Monkland, Lanarkshire 1805; ed. at univ. of Glasgow; ironmaster
in partnership with Mr. Cunningham in counties of Ayr and
Lanark; kept a large number of game cocks and continually had
cock fights; contested Glasgow 6 March 1857; M.P. Falkirks
burghs, Stirlingshire 1 April 1857 but unseated on petition
July 1857; M.P. Falkirk burghs 3 May 1859 to 1874; commenced
racing at Stirling 1838; kept his horses with George Dawson at
Gullane 1842; with Chanticleer won 14 races in 1848; purchased
Hobbie Noble for 6500 guineas 1852; won Two thousand guineas
with Lord of the Isles 1855 and Macgregor 1870; won the St.
Leger with Sunbeam 1855 and with Marie Stewart 1873; the Derby
with Thormanby 1860 and with Doncaster 1873; the Ascot cup with
Thormanby 1861; and the Oaks and St. Leger with Marie Stewart
1873; retired from the turf 1875; sold Doncaster for 14,000
guineas, the largest price ever given for a racehorse; purchased
lord John Scott’s stud 1857; won £46,000 on the Derby of 1860.
_d._ 68 Eaton sq. London 3 Feb. 1877. _Illust. sp. and dr.
news_, _vi_ 512, 518–19 (1877), _portrait_; _Rice’s History of
the British turf_, _ii_ 332–38 (1879); _Illust. sporting news_,
_iv_ 369 (1865), _portrait_; _Henry Corbet’s Tales of sporting
life_ (1864) 13–25; _Baily’s mag. ii_ 357–63 (1861), _portrait_;
_W. Day’s Reminiscences 2 ed._ (1886) 301–25; _Thormanby’s
Famous Racing Men_ (1882) _pp._ 100–107, _portrait_.
MERRYWEATHER, MOSES. _b._ 1791; apprenticed to Hadley, Simpkin
and Lott, fire engine makers, Longacre, London 1807, assistant
1822, became sole proprietor of the business 1832; introduced
his famous London brigade manual engine shown at Great
Exhibition 1851, this machine had patent metal valves and was
called the Paxton; opened works in York road, Lambeth, where he
built steam fire engines 1859; the house in Longacre was rebuilt
1873 and in 1876 the present works in Greenwich road, Greenwich,
covering about three acres were acquired, _d._ Clapham house,
Clapham Common, Surrey 25 Sep. 1872. _London Figaro 7 June 1894
pp._ 14–16; _Times 5 Oct. 1872 p._ 6.
MERRYWEATHER, RICHARD MOSES (eld. son of the preceding). _b._
Longacre, London 1839; partner with his father 1859; invented
with Edward Field ‘Field’s boiler’ which he applied to the steam
fire engine. _d._ Clapham house, Surrey, June 1877.
MERYON, CHARLES LEWIS (son of Lewis Meryon of Rye, Sussex). _b._
Rye 27 June 1783; ed. at Merchant Taylors’ school 1796–1802;
Stuart’s exhibitioner St. John’s coll. Oxf. 1803; BA. 1806,
M.A. 1809, M.B. and M.D. 1817; studied medicine at St. Thomas’s
hospital; medical attendant on lady Hester Stanhope in Sicily
and the East 1810–7; candidate of college of phys. 1820, fellow
1821; domestic phys. to sir Gilbert Heathcote 1822–7; attended
on lady Hester Stanhope at Mount Lebanon, Syria in 1819, 15 Dec.
1830 to April 1831 and July 1837 to Aug. 1838; practised in
London from 1838; author of Memoirs of the lady Hester Stanhope
as related by herself in conversations with her physician 3
vols. 1845; Travels of lady Hester Stanhope 3 vols. 1846, with
portrait of author. _d._ The Grove, Hammersmith, London 11 Sep.
1877. _Munk’s College of physicians_, _iii_ 234 (1878).
NOTE.--By a ballet dancer at the Paris opera house (Pierre Narcisse
Chaspoux) C. L. Meryon had a son Charles Meryon _b._ Paris 23 Nov.
1821, who was originally a sailor, then a well-known engraver and
etcher. He died in a lunatic asylum in Paris on 14 Feb. 1868 and was
_bur._ in the cemetery of Charenton Saint-Maurice. _F. S. Ellis’
Descriptive catalogue of drawings and etchings by C. Merion_ (1880);
_Exhibition from a selection of the works of C. Meryon. Burlington Fine
Arts club_ (1879); _Charles Meryon, sailor, engraver and etcher. By
Philip Burty_ (1879).
MERYON, EDWARD. _b._ 1809; ed. univ. of London, M.D. 1844;
M.R.C.S. 1831; M.R.C.P. 1851, F.R.C.P. 1859; physician to
hospital for diseases of nervous system; lecturer on comparative
anatomy St. Thomas’ hospital; author of The physical and
intellectual constitution of man considered 1836; The history
of medicine 1861, volume one only; Practical and pathological
researches on paralysis 1864; On the functions of the
sympathetic system of nerves 1872. _d._ 14 Clarges st. Mayfair,
London 8 Nov. 1880.
MESSITER, EDWARD. _b._ 1804; entered Madras army 1819; lieut.
39 Madras N.I. 7 April 1820, captain 7 June 1830, major 8 Dec.
1840 to 7 Sep. 1846; lieut.-col. of 45 N.I. 7 Sep. 1846 to 1848,
of 51 N.I. 1848–54 and of 44 N.I. 1854–8; commandant at Jaulnah
14 March 1856 to 1857; commandant at Thayat Mew 1857–8; col.
of 51 N.I. 18 Dec. 1860 to 1869; general 8 Feb. 1877. _d._ 19
Queenborough terrace, Kensington 18 Feb. 1878.
MESSITER, JOHN. _b._ 1798 or 1799; lieut. 28 foot 3 July 1823,
lieut.-col. 24 Aug. 1842 to 16 July 1852 when he sold out. _d._
Woodton lodge, Highweek, Newton Abbot, Devon 13 Jany. 1882.
MESSITER, SUSSEX LENNOX AUBREY BEAUCLERK. Ensign 28 foot 5 Nov.
1842, captain 29 Dec. 1854, sold out 9 Feb. 1864; one of the
gentlemen at arms 25 April 1864 to death. _d._ 2 Haymarket,
London 20 Sep. 1870.
METCALFE, FREDERICK (5 son of Morehouse Metcalfe of
Gainsborough). _b._ 1815; ed. at Shrewsbury; scholar of St.
John’s coll. Camb. 1834; B.A. 1838; incorporated at Jesus coll.
Oxf. 28 Nov. 1844, fellow of Lincoln 1844 to death, bursar 1849,
sub-rector 1851, Greek lecturer 1853; M.A. 1845, B.D. 1855; head
master of Brighton college 1847–9; contested professorship of
Anglo-Saxon at Oxf. twice; P.C. of St. Michael’s, Oxford 1849
to death; author of The Oxonian in Norway 2 vols. 1856, 2 ed.
1857; The Oxonian in Thelemarken 2 vols. 1858; History of German
literature 1858; The Oxonian in Iceland 1861; The Englishman and
the Scandinavian 1880; translated W. A. Becker’s Charicles 1845
and his Gallus 1844; edited some classical school books. _d._
Christiania, Norway 24 Aug. 1885.
METCALFE, JAMES (natural son of 1 baron Metcalfe 1785–1846).
_b._ 1817; ed. at Addiscombe; ensign 3 Bengal N.I. 12 Sep.
1836, adjutant 1839–46; A.D.C. to the marquess of Dalhousie
11 April 1848 to 1853; interpreter to sir Colin Campbell the
commander-in-chief during the mutiny 1857–8 and attendant on him
throughout the revolt; A.D.C. and commandant at head quarters;
major 4th European regiment (left wing) 1 Feb. 1858; brevet
lieut.-col. 24 March 1858; C.B. 28 Feb. 1861; retired 31 Dec.
1861; resided Aston house, Stevenage, Herts. _d._ 44 Harcourt
terrace, London 8 March 1888.
METCALFE, SIR THEOPHILUS JOHN, 5 Baronet (eld. son of sir Thomas
Theophilus Metcalfe, 4 baronet _d._ 1853). _b._ Delhi 28 Nov.
1828; ed. at Addiscombe and Haileybury; entered Bengal civil
service 1848; joint-magistrate and deputy collector at Meerut
1857, aided the European inhabitants to escape from Meerut on
outbreak of mutiny, rendered great help at the assault on Delhi
14 Sep. 1857; assistant to agent at Delhi and deputy collector
at Futteypore 1858–9; C.B. 4 Nov. 1864; retired on invalid
pension 1866. _d._ Paris 10 Nov. 1883.
METCALFE, WILLIAM. _b._ 21 June 1803; succeeded his uncle as
a bookseller at Cambridge 1824; became head of the firm of
W. Metcalfe and Son; the first printer of J. W. Colenso’s
mathematical works 1835–53 and of Sonnets by Charles Tennyson
1830; started The Cambridge Express 1868, the first penny
paper in Cambridge. _d._ Park terrace, Cambridge 9 March 1888.
_Bookseller_, _May 1888 p._ 465.
METCALFE, WILLIAM JAMES (son of rev. Wm. Metcalfe, R. of
Foulmire, Cambs., _d._ 1850). _b._ 1818; ed. at St. John’s coll.
Camb., B.A. 1842, M.A. 1845; barrister I.T. 2 May 1845; recorder
of Ipswich, Nov. 1866 to Dec. 1874; Q.C. 3 Feb. 1873; recorder
of Norwich, Dec. 1874 to death; judge of county courts (circuit
54) Somerset, Oct. 1879 to death. _d._ suddenly in his private
room at Bristol county court 8 Dec. 1892.
METEYARD, ELIZA (dau. of Wm. Meteyard, surgeon). _b._ Lime st.
Liverpool 21 June 1816; lived at Shrewsbury 1818–29, at Thorpe
near Norwich 1829–42 and at Hampstead and London 1842 to death;
contributed social articles and fiction to Eliza Cook’s Journal,
People’s Journal, Tait’s Mag. &c.; author under pseudonym of
Silverpen of some children’s books; author of Struggles for fame
3 vols. 1845; Mainstone’s housekeeper 3 vols. 1860, 2 ed. 1865;
The hallowed spots of ancient London 1862; The lady Herbert’s
gentlewoman 3 vols. 1862; The life of Josiah Wedgwood 2 vols.
1865–6; A group of Englishmen 1871; The Wedgwood handbook, a
manual for collectors 1875; granted civil list pension of £60,
5 April 1869, and another of £40, 19 June 1874. _d._ Stanley
place, Fentiman road, Clapham, Surrey 4 April 1879. _bur._
Woking cemet. 10 April, marble medallion portrait of her by G.
Fontana is in Mayer public hall at Bebington near Birkenhead.
_Baines’s Hampstead_ (1890) 373–5.
METHUEN, FREDERICK HENRY PAUL METHUEN, 2 Baron (eld. son of 1
baron Methuen _d._ 1849). _b._ 23 Feb. 1818; cornet royal horse
guards 8 Dec. 1837; lieut. 76 foot 3 April 1840; lieut. 71 foot
7 Sep. 1841, sold out 2 Dec. 1842; lieut.-col. royal Wiltshire
militia 5 May 1846, lieut.-col. commandant 9 Jany. 1859, hon.
col. 5 Dec. 1885 to death; militia A.D.C. to the queen 11 Dec.
1860 to death; a lord-in-waiting to the queen June 1859 to
July 1866, Dec. 1868 to Feb. 1874, May 1880 to June 1885 and
Feb. to Aug. 1886. _d._ Corsham court near Chippenham 26 Sep.
1891. _Waagen’s Galleries of art_ (1857) 394–9; _I.L.N. xvi_ 92
(1860), _portrait_.
METHUEN, _Rev. Thomas Anthony_ (2 son of Paul Cobb Methuen of
Corsham, Wilts., _d._ 1816). _b._ Chandos st. Cavendish sq.
London 23 May 1781; ed. at Eton 1796–9 and at Oriel coll. Oxf.,
B.A. 1803, M.A. 1806; a student of Lincoln’s inn 1801; C. of
Ickham near Canterbury 1805; R. of All Cannings, Wilts. 1809 to
death; R of Garsdon, Wilts. 5 Feb. 1814 to death; author of A
series of single sheets containing new year addresses. Devizes
1832–68; A memoir of the rev. R. P. Beachcroft 1832; The voice
of God in the ears of sabbath breakers, or four young men
drowned in the canal 1847. _d._ Cannings’ rectory 15 June 1869.
_Autobiography of T. A. Methuen_ (1870), 2 _portraits_.
METZLER, GEORGE THOMAS. _b._ 1835; proprietor of Saturday
musical review, vol. 1, No. 1–42, 1879; partner in firm of
Metzler & Co. pianoforte manufacturers and publishers of music
at 37 Great Marlborough st. London about 1860 to death; resided
Stamore house, 83 Avenue road, Regent’s park, London. _d._
Arrochar, Scotland 1 Sep. 1879.
MEUX, SIR HENRY, 2 Baronet (1 son of sir Henry Meux, 1 baronet
1770–1841). _b._ 28 Dec. 1817; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Oxf.,
B.A. 1838; succeeded his father 7 April 1841 as 2 baronet and
head of firm of Meux and Co. the Horse shoe brewery, Tottenham
court road, London; sheriff of Herts. 1845; M.P. Herts.
1847–59; captain South Herts. yeomanry 21 June 1847 to Sep.
1859; there was an inquiry into his state of mind June 1858.
_d._ 36 Grosvenor sq. London 1 Jany. 1883. _A. Barnard’s Noted
breweries_, _ii_ 155–68 (1889) _with 6 views_.
MEVES VON SCHROËDER, AUGUSTUS ANTOINE CORNELIUS (son of Augustus
Anthony Wm. Meves von Schroëder, miniature painter, _d._ 1 Aug.
1818, who _m._ in 1783 Marianne 2 dau. of Cornelius Crowley,
she was a musician and _d._ Conduit st. London, Jany. 1823).
_b._ London 16 Feb. 1785; taught the pianoforte by his mother,
appeared in Edinburgh as a pianist under name of Mr. Augustus
1805; a volunteer with the Loyal British artificers 1811,
became captain; a professor of music to 1818; a stockbroker in
London 1818, speculated and lost all his money 1821; claimed to
be the dauphin of France, Louis XVII. 1818 and asserted that
his alleged father brought him to London for safety in 1792;
corresponded with the duchess of Angoulême 1830–1; composer
of Once more enchanting girl adieu 1810; L’Aimable, a rondo
for the pianoforte and harp 1820; Forty seven preludes for
the pianoforte 1827; Romanza for the piano 1843; Jerusalem,
recit. et aria 1854; Hail to the chief, a glee 1856, and 100
other pieces of music 1810–56; author of The memoirs of Louis
Charles, dauphin of France son of Louis XVI. who personated
through supposititious means A. Meves. The memoirs written by
the veritable Louis XVII. The compilation by his sons W. and A.
Meves 1868. _d._ in a cab while being conveyed to his residence
35 University st. Gower st. London 9 May 1859. _W. A. and A.
Meves’ The prisoner of the Temple_ (1860), _portrait_; _W. A.
and A. Meves’ Louis XVIIth_ (1867); _Augustus de Bourbon’s
Louis XVII. versus The London Times_ (1872), _with the author’s
portrait_; _Augustus de Bourbon’s The dauphin, Louis XVII._
(1876), _with the author’s portrait_; _Celebrated claimants_
(1873) 187–92; _J. H. Ingram’s Claimants to royalty_ (1882)
230–5; _The London Figaro 4 Feb. 1880 p._ 6.
NOTE.--He left two sons, 1 William Augustus Meves author and writer of
works under name of Augustus de Bourbon; 2 Augustus Meves author and
drum player in Weist Hill’s orchestra London, _d._ Jany. 1880.
MEWBURN, FRANCIS. First solicitor of the Stockton and Darlington
railway co. 1825; chief bailiff of Darlington 28 Nov. 1846;
presented with a service of plate costing £400 by 224 of his
friends at the Central hall, Darlington 17 Aug. 1855; author of
Observations on the second report of the commissioners appointed
to inquire into the law of real property. Durham 1830, 2 ed.
1830. _d._ 1882. _I.L.N. lxvii_ 337, 341 (1875), _portrait_.
MEXBOROUGH, JOHN SAVILE, 3 Earl of (only son of 2 earl of
Mexborough 1761–1830). _b._ Dover st. Piccadilly, London 3
July 1783; styled Viscount Pollington till 1830; ed. at Trin.
coll. Camb., M.A. 1803; M.P. for Pontefract 1807–26 and 1831–2;
succeeded to the peerage 3 Feb. 1830; is described as Methley in
A. W. Kinglake’s Eothen or traces of travel brought home from
the East 1844; his printed books were sold at Sotheby’s 19–20
Dec. 1860 for £2120, and his manuscripts were sold 6 Feb. 1861
for £3019. _d._ 25 Portman sq. London 25 Dec. 1860.
MEYERS, JOHN HENRY. Apprentice to Edward Colyer, Fenchurch
street London 1836–43; printer Hayden sq. Minories 1843–9;
bookseller and stationer at Enfield 1849, retired 1887;
proprietor of Meyers’ Observer 1859; resided at Hampton 1887,
then at Richmond. _d._ Enfieldia, Richmond 9 June 1892.
MEYNELL, CHARLES. _b._ 1828; ed. at Sedgley park, Staffs., and
English college, Rome; professor of metaphysics at St. Mary’s
college Oscott many years; missioner at Caverswall, North
Staffs. 1873 to death; author with rev. J. S. Northcote of The
Colenso controversy considered from the Catholic standpoint
1863; author of Short sermons on doctrinal subjects 1866;
Padre Liberatore and the Ontologists, a review 1868; Proteus
and Amadeus, a correspondence. Edited by Aubrey De Vere 1878,
Meynell sustains the part of Amadeus and Wilfrid Blount that
of Proteus; Sermons for the spring quarter. Edited by H. I. D.
Ryder 1883. _d._ Caverswall, Staffs. 3 May 1882.
MEYNELL, GODFREY (2 son of Godfrey Meynell of Langley,
Derbyshire). Matric. from Brasenose coll. Oxf. 17 Oct. 1838
aged 19; rowed No. 7 in the Oxford boat against Cambridge 1840
and 1841; B.A. 1842, M.A. 1845; barrister M.T. 21 Nov. 1845;
practised as a conveyancer at York. _d._ 1858.
MEYNELL, HENRY (2 son of Hugo Meynell of Hoar Cross, Staffs.,
_d._ 1801). _b._ 1790; ed. at Harrow; entered navy 24 June
1803; flag captain of the Newcastle at St. Helena, where he was
noticed by Napoleon 1815; captain 10 April 1816; R.A. 29 April
1851, V.A. 9 July 1857, admiral on h.p. 4 Oct. 1862; gentleman
usher to George IV. 22 March 1820 to 26 June 1830 and to William
IV. 24 July 1830 to 23 March 1831; one of grooms of waiting to
Victoria, April 1845; M.P. Lisburn, co. Antrim 1826–47. _d._
Paris 24 March 1865. _Taylor’s Biographia Leodiensis_ (1865)
528–30; _G.M. xviii_ 663 (1865).
MEYNELL-INGRAM, HUGO CHARLES (1 son of Hugo Meynell of Hoar
Cross, Staffs., _d._ 1801). _b._ 1784; master of the Hoar
Cross fox hounds 1816 to death; sheriff of Staffs. 1826;
assumed surname of Ingram by r.l. 25 Oct. 1841 in compliance
with viscount Irwin’s will; had a fine collection of pictures
at Temple Newsam near Leeds. _d._ Hoar Cross hall 25 Feb.
1869. _Cecil’s Records of the chase_ (1877) 140–41; _Waagen’s
Treasures of art_, _iii_ 332–4 (1854).
MEYNELL-INGRAM, HUGO FRANCIS (eld. son of the preceding). _b._
1821; matric. from Ch. Ch. Oxf. 15 May 1839; M.P. West Stafford
1868 to death; master of the Hoar Cross fox hounds 1869 to
death. _d._ 30 Wilton crescent, London 26 May 1871. _I.L.N.
lviii_ 579 (1871).
MEYRICK, GEORGE. _b._ 1767; ensign 24 foot 21 April 1784;
captain 91 foot 30 Oct. 1793; major 130 foot 14 June 1794,
regiment was reduced 1794 but he was retained on it on full pay;
lieut.-col. 130 foot 19 March 1796, placed on half pay 1798;
L.G. 12 Aug. 1819. _d._ Dawlish, Devonshire 8 Jany. 1853.
MEYSEY-THOMPSON, ALBERT CHILDERS (3 son of sir Harry Stephen
Meysey-Thompson baronet _d._ 1874). _b._ 13 July 1848; ed. Trin.
coll. Camb., B.A. 1871; student of Lincoln’s inn 1869; barrister
I.T. 6 June 1872; Q.C. 13 Feb. 1892; a well known parliamentary
counsel. _d._ 20 March 1894.
MEYSEY-THOMPSON, SIR HARRY STEPHEN, 1 Baronet (eld. son of
Richard John Thompson of Kirby hall, Yorkshire, captain 4
dragoons 1771–1853). _b._ Newby park, Yorkshire 11 Aug. 1809;
fellow commoner at Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1832; farmed his own
estates; chief founder of Yorkshire agricultural society 1837;
an original member of royal agricultural society 1838, chairman
of the Journal committee, and a contributor to the Journal,
member of the council to Dec. 1873, president 1867; chairman
of York and north midland railway co. 1849, of North Eastern
railway co. 1854 to Feb. 1874, and of United railways company’s
association 1867–73; sheriff of Yorkshire 1856; M.P. Whitby
1859–65; contested Whitby 12 July 1865; contested West Riding,
Yorks. Eastern division 25 Nov. 1868; A.I.C.E. 10 April 1866;
cr. baronet 26 March 1874; discoverer of the power inherent
in the soil of absorbing and assimilating ammonia; assumed by
r.l. surname of Meysey 1874. _d._ Kirby hall, Yorkshire 17 May
1874. _I.L.N. lxiv_ 523 (1874), _lxv_ 236; _Journal of royal
agricultural society of England_, _2 series x_ 519–41; _Minutes
of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxxix_ 293–6 (1875).
MIALL, EDWARD (younger son of Moses Miall, general merchant,
_d._ 1829). _b._ Portsmouth 8 May 1809; usher in Saltmarsh’s
school, Bocking near Braintree 1827 and then in Waddell’s school
at Nayland, Suffolk; independent minister at Ware, Herts.
Feb. 1831; minister of Bond st. chapel, Leicester 1834–40;
established The Nonconformist, weekly paper in London 14 April
1841, editor 1842 to death; a founder of The National complete
suffrage union April 1842; contested Southwark 12 Sep. 1845
and Halifax 30 July 1847; M.P. Rochdale 1852–7; introduced
resolutions in favour of the disestablishment of Irish church
27 May 1856; contested Tavistock 4 Sep. 1857 and Banbury 9
Feb. 1859; member of royal commission on education June 1858
to 1861; received a testimonial of £5000 and a service of
plate after the sixth triennial conference of the Liberation
Society 1862; contested Bradford 16 Oct. 1867 and 18 Nov. 1868;
M.P. Bradford 1869–74; ten thousand guineas were subscribed
for him in 1873; lived at Honor Oak near London 1864–81;
author of The nonconformist’s sketch-book 1845, 2 ed. 1867;
Views of the voluntary principle 1845; The British churches
in relation to the British people 1849, 2 ed. 1850; Bases of
belief, an examination of Christianity as a divine revelation
1853, 3 ed. 1861; Title deeds of the Church of England to her
parochial endowments 1862, 6 ed. 1865; An editor off the line,
or wayside musings 1865; The social influences of the state
church 1867. _d._ Greystone lodge, Sevenoaks, Kent 29 April
1881. _Arthur Miall’s Life of Edward Miall_ (1884), _portrait_;
_J. E. Ritchie’s London Pulpit_ (1858) 208–18; _I.L.N. vii_
176 (1845) _portrait_, _lxxviii_ 443 (1881) _portrait_;
_Congregationalist_, _viii_ 441, _portrait_.
MICHAEL, JAMES LIONEL. Solicitor at Grafton, New South Wales;
one of the earliest of Australian poets; author of Songs
without music. Sydney 1854; John Cumberland. Sydney 1857, a
narrative poem; _found drowned_ in the Clarence river 1868. _G.
B. Barton’s Poets and prose writers of New South Wales_ (1868)
218–20.
MICHAEL, WILLIAM HENRY (1 son of Lewin Michael of Swansea,
merchant). _b._ 6 Sep. 1821; barrister M.T. 26 Jany. 1864,
bencher 13 Jany. 1882 to death; Q.C. April 1878; author of The
sanitary acts 1867; with J. S. Will The law of gas and water
supply 1872, 3 ed. 1884; with W. H. Corfield and J. A. Wanklyn
A manual of public health 1874; resided 54 Cornwall gardens,
Queen’s gate, London. _d._ Schloss Labers, Meran in the Tyrol 15
Feb. 1892.
MICHEL, CHARLES EDWARD. _b._ 1810; ensign 66 foot 25 Nov. 1828,
major 25 June 1847; lieut.-col. 54 foot 28 July 1857, retired on
full pay 21 Sep. 1860 with hon. rank of M.G. _d._ 18 Inverness
terrace, London 7 Aug. 1893.
MICHEL, SIR JOHN (eld. son of general John Michel _d._ 1844).
_b._ 1 Sep. 1804; ed. at Eton; ensign 57 foot 3 April 1823;
ensign 64 foot 20 Nov. 1823, captain 15 Feb. 1827; captain 3
foot 20 Feb. 1835; major 6 foot 6 May 1840, lieut.-col. 15
April 1842 to 1 Oct. 1854; A.D.C. to his uncle sir Henry Fane,
commander-in-chief East Indies 1835–9; commanded a brigade
during Kaffir war 1846–7, and second division of the army in
Kaffir war 1852–3; chief of the staff of Turkish contingent
during Crimean war 27 March 1855 to April 1856; commanded the
Malwa field force in Indian mutiny 1858–9, defeated Tantia Topee
at Beorora 15 Sep. 1858, and at Mingrauli 9 Oct., annihilated
one wing of his force near Saugor 5 Dec, Tantia Topee was hanged
18 April 1859; commanded the first division in North China,
which burned the summer palace at Pekin 18 Oct. 1860; col. of 86
foot 19 Aug. 1862 to death; commanded the troops in the first
autumn manœuvres in south of England 1873; commanded the forces
in Ireland 1875–80; general 28 March 1874, field marshal 27
March 1885; C.B. 26 Sep. 1831, K.C.B. 21 March 1859, G.C.B. 20
May 1871, granted service reward 20 Aug. 1852. _d._ at his seat
Dewlish, Dorchester 23 May 1886. _Blackwood’s Mag. Aug. 1860
pp._ 181–94.
MICHELL, CHARLES CORNWALLIS (2 son of Sampson Michell, admiral
Portuguese navy 1755–1809). _b._ Exeter 29 March 1793; baptized
Charles Collier but known as Charles Cornwallis; ed. at R.M.
academy, Woolwich 1807–9; 2 lieut. R.A. 2 Oct. 1809, 1 lieut.
1813, placed on h.p. with rank of captain 4 Sep. 1817;
commanded a battery of Portuguese artillery during Peninsular
war; attached to staff of marshal Beresford in the Brazils 1820;
military drawing master at R.M. college, Sandhurst 25 March
1824; professor of fortification at R.M. academy, Woolwich
27 Sep. 1825 to 1828; surveyor general, civil engineer, and
superintendent of works at Cape of Good Hope 1828 to July 1848;
A.Q.M.G. in Caffre war of 1833–4, for which he was created K.H.
1836; knight of Portuguese orders of St. Bento d’Avis 1844 and
of the Tower and Sword, Sep. 1846. _d._ Eltham, Kent 28 March
1851. _Boase’s Collectanea Cornubiensia_ (1890) 564.
MICHELL, SIR FREDERICK THOMAS (brother of the preceding). _b._
Exeter 8 April 1788; entered navy 17 Sep. 1803; captain 22 Feb.
1830; R.A. 9 July 1855, V.A. 16 June 1862, retired admiral 2
April 1866; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 13 March 1867. _d._ North
gate, Totnes 14 Jany. 1873.
MICHELL, SIR JOHN (son of rev. John Michell of Huish, Somerset).
_b._ 1781; ed. at Woolwich; 2 lieut. R.A. 1 March 1798,
lieut.-col. 22 July 1830; commanded the R.A. in Canada 1831–36
and at Gibraltar 1844–48; col. commandant 14 June 1856 to death;
general 2 June 1864; C.B. 26 Sep. 1831, K.C.B. 28 June 1861.
_d._ 76 Portland place, London 23 Aug. 1866.
MICHELL, JOHN EDWARD (only son of the preceding). _b._ 16 Sep.
1827; 2 lieut. R.A. 17 Dec. 1846, lieut.-col. 2 Sep. 1870,
colonel 17 April 1878 to death; brigadier general Bengal 31
March 1876 to 31 July 1876 and 9 March 1877 to 30 April 1880;
C.B. 2 June 1869; M.G. 1 May 1880; served in the Crimean war and
Indian mutiny. _d._ Bishop’s Down, Spa, Tunbridge Wells 7 March
1883.