Nov. 1812; admitted at Westminster school 14 Jany. 1822, ran
away 1827 and went a voyage to Calcutta; articled to his father;
published with G. A. à Beckett, Figaro in London, comic weekly
paper, 160 numbers 1 Dec. 1831 to 27 Dec. 1834; started The
Thief, weekly journal 26 numbers 1832, and The Devil in London,
weekly journal 1832; manager of the Fitzroy theatre 1834, where
he established the “No Fee” system, being the first manager to
do so; wrote The wandering minstrel, farce produced at Royal
Fitzroy theatre 16 Jany. 1834, in which occurs the cockney song
Villikins and his Dinah; wrote with Henry Baylis But However,
a farce produced at Haymarket 30 Oct. 1838; a founder of Punch
17 July 1841 and owner with Mark Lemon of a third share in it;
author of The Rhine 1856, The Upper Rhine 1858, German life
and manners in Saxony 1864, The boyhood of Martin Luther 1865
and many other books; author with John Binny and others of
London labour and London poor 2 vols. 1851, reprinted from the
Morning Chronicle, the continuation in serial monthly parts The
great world of London 1856 was completed and published as The
criminal prisons of London 1862. d. Charlotte st. Bloomsbury,
London 25 July 1887. _bur._ Kensal Green cemet. _Fox Bourne’s
English newspapers_, _ii_ 117–20, 155, 238; _F. H. Forshall’s
Westminster School_ (1884) 329–30; _The Mask_ (1868) 65,
_portrait_; _I.L.N. vii_ 348 (1845), _portrait_.
NOTE.--There is a portrait of him in John Leech’s 2-page cartoon
called Mr. Punch’s fancy ball 9 Jany. 1847 as the cornet player in the
orchestra. On 19 March 1856 he held a meeting of ticket of leave men
at National hall, Holborn, the speeches of five of them were fully
reported in the newspapers.
MAYHEW, HORACE (brother of the preceding). _b._ July 1818; wrote
many farces and tales; sub-editor of Punch under Mark Lemon
several years, contributed to Punch to his death; contributed
to Cruikshank’s Table Book 1845; his pantomime Plum Pudding
produced at Olympic theatre, Dec. 1847; author of The Bal
Masqué. By Count Chicard 1848; Change for a shilling 1848; Model
men 1848; Model women 1848; A plate of heads 1849; The toothache
imagined by Horace Mayhew and realised by George Cruikshank
1849; Guy Faux 1849; Letters left at the pastry-cooks 1853;
edited Cruikshank’s Comic Almanac 1848 and 1849; contributed to
Lloyd’s Weekly News from 1852. _d._ 33 Addison gardens south,
Kensington, London 30 April 1872. _bur._ Kensal Green cemet. 7
May. _J. Hatton’s Journalistic London_ (1882) 19.
MAYHEW, THOMAS (brother of the preceding). _b._ 1810; student
of Lincoln’s inn; started The poor man’s guardian 1847, eight
numbers; started The national library; author of A complete
history of an action at law 1828; with J. F. A. Bayard and
P. Duport wrote Ambition, or Marie Mignot, a drama Haymarket
theatre 13 Sep. 1830.
MAYHEW, WILLIAM. _b._ 1787; wines and spirit merchant, 106
Fenchurch st. London; M.P. Colchester 12 May 1831 to 3 Dec.
1832; contested Colchester 1830 and 1832. _d._ at residence of
Edward Mayhew surgeon, 7 Park terrace, Victoria park, London 26
April 1855.
MAYNARD, AMBROSE, stage name of William Hill. _b._ 1822; an
actor; a comic vocalist at the London and provincial music
halls; musical agent Westminster bridge road, London 1857,
removed to 6 York road, Lambeth 1864; the oldest musical agent
in Great Britain; the writer of the following dramatic pieces,
Chickweed and groundsel; Drury lane and Park lane, also known as
Extremes of life; Change for a sovereign; The Queen’s birthday;
Winkle’s Waxwork; The two shes, a sketch at the South London
palace 1888. _d._ 6 York road 3 Oct. 1888. _bur._ Nunhead
cemetery 6 Oct.
MAYNARD, FREDERICK W. Secretary to Arundel society, London 1867
to death; author of A descriptive sketch of Arundel Society.
_d._ 27 Aug. 1876.
MAYNARD, GEORGE. _b._ at sea between Liverpool and Dublin 4
Feb. 1812; articled to a solicitor; clerk to John Chappell,
theatrical bookseller, Royal Exchange, city of London; acted at
Wilmington sq. Rawstone st. and Catherine st. London; appeared
at Deptford as Launcelot Gobbo in Merchant of Venice, Easter
Monday 1828; at Richmond theatre 1830–1; played at the Pavilion
1839, where he was a favourite in sailors’ characters; one of
Penley’s company during his short 9 nights’ season at Lyceum,
April 1839; played Guy Fawkes at the Lyceum 1841; acted at T.R.
Edinburgh 1845–6; a favourite at the Olympic under George Bolton
1846–7; played leading parts at Adelphi and Surrey; a good
melodramatic actor. _d._ Newcastle 14 Dec. 1851. _Theatrical
times_, _ii_ 105 (1847), _portrait_.
MAYNARD, JOSEPH (only son of Joseph Cam Maynard, solicitor).
_b._ London 29 May 1798; solicitor in city of London 1820–70;
under-sheriff of London 1838; member of council of Incorporated
law society 13 June 1849, vice pres. 1860–1, pres. 1861–2,
retired from the council 1870. _d._ 52 Westbourne terrace,
London 9 Jany. 1888.
MAYNARD, SAMUEL. _b._ 1790; came from Taunton to London
and opened a school in Clarendon sq. Somer’s Town 1810;
mathematical bookseller at Earl’s court, Leicester square,
London about 1832–62, published 14 catalogues; his books
sold by auction in 1200 bundles 1862; author of A commercial
perpetual almanac 1846; A table containing useful factors
often used in calculation 1846; compiled A key to Mr. Keith’s
Complete measurer 1829; A key to Bonnycastle’s Scholar’s guide
to arithmetic 1853, and edited 13 other works on mathematics
1829–56. _d._ Booksellers’ Provident retreat, Abbot’s Langley,
Herts. 7 May 1866. _The Athenæum 25 Aug. 1866 p._ 248.
MAYNE, HENRY BLAIR (2 son of Robert Mayne, R. of Limpsfield,
Surrey, _d._ 1841). _b._ 23 Aug. 1813; ed. Westminster 1826–31
and at Christ Church, Oxf., student 1831–46; B.A. 1835, M.A.
1838; barrister M.T. 21 Nov. 1845; principal clerk of private
bills in house of commons at £1000 a year 1859–70; one of the
three best whist players of his day; an habitué of the Arlington
and Turf clubs; one of the committee of seven at the Arlington
who drew up The laws of whist 1864; author of Sons of Indian
officers. Sandhurst and Woolwich 1860; resided at 2 St. James’
place, St. James’ st. London. _d._ Brighton 17 Jany. 1892.
NOTE. He always played for pound points and made it a rule not to play
again at the same sitting after he had lost two rubbers running. One of
his sayings was ‘He who leads trumps oftenest, he oftenest will win the
most rubbers.’
MAYNE, HENRY OTWAY. Lieut. 6 Madras light cavalry 17 Sep. 1841,
captain 31 Dec. 1855 to death; raised the corps of Mayne’s
horse, which became first regiment central India horse. _d._
Allahabad 2 Nov. 1861.
MAYNE, SIR RICHARD (4 son of Edward Mayne, judge of court of
King’s Bench, Ireland). _b._ Dublin 27 Nov. 1796; ed. at Trin.
coll. Dublin, B.A. 1818; proceeded to Trin. coll. Cambridge,
B.A. Camb. 1818, M.A. 1821; barrister L.I. 9 Feb. 1822; joint
comr. with Charles Rowan of metropolitan police 29 Sep. 1829,
chief comr. 1850 to death; illtreated by the mob during Hyde
park riots July 1866; C.B. 27 April 1848, K.C.B. 25 Oct. 1851.
_d._ 80 Chester sq. London 26 Dec. 1868. _bur._ Kensal Green
cemet. 30 Dec, where memorial monument was unveiled 25 Jany.
1871. _Reg. and mag. of biog. i_ 113–5, 358 (1869); _I.L.N. liv_
23, 45 (1869) _portrait_, _lviii_ 117 (1871).
MAYNE, RICHARD CHARLES (son of the preceding). _b._ 1835; ed. at
Eton; entered royal navy 1848; served in Baltic expedition 1854
and in the Crimea 1855–6; explored and surveyed in Vancouver
island and British Columbia 1857–61; commanded the Eclipse in
New Zealand 1863–4; captain 12 Feb. 1864; commanded Nassau on
survey of Straits of Magellan 1866–9, commanded Invincible
1874–5; retired R.A. 26 Nov. 1879; F.G.S.; M.P. Pembroke and
Haverfordwest 8 July 1886 to death, having contested the seat
Nov. 1885; C.B. 13 March 1867; knight of Legion of Honour and
of the Medjidie; author of Four years in British Columbia and
Vancouver island 1862; Sailing directions for Magellan Strait
1871; had an apoplectic fit when leaving the Mansion house after
the Welsh national banquet and _d._ 101 Queen’s gate, London 29
May 1892. _Graphic 4 June 1892 p._ 655, _portrait_; _I.L.N. 4
June 1892 p._ 683, _portrait_.
MAYNE, ROBERT. _b._ 1811; M.B. Dublin 1838; F.K.Q.C.P. 14
April 1856; censor 1857; lecturer on practice of medicine at
Carmichael school 1835 and physician to Adelaide hospital,
Dublin; president of Pathological society of Dublin; contributed
to Todd’s Cyclopædia and to Dublin Journal of Medical science;
author of On spontaneous varicose aneurism 1853. _d._ 13 Upper
Gloucester st. Dublin 27 April 1864. _Dublin Medical Press_,
_li_ 425–6 (1864).
MAYNE, ROBERT DAWSON (son of Sir Richard Mayne 1796–1868). _b._
1844; ed. at Balliol coll. Oxf., B.A. 1867; barrister L.I.
26 Jany. 1869; chief magistrate of Lagos 1872–4; stipendiary
justice at Port of Spain, Trinidad, and judge of the petty debt
court 1874 to death. _d._ 10 June 1887.
MAYNE, WILLIAM (son of Robert Mayne, R. of Limpsfield, Surrey,
_d._ 1841). _b._ 8 Oct. 1818; entered Bengal army 12 June 1837;
ensign 37 Bengal N.I. 3 Dec. 1838, captain 1 Jany. 1845 to
death; present in the action at Bolam Pass 4 May 1839; served
at siege of Jellalabad 1842; second in command of the governor
general’s body guard 10 Feb. 1844 to 2 Jany. 1846, commanded the
body guard 19 Jany. 1847 to 12 April 1851; commanded 10th Bengal
irregular horse 2 Jany. 1846 to 19 Jany. 1847; hon. A.D.C. to
governor general of India 7 Jany. 1848 to death; brigadier in
the Nizam’s service April 1851, afterwards called the Hyderabad
contingent 27 Jany. 1854 to death; A.D.C. to the Queen 23 Nov.
1855. _d._ Cairo 23 Dec. 1855. _G.M. Feb. 1856 pp._ 185–7.
MAYO, RICHARD SOUTHWELL BOURKE, 6 Earl of (1 son of 5 earl of
Mayo 1797–1867). _b._ Dublin 21 Feb. 1822; entered Trin. coll.
Dublin 1841 but did not reside; B.A. 1844, M.A. 1851, LL.D.
1852; known as Lord Naas 1849–67; M.P. Kildare 1847–52, M.P.
Coleraine 1852–7, and M.P. Cockermouth 1857–68; chief sec. for
Ireland, March to Dec. 1852, Feb. 1858 to June 1859, and with a
seat in the cabinet July 1866 to Sep. 1868; P.C. 15 May 1852;
master of Kildare hounds 1857; succeeded as 6 earl 12 Aug. 1867;
founded Palmerston breeding association for improving breed of
horses in Ireland; viceroy of India 27 Oct. 1868 to death, sworn
in 12 Jany. 1869; K.P. 11 Nov. 1868; stabbed in the shoulder
at Port Blair, Hopetown, Andaman islands, by a convict named
Shere Ali, and expired in a short time 8 Feb. 1872. _bur._ in
Johnstown churchyard near Naas, co. Mayo 25 April, bust in
the crypt of St. Paul’s cathedral; author of St. Petersburgh
and Moscow, a visit to the court of the Czar 2 vols. 1846;
_m._ 31 Oct. 1848 Blanche Julia 4 dau. of George Wyndham, 1
baron Leconfield, she was _b._ 21 Nov. 1826, the government
awarded her an annuity of £1000 and gave £20,000 to her younger
children. _W. W. Hunter’s Life of earl Mayo_ 2 _vols._ 1875;
_Nolan’s Illust. history of India_, _iii_ 93 (1878), _portrait_;
_Jas. Wilson’s Why was lord Mayo assassinated?_ (1872); _N. A.
Chick’s In memoriam, of the assassination of the earl of Mayo_
(1872); _Baily’s Mag. xii_ 163–4 (1867), _portrait_; _I.L.N.
xvi_ 429 (1850) _portrait_, _liii_ 569 (1868) _portrait_, _lx_
151 _etc._ (1872) _portrait_, _lxviii_ 34, 37 (1876).
MAYO, CHARLES (youngest son of Herbert Mayo 1720–1802, R. of
St. George’s in the East, London). _b._ 24 March 1767; ed. at
Merchant Taylors’ sch., probationary scholar St. John’s coll.
Oxf. 1785; B.A. 1789, M.A. 1793, B.D. 1798; Rawlinson professor
of Anglo-Saxon 1795–1800; Whitehall preacher 1799–1800; F.R.S. 1
March 1827; F.S.A.; morning preacher at St. Michael’s, Highgate
1803–33. _d._ Colesgroves, Cheshunt, Herts. 10 Dec. 1858. _G.M.
vi_ 210 (1859).
MAYO, CHARLES (3 son of James Mayo, R. of Avebury, Wilts.) _b._
Wimborne Minster, Dorset 29 Dec. 1788; M.R.C.S. 1811, F.R.C.S.
1844; surgeon Winchester county hospital 1812–74; well known as
a lithotomist; entertained at a public dinner 1851; mayor of
Winchester; became blind 1874. _d._ St. Peter’s st. Winchester
27 Nov. 1876. _Medical times and gazette_, _ii_ 638–40 (1876)
_and ii_ 373–4 (1877); _Proc. of Med. and Chir. Soc. viii_ 298
(1875).
MAYO, ELIZABETH (sister of rev. Charles Mayo, educational
reformer 1792–1846). _b._ 1793; lived with her brother at Cheam,
Surrey, helping him in his school 1822–34; resided in Belsize
lane, Hampstead 1834–53, and at Oak Hill, Hampstead 1853 to
death; worked for the Home and Colonial school society from 1843
onwards; author of Lessons on objects 1837, 16 ed. 1859; Lessons
on shells 1832, 3 ed. 1846; Model lessons for infant schools
1838, 4 ed. 1857; Religious instruction for young children 1845,
4 ed. 1858; Lessons on the miracles 1845. _d._ Malvern 1 Sep.
1865, memorial tablet in schoolroom of Home and Colonial school
society’s buildings, Gray’s Inn road, London. _F. E. Baines’s
Records of Hampstead_ (1890) 459.
MAYO, HERBERT (3 son of John Mayo, physician 1761–1818). _b._
Queen Anne st. London 3 April 1796; pupil of sir Charles Bell
1812–15; entered Middlesex hospital 17 May 1814, house surgeon
1818, surgeon 1827–42; graduated D.M. at Leyden univ. 16 Sep.
1816; M.R.C.S. 1819, F.R.C.S. 1843; professor of anatomy and
surgery 1828–30, lecturer on anatomy medical school, Great
Windmill st. 1826; F.R.S. 17 April 1828, F.G.S. 1832; professor
of anatomy King’s college, London 1830–6; professor of
physiology and pathological anatomy 1836; founded the medical
school at Middlesex hospital 1836, lecturer on surgery at the
hospital 1837–43; physician in a hydropathic establishment at
Boppart and afterwards at Bad Weilbach; author of Anatomical and
physiological commentaries 1822–3; A course of dissections for
students 1825; Outlines of human physiology 1827, 4 ed. 1837;
Management of the organs of digestion 1837; The philosophy of
living 1837; A treatise on syphilis 1840; Letters on the truths
contained in popular superstitions 1849, 2 ed. 1851. _d._ Bad
Weilbach near Mayence 15 May 1852. _History of Mayo family_
(1882); _F. E. Baines’s Records of Hampstead_ (1890) 458;
_Georgian Era_, _ii_ 587 (1833).
MAYO, THOMAS (eld. son of John Mayo, physician 1761–1818). _b._
London 24 Jany. 1790; ed. at Westminster sch. and Oriel coll.
Oxf., fellow 1813 to 1818; B.A. 1811, M.A. 1814, M.B. 1815,
M.D. 1818; physician at Tunbridge Wells 1818–35, at 56 Wimpole
st. London 1835–62; F.R.C.P. 1819, censor 1835, 1839 and 1850,
an elect 1847, president 5 Jany. 1857 to Jany. 1862, delivered
Lumleian lectures 1839 and 1842, Harveian oration 1841 and
Croonian lectures 1853; F.R.S. 4 June 1835; phys. to Marylebone
infirmary 1841; phys. in ordinary to duke of Sussex; author of
An essay on the influence of temperament in modifying dyspepsia
1831; Elements of the pathology of the human mind 1838; Clinical
facts and reflections 1847; Medical testimony in cases of lunacy
1854, with supplement 1856. _d._ Corsham house, Wiltshire 13
Jany. 1871. _W. Munk’s Goldheaded Cane_ (1884) _pp._ 220–40; _W.
Munk’s College of physicians_, _iii_ 200 (1838).
MAYOR, WILLIAM. _b._ 1826; ed. at Hatfield hall, Durham, Barry
scholar, B.A. 1856, M.A. 1860; C. of St. Nicholas, Durham
1855–7; V. of Thornley, Durham 1862–90, where he devoted himself
to the colliers and arbitrated successfully in a strike; V. of
Shotton, Durham 1890 to death; chairman of Castle Eden petty
sessions. _d._ at residence of his nephew, the Principal’s
house, St. Mark’s College, Chelsea 8 Nov. 1892. _Guardian 16
Nov. 1892 p._ 1766.
MAYOW, GEORGE WYNELL. _b._ 31 Aug. 1808; ensign in the army on
h.p. 9 June 1825; captain 4 dragoon guards 6 March 1835, placed
on h.p. 8 Oct. 1847; brigade major to light cavalry brigade in
the Crimea to 19 Dec. 1854, A.Q.M.G. of cavalry division 20 Dec.
1854 to end of the war; deputy quartermaster general in Ireland
1 Jany. 1868 to July 1872; M.G. 6 March 1868; C.B. 13 March
1867. _d._ near Misterton 1 Jany. 1873.
MAYWOOD, ROBERT CAMPBELL (son of Dr. Maywood, leading physician
in Isle of Wight many years). _b._ Edinburgh 1786; first
appeared on the stage at Drury Lane theatre 1817 as Shylock;
appeared at Park theatre, New York as Richard the third 1819;
played King Lear at Arch st. theatre, Philadelphia 6 Nov.
1828; manager with Pratt and Rowbotham of Walnut st. theatre,
Philadelphia, April 1832, manager with them of Chestnut st.
theatre, Philadelphia 3 Sep. to 21 Dec. 1832; manager of the
Chestnut and Arch st. theatres 1834; relinquished management of
the Chestnut st. theatre and took his farewell benefit 9 March
1840. _d._ Marshall institute, Troy, New York 1 Dec. 1856.
_Theatrical inquisitor_, _xi_ 395–9 (1817), _portrait_; _J. N.
Ireland’s New York stage_, _i_ 329, 350 (1866).
MAZZINGHI, THOMAS JOHN (only son of Dominick Peter Mazzinghi
of London). _b._ 13 Nov. 1810; ed. at Charterhouse and Trin.
coll. Camb., B.A. 1832, M.A. 1835; barrister I.T. 28 Jany.
1842; served under Indian law commission 1865–9; librarian of
the William Salt library, Stafford, Feb. 1873 to Dec. 1892;
author of A brief notice of some recent researches respecting
Dante Alighieri 1844; Index catalogue of the William Salt
library 1878; Sanctuaries. Stafford 1878. _d._ Walton lodge near
Stafford 19 Feb. 1893.
MAZZINI, GIUSEPPE (son of Giacomo Mazzini a physician). _b._
Strada Lomellini, Genoa 22 June 1805; attempted insurrections in
Sardinia 1833–4; expelled from Switzerland 1836; came to London
Jany. 1837; wrote literary articles for London reviews; founded
and conducted a school for mendicant organ-boys; originated an
association of Italian workmen 1840; his letters were opened
by the English government 1844; fought under Garibaldi against
Austria 1848; dictator at Rome as triumvir with Armelli and
Saffi, March 1849 to June 1850; president in London of National
Italian committee 1850, through which he promoted the risings
of 1852 and 1853; directed preparations for abortive revolution
at Genoa 1857, for which he was condemned to death 1857, this
sentence was cancelled 1866 but he refused the pardon; edited
Pensiero ed Azione. London 1858–60; author of Italy, Austria and
the Pope 1845; Two letters to the people of England on the war
1855; The duties of man 1862; Life and writings 6 vols. 1864–70
and 40 other books, there were also 50 books written about him
and his career 1848–91. _d._ Pisa 10 March 1872. _bur._ Genoa.
_E. A. Venturi’s Joseph Mazzini_ (1875), 2 _portraits_; _Joseph
Mazzini, his life. New York_ (1872), _portrait_; _Illust. news
of the world_ (1862), _portrait_; _Reynolds’s Miscellany_, _xv_
273 (1856), _portrait_.
MEAD, THOMAS, stage name of Thomas Prescott (son of a Methodist
minister). _b._ Cambridge 22 Aug. 1819; ran away from home and
first appeared on the stage as Orozembo in Pizarro at Devonport
theatre 1841; played in the provinces 1841–8; first appeared in
London at Victoria theatre as sir Giles Overreach 28 Nov. 1848;
played at Surrey theatre 1849–52 and leading parts at Drury Lane
1852–4; shared the lead with T. Swinbourne at T.R. Manchester
1854; a prominent member of Mrs. Seymour’s company at St.
James’s theatre, played duke of Richmond in Taylor and Reade’s
King’s Rival opening night 2 Oct. 1854; played at Queen’s
theatre, Edinburgh, Jany. to July 1856; leading actor at New
Grecian theatre 1858; played at Sadler’s Wells and Princess’s,
where he was the original Isaac Levy in Charles Reade’s Never
too late to mend 4 Oct. 1865; lessee and manager of Elephant
and Castle theatre, London 1873–4 where his pantomime Babes in
the wood was produced 26 Dec. 1873; played the leading part in
Charles Reade’s drama Rachel the Reaper, at Queen’s theatre 9
March 1874; played in Shakespearian revivals at Lyceum theatre
1875 to death; his two best parts were the Priest in Louis XI.
and the Ghost in Hamlet; author of The Coquette, 3 act play
produced at Haymarket 8 July 1867; The lady of the Rose and
other poems 1881, with portrait. _d._ New north road, Islington,
London 17 Feb. 1889. _bur._ Highgate lower cemetery 22 Feb.
_Tallis’s Drawing room table book_ (1851) _part_ 9, _portrait_;
_The Players_, _i_ 193 (1860), _portrait_; _Theatre_, _xiii_ 172
(1889).
MEADE, JAMES. _b._ 1822; acted as puisne justice Montserrat
1852, member of executive and legislative council 1861, colonial
secretary and treasurer March 1865, member of the legislative
council 1867, administered the government 1872; acting president
of Montserrat 1882; in 1886 he was treasurer and registrar
of the supreme court, registrar of deeds and of shipping and
comptroller of customs. _d._ The Meadow, Montserrat 22 June
1890.
MEADE, SIR RICHARD JOHN (son of John Meade, captain R.N.) _b._
25 Sep. 1821; ensign 65 Bengal N.I. 3 Nov. 1838, major 1 Jany.
1862; served during Indian mutiny 1857–9 and captured the
notorious rebel leader Tantia Topee 7 April 1859; lieut.-col.
Bengal staff corps 12 Sep. 1866; placed on unemployed
supernumerary list 1 July 1881; general 22 Jany. 1889; agent to
governor general in Central India 1861–70; chief comr. Mysore
1870–5; special comr. Baroda 1875; resident Hyderabad 1876–81,
chairman Hyderabad state railway company; C.S.I. 24 May 1866,
K.C.S.I. 30 May 1874; C.I.E. 1 Jany. 1878. _d._ Hyères, France
20 March 1894.
MEADE, ROBERT (2 son of 1 earl of Clanwilliam 1744–1800). _b._
29 Feb. 1772; ensign 1 foot 7 Nov. 1787; captain 87 foot Sep.
1793; major in Ward’s regiment Oct. 1794 to 10 April 1801;
lieut.-col. 31 foot 10 April 1801 to 8 June 1815; commanded the
forces in Madeira 1809, was afterwards second in command at Cape
of Good Hope; colonel 12 foot 9 Oct. 1823 to death; general 10
Jany. 1837. _d._ 48 Bryanston sq. London 11 July 1852. _I.L.N.
xxi_ 46 (1852).
MEADOWS, ALFRED (4 child of Charles Meadows). _b._ Ipswich 2
June 1833; ed. at Ipswich gr. sch. and King’s coll. London,
associate, then fellow; matric. at Univ. of London 1853, M.B.
1857, M.D. 1858; entered King’s coll. medical sch. Oct. 1853;
L.S.A. 1856; M.R.C.S. 1856; M.R.C.P. 1862, F.R.C.P. 1873; house
phys. King’s coll. hospital 1856, assistant phys. for diseases
of women and children 1860; phys. to hospital for women, Soho
square 1863–74; phys. accoucheur St. Mary’s hospital 1871 to
death; the first president of British Gynæcological Soc. 1884;
attended crown prince of Sweden at Hopetoun house, Scotland
1878, commander of Swedish order of Wasa 1881; provost of the
Guild of St. Luke; an energetic freemason and an officer in
grand lodge; edited London Medical Review 1860; author of Manual
of midwifery 1862, 4 ed. 1881, the 2 ed. was translated into
Japanese 1875; The prescriber’s companion 1864, 6 ed. 1891;
author with T. H. Tanner of A practical treatise on the diseases
of infancy and childhood 2 ed. 1870, 3 ed. 1879; translated
Bernutz and Goupil’s Clinical memoirs on the diseases of
women, for the New Sydenham Soc. vols. 1 and 2, 1866. _d._ 27
George st. Hanover sq. London 18 April 1887. _bur._ Colnbrook,
Bucks. _Midland medical miscellany ii_ 65–7 (1883), portrait;
_British Gynæcological Journal_, _iii_ 343 (1887), _portrait_;
_Biograph_, _v_ 68–76 (1881).
MEADOWS, DRINKWATER. _b._ Yorkshire or Wales 1799; acted in
Westmoreland and Yorkshire; played at Bath theatre 1817–21;
first appeared in London as Scrub at Covent Garden 28 Sep.
1821; the original Timothy Quaint in Howard Payne’s Soldier’s
Daughter, Nimpedo in Clari or the Maid of Milan 8 May 1823,
Spado in Pride shall have a fall 11 March 1824, Robin in
Poole’s Scapegoat 25 Nov. 1825, Raubvogel in Planché’s Returned
Killed 31 Oct. 1826, Salewit in Planché’s Merchant’s Wedding
5 Feb. 1828, Oliver in Moncrieff’s Somnambulist 19 Feb. 1828,
Bronze in Pocock’s Home sweet home 19 March 1829, Torpid in
The night before the wedding and The wedding night 17 Nov.
1829; the original Fathom in Sheridan Knowles’s Hunchback 5
April 1832, and Bartolo in his The Wife 24 April 1833, both at
Covent Garden; the original Philippe in Lovell’s Provost of
Bruges, at Drury Lane 10 Feb. 1836; acted at Lyceum from 1844
and at Princess’s to 1862 when he retired; the original Boaz in
Douglas Jerrold’s Prisoner of war, first given at Windsor castle
24 Jany. 1851; secretary to Covent Garden theatrical fund;
a portrait of him as Raubvogel in Returned Killed is in the
Matthews’ collection at the Garrick club; lived in White lion
st. near High st. Islington many years; wrote William Blanchard,
a sketch in Life of E. L. Blanchard, ii 645–54 (1891). _d._
Prairie cottage, The Green, Barnes, Surrey 12 June 1869. _The
Era 11 June 1869 p._ 11, _col._ 1.