ 95, 623
(1876).
MACNAGHTEN, ELLIOT (4 son of sir F. W. Macnaghten, 1 bart.
1763–1843). _b._ 1 April 1807; ed. Rugby 1818 etc.; officer of
supreme court, Calcutta; director H.E.I.Co. 1842–58, deputy
chairman 1854–5, chairman 1855–6; member of council for India
21 Sep. 1858 to Oct. 1871 and V.P. 1866. _d._ Ovingdean near
Brighton 24 Dec. 1888.
MC NAIR, WILLIAM WATTS. _b._ 13 Sep. 1849; in Indian survey
department 1 Sep. 1867 to death; a good plane-tabler and an
accomplished surveyor; accompanied the Khyber column of the
Afghan field force 1879–80 when he explored the Lughman valley
and the route to Kafiristan, of which he made maps; surveyed in
Beluchistan 1881–9; visited Kafiristan disguised as a native
doctor and speaking Urdu, April to June 1883, read an account of
this expedition before the Royal Geographical Soc. in London 10
Dec. 1883, and was awarded the Murchison grant. _d._ of typhoid
fever at Mussooree 13 Aug. 1889. _J. E. Howard’s Memoir of W. W.
Mc Nair_ (1889), 2 _portraits_.
NOTE.--Mc Nair was officially reprimanded by Lord Ripon for crossing
the Afghan frontier against all regulations, but congratulated in
private on the success of his visit to Kafiristan.
MACNAMARA, SIR BURTON (youngest son of Francis Macnamara of
Doolin castle, co. Clare). _b._ Doolin castle 1794; entered navy
26 July 1808; served on the lakes in Canada 1814–5; inspecting
commander of coast guard 1825–32; captain 16 Nov. 1833; R.A. on
h.p. 21 July 1856; admiral on h.p. 20 March 1867; knighted by
Marquess of Normanby 1839; a candidate for the borough of Ennis
1841. _d._ 22 Merrion sq. north, Dublin 12 Dec. 1876.
MACNAMARA, FRANCIS. _b._ 1802; M.P. Ennis 1832–5; sheriff of co.
Clare 1839; lieut.-col. Clare militia 4 Nov. 1854 to 10 Nov.
1871. _d._ 27 June 1873.
MACNAMARA, HENRY TYRWHITT JONES (2 son of Frederick Hayes
Macnamara, officer in 47 foot). _b._ 1820; ed. at Ealing and
Lichfield gr. sch.; pupil of Wm. Alexander Dow, special pleader;
a founder of Hardwicke debating soc. which first met at George’s
hotel, Strand, the first president; a special pleader 1841–9;
barrister L.I. 22 Nov. 1849; went Oxford circuit 1849–72;
had many pupils; much employed as an arbitrator; recorder of
Reading, Aug. 1864 to Oct. 1870; a revising barrister 1867–72;
judge of county court, circuit 43 (Brentford, Brompton and
Marylebone), 1 April 1872 to Aug. 1873; legal member of court
of the railway comrs. 2 Aug. 1873 to death; wrote some light
pieces for the stage; author of Tournaments, or the days of
chivalry 1839; Peace, permanent and universal, its consistency
with divine revelation 1841, an essay which gained prize of
100 guineas awarded by the Society for promotion of permanent
and universal peace 1 Jany. 1841; A practical treatise on
nullities and irregularities in law 1842; A practical treatise
on the counts and pleas allowed in civil proceedings 1844; R.
P. Collier’s Railway consolidation acts 2 ed. 1847; Leonora,
a love story 3 vols. 1848, anon.; The complete practice of
the law of England 1855; Paley’s Law and practice of summary
convictions 4 ed. 1856 and 5 ed. 1866. _d._ 34 Linden gardens,
Bayswater, London 2 Feb. 1877. _bur._ Willesden cemetery 8 Feb.
_H. T. J. Macnamara’s The christian code: rules for the conduct
of human life_ (1878); _Graphic_, _xv_ 236 (1877), _portrait_;
_Solicitors’ Journal_, _xxi_ 732–34 (1877).
MACNAMARA, JAMES AUSTIN. _b._ 1777; bookseller Cork, a
bookseller in Dublin 1813, bankrupt 1814, returned to Cork 1815;
he brought out The holy catholic bible, containing the whole of
the books in the sacred scriptures, translated from the Latin
Vulgate. Cork, printed for the proprietor J. A. Macnamara 1818,
quarto. _d._ suddenly in the street, London 21 Dec. 1860. _H.
Cotton’s Rhemes and Doway_ (1855) 110–16, 210–13.