_b._ London; L.R.C.S. Edinb. 1824; L.S.A. 1824, M.D. Edinb.
1824; member of royal medical society of Edinb. 1820; practised
at Portsmouth many years as a partner with Dr. John Porter, his
speciality being the diseases of women and children. _d._ St.
George’s square, Portsea 22 April 1853.
MEADOWS, JAMES (son of Wm. Meadows, comedian). _b._ Dublin
1798; an officer of the ship Kent 1818; resided in Calcutta
some years, where he was well known as an amateur actor; scenic
artist to many of the London theatres; exhibited 21 marine
pictures at R.A., 14 at B.I. and 18 at Suffolk st. 1854–63.
_d._ 12 Coborn st. Bow road, London 5 May 1863. _bur._ Trinity
church, Bow road. _Era 17 May 1863 p._ 10.
MEADOWS, JOSEPH KENNY (son of James Meadows, retired naval
officer). _b._ Cardigan. _bapt._ 1 Nov. 1790; designed and
lithographed the plates for Planché’s Costume of Shakespeare’s
Historical tragedy of King John 1823, and for The heads of the
people 1838–40; illustrated B. Cornwall’s ed. of Shakespeare
2 vols. 1839–43; illustrated many children’s books and the
Christmas numbers of the Illustrated London News; exhibited 1
portrait at R.A. and 4 at Suffolk st. 1830–8; illustrated Hall’s
Book of British ballads 1842; Punch’s Complete letter writer by
Douglas Jerrold 1845; The illustrated Byron 1854–6, and many
other books; granted civil list pension of £80, June 1864.
_d._ 458 King’s road, Chelsea 19 Aug. 1874. _bur._ St. Pancras
cemetery at Finchley 24 Aug. _G. Hodder’s Memories of my time_
(1870) 98–103.
MEAGHER, THOMAS (son of Thomas Meagher of Waterford). _b._ 1796;
mayor of Waterford 1843–5; M.P. Waterford 1847–57. _d._ 1874.
MEAGHER, THOMAS FRANCIS (son of the preceding). _b._ city of
Waterford 3 Aug. 1823; ed. at Clongowes Wood college, Kildare,
and at Stonyhurst college, Lancs. 1834–43; an orator at meetings
of the Repeal Association, from which he seceded 28 July 1846;
called by Thackeray in The battle of Limerick (Works 1869, vol.
xviii 179) ‘Meagher of the Sword,’ which sobriquet adhered
to him; a founder of the Irish Confederation 13 Jany. 1847;
contested city of Waterford 1 March 1848; a member of war
committee of Irish Confederation 21 July 1848, went with Smith
O’Brien through Ireland to organize a revolution, arrested in
Tipperary 13 Aug., tried at Clonmel Oct. 1848 and sentenced to
be hanged, drawn and quartered 23 Oct. 1848, sentence commuted
to penal servitude for life 26 Oct., transported to Van Diemen’s
Land July 1849, made his escape 4 Jany. 1852, arrived at New
York 26 May 1852; lectured in the United States 1852–4; helped
John Mitchell to found the Citizen newspaper in New York 7 Jany.
1854; admitted to New York bar Sep. 1855; published first number
of the Irish News in New York 12 April 1856, the paper ceased
July 1860; explored Central America 1857; raised a company of
Zouaves for the 69th New York volunteers April 1861 and served
with the army of the North in the first campaign in Virginia;
organised the Irish brigade Nov. 1861, colonel of the first
regiment, the command of entire brigade was subsequently given
him Dec. 1861; brigadier general 3 Feb. 1862, lost greater part
of his men at Fredericksburg 13 Dec. 1862, the rest of them at
Chancellorsville 2 May 1863, resigned 14 May 1863; enrolled a
Fenian 1863; brigadier general of volunteers 1864 and in command
of the Etowah district; secretary of Montana territory July
1865, temporary governor Sep. 1866 to death; author of Speeches
on the legislative independence of Ireland. New York 1853,
portrait; Recollections of Ireland and the Irish; The last days
of the 69th in Virginia. New York 1862, portrait, and of three
articles in Harper’s New monthly mag.; fell from a steamboat
into the Missouri and was drowned near Fort Benton, Montana 1
July 1867. _M. Cavanagh’s Memoirs of T. F. Meagher_ (1892),
_portrait_; _W. F. Lyons’s Brigadier-General T. F. Meagher. New
York_ (1870), _portrait_; _F. J. Bramhall’s Military Souvenir_
(1863), _portrait_ 51; _Sir C. G. Duffy’s Four years of Irish
history_ (1883), _passim_; _Reynolds’s Miscellany_, _iii_ 481
(1848), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xii_ 323 (1848), _portrait_.
MEAKIN, JOHN. _b._ Carlton near Nottingham 22 Dec. 1829; 5
feet 10½ inches high, running weight 12 stone; beat Steven
Davy 100 yards 1843; enlisted in 95 foot May 1854, present at
Sebastopol 1855, in India 1858, discharged at Chatham 8 May 1859
with a pension of 6d. a day for nine months; won Hospool’s All
England handicap 140 yards £10, Dec. 1860; won J. Boothroyde’s
All England handicap 115 yards £10, Oct. 1861; won All England
handicap at Sheffield 220 yards £20, Dec. 1861; was beaten by
A. Grinrod of Oldham 110 yards for the champion cup £25 a side;
attacked by some men and kicked over the ankle and was not again
able to run. _Illust. Sporting News 31 Jany. 1863 p._ 417,
_portrait_.
MEANS, JOSEPH CALROW (son of John Means, wine merchant, Rood
lane, London). _b._ 29 Mark lane, London 20 May 1801; a teacher
at Worship st. Finsbury sq. Sunday school 1818; _bapt._ by
immersion at Deptford 1822; studied at Univ. coll. London 1828;
preacher to afternoon congregation at Worship st. 1829, his
congregation removed to Trinity place Oct. 1829 and subsequently
to Coles st. Southwark, ceased to be preacher 1839; secretary
to general baptist assembly 1831, one of their messengers
1834; edited The General Baptist Advocate 1831–6; minister
of general baptist congregation at Chatham, Kent 1843; head
master of Chatham proprietary school; minister at Worship st.
London 1855 to Oct. 1874; author of Jesus the mercy seat: or a
scriptural view of atonement 1838, and of many articles in Penny
Cyclopædia, Christian Reformer, Inquirer, Biog. Dict. of the
S.P.C.K. and Smith’s Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography.
_d._ London 6 Feb. 1879. _Christian Life 15 Feb. 1879 pp._ 78
_et seq._; _Inquirer 15 Feb. 1879 pp._ 98 _et seq._
MEANY, STEPHEN JOSEPH. _b._ Ennis; a constable in Dublin,
where he was dismissed; reporter on the Clare Journal, then
on the Limerick Chronicle and afterwards on the Freeman’s
Journal; travelling companion of Daniel O’Connell during repeal
agitation; left O’Connell and joined the Young Ireland movement,
a prisoner in Kilmainham gaol; editor of the Drogheda Argus
1854; started at Liverpool the Lancashire Free press; bankrupt
27 April 1860; connected with the foreign refreshment department
of the Exhibition of 1862; sentenced to 18 months imprisonment
at Middlesex sessions for obtaining goods under false pretences
Oct. 1882; went to America and joined the Fenians; private sec.
to Head-Centre Stephens, returned to London and was committed
to Richmond gaol, Dublin for high treason Dec. 1886; author of
Shreds of fancy, a volume of poems. Ennis 1841. _d._ New York
8 Feb. 1888. _bur._ Queenstown. _Newspaper Press_, _i_ 35, 44
(1867); _E. L. Blanchard’s Life_, _ii_ 617 (1891).
MEARNS, DUNCAN (son of Alexander Mearns, minister of Cluny,
Aberdeenshire). _b._ the manse of Cluny 23 Aug. 1779; ed. at
King’s coll. Aberdeen, M.A. March 1795; studied in the divinity
hall 1795–9; D.D.; assistant minister of parish of Tarves 13
Nov. 1799, then minister; professor of divinity Univ. and King’s
coll. Aberdeen 12 Oct. 1816 to death; moderator of general
assembly 1821; chaplain to the king for Scotland 1825 to death;
author of Principles of christian evidence. Edinb. 1818; Report
of speech in synod of Aberdeen on the settlement of ministers.
Aberdeen 1834, 4 ed. 1840. _d._ 2 March 1852. _H. Scott’s
Fasti_, _vol._ 1 _part_ 1 _p._ 397 (1866).
MEATH, JOHN CHAMBRE BRABAZON, 10 Earl of (youngest son of 8 earl
of Meath 1721–90). _b._ 9 April 1772; succeeded his brother the
9 earl 26 May 1797; K.P. 19 July 1821; lord lieut. of co. Dublin
and custos rotulorum of co. Wicklow 1831; created baron Chaworth
of Eaton hall, Hereford in peerage of United Kingdom 10 Sep.
1831; P.C. Ireland 1831. _d._ Great Malvern 15 March 1851. _G.M.
xxxv_ 547 (1851).
MEATH, WILLIAM BRABAZON, 11 Earl of (2 son of the preceding).
_b._ Merrion sq. Dublin 25 Oct. 1803; styled lord Ardee or lord
Brabazon 1826–51; M.P. co. Dublin 1830–32 and 1837–41; contested
co. Dublin 22 Dec. 1832 and 16 July 1841; sheriff of Wicklow
1848 and lord lieutenant 1869 to death; col. Dublin county
militia 10 May 1847 to 1881; succeeded as 11 earl 15 March 1851;
built the town hall of Bray at his own expense; Mr. Gladstone
on his first visit to Ireland stayed with him at Kilruddery.
_d._ Kilruddery, Bray, Wicklow 26 May 1887. _bur._ at Bray, will
proved Aug. 1887 above £25,000. _Times 27 May 1887 p._ 6, _3
June p._ 6.
MECHI, JOHN JOSEPH (3 son of Giacomo Mechi). _b._ London 22
May 1802; clerk in a house in Walbrook in the Newfoundland
trade 1818–28; a cutler at 130 Leadenhall st. 1828–30, at 4
Leadenhall st. 1830–69, partner with Charles Bazan 1859–69;
cutler at 112 Regent st. 1869 to death; made a fortune by his
magic razor strop 1830–40; purchased for £3400 a farm of about
130 acres at Tiptree Heath, Essex 1841, where he introduced deep
drainage and use of steam power, so that it became a model farm;
sheriff of London 1856, alderman for Lime st. ward 1858 to Aug.
1866; failed in business 14 Dec. 1880; author of Letters on
agricultural improvements 1844; On the principles which ensure
success in trade 1853, another ed. 1856; How to farm profitably
1859, 4 ed. 1864; On the sewerage of towns as it affects British
agriculture 1860; Mr. Mechi’s Farm balance sheets, also his
lectures and papers on farming 1867 and 12 other books. _d._
Tiptree hall, Essex 26 Dec. 1880. _Biograph_, _i_ 250–4 (1879);
_I.L.N. xxx_ 337 (1857) _portrait_, _xxxi_ 317 (1857), _lxxviii_
37 (1881) _portrait_; _Pictorial World 29 Jany. 1881 pp._ 355,
361, _portrait_.
MECREDY, HENRY SANDYS. _b._ 1823; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin,
B.A. 1845, M.A. 1856; solicitor in Dublin 1845; vice president
of Irish incorporated law society 1885; governor of Royal Irish
academy of music; with C. A. Stanwell edited The Incorporated
law society’s calendar. Dublin 1887. _d._ Colwyn Bay, North
Wales 30 July 1891.
MEDHURST, WALTER HENRY (son of William Medhurst of Ross,
Scotland, innkeeper). _b._ London 29 April 1796; ed. at St.
Paul’s sch. from 1807; went to Malacca as a missionary printer
in service of London missionary soc. 1816; ordained at Malacca
27 April 1819; missionary in Penang 1820 and Batavia 1822–36;
established an orphan asylum at Parapattan; worked in Batavia
1838–42, and at Shanghai 1842–56; D.D. from an American univ.
1843; one of the delegates to revise Chinese version of new
testament June 1847 to July 1850 and of old testament 1851–3;
edited G. Happart’s Dictionary of the Favorlang dialect of the
Formosan language 1840; translated Ancient China, The Shoo-King
or the historical classic 1846; The Chinaman abroad, an account
of the Malayan archipelago by Ong-Tae-hae 1849; author of
An English and Japanese and Japanese and English vocabulary.
Batavia 1830; A dictionary of the Hok-Këèn dialect of the
Chinese language. Macao 1832; China, its state and prospects
1838; Chinese and English dictionary 2 vols. Batavia 1842–3, and
English and Chinese dictionary 2 vols. Shanghae 1847–8; Chinese
dialogues. Shanghae 1844; left Shanghai 10 Sep. 1856, arrived
in England 22 Jany. 1857. _d._ Pimlico, London 24 Jany. 1857.
_bur._ Abney park cemetery 30 Jany. _J. O. Whitehouse’s Register
of missionaries_ (1877) 41.
MEDHURST, SIR WALTER HENRY (son of the preceding). _b._ Batavia,
Java 3 Nov. 1822; attached to Sir Henry Pottinger’s suite Aug.
1841; present at taking of Amoy and Chusan; consular interpreter
at Shanghai 7 Oct. 1843; consul at Foo-choo-foo 9 Nov. 1854, at
Tangchow 21 Dec. 1858, at Hankow 25 Jany. 1864 and at Shanghai
23 July 1868, retired 1 Jany. 1877; knighted at Windsor castle
20 March 1877; helped to form British North Borneo company 1881,
organised a system of emigration from China into the company’s
territories 1882; author of Curiosities of street literature in
China. Shanghai 1871; The foreigner in far Cathay 1872. _d._
Formosa, Torquay 26 Dec. 1885.
MEDLEY, JOHN (only son of George Medley of Grosvenor place,
Chelsea). _b._ London 19 Dec. 1804; ed. at Wadham coll. Oxf.,
B.A. 1826, M.A. 1830, B.D. and D.D. 1845; C. of Southleigh,
Devon 1828–31; Inc. of St. John’s, Truro 1831–8; V. of St.
Thomas, Exeter 1838–45; preb. of Exeter 8 April 1843 to
May 1845; bishop of Frederickton, New Brunswick 24 April
1845 to death, consecrated in Lambeth palace chapel 4 May
1845, installed in his partly built cathedral 11 June 1845;
metropolitan of Canada 11 Jany. 1879 to death; attended the
Lambeth Pan-Anglican conference 1889; hon LL.D. Cambridge and
D.D. Durham 1888; author of Advice to teachers in Sunday schools
1833; The episcopal form of church government 1835, 2 ed. 1837;
Elementary remarks on Chinese architecture 1841; Sermons. Exeter
1845; with H. K. Cornish translated The homilies of St. John
Chrysostom on Corinthians 2 vols. 1839. _d._ Frederickton 9 Sep.
1892. _W. Q. Ketchum’s Life of Medley. St. John’s N.B._ (1893);
_Appleton’s American Biography_, _iv_ 285 (1888) _portrait_.
MEDLEY, JULIUS GEORGE. _b._ 19 July 1829; lieut. Bengal
engineers 11 June 1847, lieut.-col. 2 Jany. 1871 to death;
assist. engineer public works department India 12 March 1849;
consulting engineer for government railways; field engineer
with force against the Bozdars on Derajat frontier 1857; field
engineer before Delhi and leader of first attacking column
1857; field engineer under Outram at siege of Lucknow 1858;
principal of civil engineering college, Calcutta; under sec.
to government in public works; principal of Roorkee college
1863–71; contributed to professional papers of Thomasson Civil
engineering college, Roorkee 1863–73, compiled a Manual of
engineering for the students; consulting engineer for guaranteed
railways at Lahore during 8 years, then inspecting officer;
A.I.C.E. 28 May 1861; major general Jany. 1884; author of A
year’s campaigning in India 1858; An autumn tour in the United
States and Canada 1873. _d._ on board P. and O. steamer Ravenna
at Port Said 12 Aug. 1884. _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E.
lxxx_ 343–7 (1885); _I.L.N. lxxxv_ 292 (1884), _portrait_.
MEDLEY, SAMUEL (son of Samuel Medley, baptist minister 1738–99).
_b._ 22 March 1769; exhibited 28 pictures at R.A. 1792–1805; a
stock broker from 1805; one of founders of London University
1826; painted a large group of portraits representing The
Medical Society of London, which is in the society’s rooms,
11 Chandos st. Cavendish square, it has been engraved by C.
Branwhite. _d._ Chatham 10 Aug. 1857.
MEDWIN, THOMAS (3 son of Thomas Charles Medwin). _b._ Horsham,
Sussex 20 March 1788; ed. at Sion house, Brentford; cornet 24
light dragoons 18 June 1812, lieut. 16 Sep. 1813, placed on
h.p. on reduction of the regiment 25 Dec. 1818; lieut. 1 life
guards 1 Feb. 1831, sold out 15 Feb. 1831; served in India; went
to Italy 1821, introduced by Shelley to Byron at Pisa where he
stayed 20 Nov. 1821 to 15 March 1822 and 18 to 28 Aug. 1822;
resided at Heidelberg about 20 years; author of Ahasuerus the
wanderer 1823; Journal of the conversations of lord Byron 1824,
5 ed. 1830; The Agamemnon of Æschylus, translated into English
verse 1832; Memoir of Percy Bysshe Shelley 1833; The angler
in Wales, or days and nights of sportsmen 2 vols. 1834; Lady
Singleton, or the world as it is 3 vols. 1843; The life of P. B.
Shelley 2 vols. 1847. _d._ in his brother’s house the Carfax,
Horsham 2 Aug. 1869. _Notes and Queries_ 5 _S. v_ 161 (1876), 6
_S. vi_ 293 (1882).
MEDWIN, THOMAS REA (eld. son of Thomas Peirce Medwin of
Greenford, Middlesex). _b._ 1811; ed. at Worcester coll. Oxf.,
bible clerk 1826–30; B.A. 1831, M.A. 1834; C. of Dorsington,
Gloucs. 1835–7; C. of Ch. Ch. Blackfriars, London 1837–43; head
master of Stratford-on-Avon gr. sch., and chaplain of Holy Cross
chapel, Stratford-on-Avon 1843–68; V. of Bearley, Warws. 1871–2;
V. of Astwich with Arlesey, Beds. 1881 to death; author of A
manual of the history of Greek and Roman literature, translated
from the German of Augustus Matthiæ 1841; Sermons preached at
Stratford-on-Avon 1851; Latin verse memorials 1868. _d._ Arlesey
vicarage 17 March 1885.
MEE, ANNE (eld. child of John Foldsone, painter _d._ about
1784). _b._ about 1773; a miniature painter; employed by the
prince regent in painting portraits of fashionable beauties,
many of these are now at Windsor; some of her portraits were
engraved in the Court Magazine and La belle assemblée; exhibited
39 miniatures at R.A. and 3 at B.I. 1804–37; (_m._ Joseph Mee).
_d._ Hammersmith 28 May 1851. _The Lady’s monthly museum Jany.
1814_, _memoir and portrait_; _A. Mee’s Gallery of beauties of
the court of George III._ (1812), _portrait_.
MEE, JOHN (2 son of John Mee of Nottingham). _b._ 3 May 1824;
ed. at Christ’s coll. Camb., scholar 1846; B.A. 1849, M.A.
1853; incorporated M.A. from Queen’s coll. Oxf. 1879; C. of
All Saints, Derby 1849–50; P.C. of Riddings, Derby 1850–4;
association secretary of church missionary society for eastern
district 1854–7; clerical secretary of British and foreign bible
society 1857–61; dean of Grahamstown, South Africa 1861–4;
secretary of Church missionary society 1866–9; V. of St. Jude,
Southwark 1864–71; R. and V. of Westbourne, Sussex 1871 to
death; member for Southwark of London school board 29 Nov. 1870
to Nov. 1873. _d._ Lochiel Arms hotel, Banavie, Fort William,
Scotland 19 Sep. 1883.
MEE, WILLIAM. _b._ Kegworth, Leicestershire 1788; inherited a
moderate fortune; resided for some years in London, returned
to Kegworth about 1820; author of the song ‘Alice Gray’ which
became very popular and was set to music by George W. Reeve 1830
and by Virtue Millard 1835; wrote poetry in periodicals under
pseudonym of Richard Sparkle. _d._ Shardlow union workhouse,
Derbyshire 29 May 1862.
NOTE.--In some verses of his which appeared in ‘The Thrasher’ about
1825 he suggested as his epitaph ‘Weep not for Mee.’ In the days of
his affluence he drank six tankards of strong ale a day and seven on a
Sunday. _Notes and Queries 2 series_, _xii_ 189, 238, 299 (1861), _3
series ii_ 43 (1862).
MEEHAN, CHARLES PATRICK. _b._ 141 Great Britain st. Dublin 12
July 1812; studied at Irish Catholic college, Rome 1828–34;
ordained priest 1834; C. of Rathdrum, Wicklow 1834; C. at parish
ch. of Saints Michael and John, Dublin 1835 to death; M.R.I.A.;
author of History of the confederation of Kilkenny 1846, 2 ed.
1860; The rise and fall of the Irish Franciscan monasteries
1869, 5 ed. 1877; Fate and fortunes of Hugh O’Neill earl of
Tyrone and Rory O’Donel earl of Tyrconnel 1870; translated
History of the Geraldines, earls of Desmond, from the Latin of
O’Daly 1847; Manzoni’s La Monaca di Monza 1847; Life of Francis
Kirwan bishop of Killala, from the Latin of Lynch 1848; Lives of
the most eminent painters, sculptors and architects of the order
of Saint Dominic from the Italian of V. Marchese 2 vols. 1852;
edited The poets and poetry of Munster 1883. _d._ 14 March 1890.
_I.L.N. 22 March 1890 p._ 366, _portrait_; _Catholic World_,
_Sep. 1890 pp._ 796–801; _Tablet 22 March 1890 p._ 473.
MEEK, SIR JAMES. _b._ Astbury, Cheshire 1778; paymaster royal
navy 25 July 1800; secretary to several flag-officers on
Mediterranean station 1803–14; a comr. of victualling board June
1830 to 1832; comptroller of victualling and transport services
at the admiralty 1832, retired Dec. 1850; employed by government
to collect information of the cost and supply of agricultural
produce at various ports in north of Europe 1841, his report
was printed in House of Commons Papers vol. xl (1842); knighted
at Buckingham palace 3 Feb. 1851; C.B. 1 March 1851. _d._
Ilfracombe, Devon 18 May 1856.
MEEK, JAMES (son of a farmer). _b._ Brompton near Northallerton
13 Feb. 1790; ed. at Northallerton; apprenticed to Joseph Agar
of York, currier 1803; currier in Goodramgate, York 1813;
resided at Middlethorpe lodge near York to death; chairman of
York and north midland railway, and of Newcastle and Berwick
railway; sheriff of York 1827, lord mayor 1836, 1849 and 1851.
_d._ Middlethorpe lodge near York 13 Dec. 1862.
MEEK, SIR JAMES (only son of the preceding). _b._ York 28 June
1815; entered at St. John’s coll. Camb., but left to become a
partner in his father’s commercial firms at York; chairman of
York city and county banking company many years; lord mayor of
York 1855–6, 1865–6 and 1866–7; captain commandant 1st West York
rifle volunteers 11 Feb. 1860; knighted at Windsor Castle 9 July
1869. _d._ Cheltenham 10 Jany. 1891.
MEEK, ROBERT. Ed. at St. John’s coll. Camb.; M.A. by abp. of
Canterbury 1838; R. of Brixton Deverill, Wilts. 1834; P.C. of
Hill Deverill, Wilts. 1837; R. of Richmond, Yorkshire 1838–43;
R. of Sutton Bonnington, Notts. 1843 to death; author of The
mutual recognition of glorified saints 1830, 3 ed. 1837;
The church of England a faithful witness against the errors
and corruptions of the church of Rome 1834; Passion week, a
practical exposition 1835; Heavenly things or the blessed hope
1854; The martyr of Allahabad. Memorials of ensign A. M. H.
Clark 1857; Ministering angels 1864. _d._ 1866.
MEEKING, CHARLES (son of Charles Meeking of London). _b._
London 1800; draper and linen draper at 1 Broadway, Westminster
1823, moved to 62 Holborn Hill 1827, one of the first of the
drapers to conduct a retail business on a thorough system;
draper and outfitter Holborn Circus to death, having one of the
largest establishments in London; J.P. for Bucks.; purchased
Richings manor near Iver, Bucks., from John Sullivan in 1855.
_d._ Richings park, Bucks. 7 Dec. 1872, personalty sworn under
£250,000, 1 Feb. 1873.
MEERES, NATHANIEL. _b._ 1791; ed. at St. John’s coll. Camb.,
B.D. 1840; C. of Cradley, Worcs. 1844–7; R. of Little
Stambridge, Essex 1847 to death; author of Sermons preached at
Somer’s chapel, St. Pancras 1843; Original psalms and hymns for
the use of churches. Coventry 1845; School cyclopædia in verse
1851; Sermons 2 vols. 1851. _d._ at residence of rev. H. Meeres,
Haddenham vicarage, Bucks. 26 March 1863.
MEESON, ALFRED (son of Edward Meeson). _b._ 67 Aldermanbury,
London 4 April 1808; architect and surveyor at Wakefield,
Yorkshire; assisted sir Charles Barry as superintendent of
constructional and engineering details of houses of parliament
1842 to completion; engineer in charge of houses of parliament
residing in the building 1853; practised at 58 Pall Mall,
London; employed on international exhibitions of 1851 and 1862
and on the erection of Covent Garden theatre 1858 and the Albert
hall 1872; architect of the first Alexandra palace on Muswell
hill 1873, palace was destroyed by fire 9 June 1873, joint
architect of the second palace 1875; author with J. C. Boys of
Thames sewage disposal scheme 1867. _d._ 4 Harley road, South
Hampstead, London 12 Jany. 1885.
MELBOURNE, FREDERICK JAMES LAMB, 3 Viscount (3 son of 1 viscount
Melbourne 1745–1828). _b._ Melbourne house, Piccadilly, London
17 April 1782; ed. at Eton, Glasgow univ. and Trin. coll.
Camb., M.A. 1803; sec. of legation at Palermo 1811; envoy to
Munich 12 Sep. 1815 to 6 March 1820; P.C. 28 March 1822; envoy
extraord. and min. plenipo. to Spain 18 Feb. 1825 to 28 Dec.
1827; ambassador to Lisbon 28 Dec. 1827 to May 1831; ambassador
to Vienna 13 May 1831 to 16 Oct. 1841 when granted pension of
£1700; created baron Beauvale of Beauvale, co. Nottingham 20
April 1839; succeeded his brother as 3 viscount 24 Nov. 1848;
G.C.B. 13 Dec. 1827. _d._ Brockett hall, Herts. 29 Jany. 1853.
_Saunders’s Portraits of reformers_ (1840) 28, _portrait_; _G.M.
xxxix_ 309, 338 (1853); _Greville’s Journal_, _vol. i pt._ 3
_pp._ 35–7 (1874).
MELDON, CHARLES HENRY (3 son of James Dillon Meldon). _b._ 5
June 1841; ed. at Stonyhurst and Ushaw colleges, and Trin. coll.
Dublin, B.A. 1862, LL.B. and LL.D. 1874; member of senate of
Dublin univ.; called to Irish bar 1863; had a large practice
on the Home circuit; Q.C. 15 Feb. 1877; M.P. for co. Kildare
1874–85; first whip to the Home Rule party 1874–9. _d._ Dublin
15 May 1892.