book 3 vols. 1835; The commercial and financial legislation of

Europe and America 1841; Commercial statistics of all nations

5 vols. 1844–50; The progress of America from the discovery by

Columbus 2 vols. 1847; Sketches of the Austrian and Ottoman

empires 1851; The history of the British empire from James I. 2

vols. 1852; one of the founders of Royal British bank opened 17

Nov. 1849, a director, chairman of the board, and the governor,

advanced to himself £13,700 all of which except £700 became a

bad debt, bank failed 3 Sep. 1856 and all the shareholders were

ruined; escaped trial and imprisonment by his death at Boulogne

23 April 1857. _D. Morier Evans’ Facts, failures and frauds_

(1859) 268–390; _I.L.N. xii_ 75 (1848), _portrait_.

MAC GREGOR, SIR JOHN (2 son of Duncan Mac Andrew of Culross,

Perthshire). _b._ 20 Oct. 1791; ed. at univ. of Edinb.; entered

medical department of army as hospital assistant 27 June 1809;

inspector general of hospitals 28 Nov. 1856 to 31 Dec. 1858

when placed on h.p.; hon. physician to the queen 16 Aug. 1859;

K.C.B. 10 June 1859; took by r.l. name of Mac Gregor instead of

Mac Andrew 24 July 1863. _d._ Corstorphine lodge, Ryde, Isle of

Wight 13 Jany. 1866.

MACGREGOR, JOHN (son of Sir Duncan Macgregor 1787–1881). _b._

Gravesend 24 Jany. 1825; saved from Kent East Indiaman 1 March

1825; ed. at King’s school, Canterbury and 6 other schools;

studied at Trin. coll. Dublin 1839–40 and at Trin. coll.

Camb. 1844–7, 34th wrangler 1847; B.A. 1847, M.A. 1850; wrote

and sketched for Punch 1845; barrister I.T. 31 Jany. 1851;

travelled in his canoe the Rob Roy 15 feet long, from France to

Switzerland 1865, the first of his many canoe journeys; always

known as Rob Roy Macgregor; a founder of Shoeblack brigade 1851;

hon. sec. of the Open-Air mission of the Pure literature society

and of the Protestant Alliance 1853; member for Greenwich on

the London school board 28 Nov. 1870 to 1876; the profits of

his books and receipts from his many lectures were all given to

charities; author of Three days in the East 1851; The law of

reformatories 1856; Our brothers and cousins, a tour in Canada

1859; A description of the Rob Roy canoe 1866; A thousand miles

in the Rob Roy canoe 1866, 13 ed. 1891; A voyage alone in the

yawl Rob Roy 1867; The Rob Roy on the Baltic 1867; The Rob

Roy on the Jordan, Red Sea and Gennesareth 1869, 6 ed. 1880.

_d._ Lochiel, Boscombe near Bournemouth 16 July 1892. _bur._

Bournemouth cemet. 20 July. _Leisure Hour_, _xx_ 248, 782,

_portrait_.

MC GREGOR, JOHN ALEXANDER PAUL. _b._ 1780; entered Bengal army

1795; lieut. 2 Bengal N.I. 30 Oct. 1797, major 12 July 1814;

lieut.-col. commandant 22 N.I. 1824, col. 5 June 1829 to 1 Nov.

1830; military auditor general 1830 to 1845; col. of 37 N.I. 1

Nov. 1830, of 61 N.I. 1833, of 28 N.I. 1836 to 27 Aug. 1847,

of 54 N.I. 27 Aug. 1847 to death; general 20 June 1854. _d._ 7

Sussex place, Hyde park gardens, London 5 March 1868.

MACGREGOR, JOHN MURRAY. _b._ 12 May 1819; entered Madras army

1 March 1838; engaged in important operations in Central India

1842 and 1843; served during the Indian mutiny; placed on

unemployed supernumerary list 1 July 1881; general 22 Jany.

1889. _d._ 17 Castle hill avenue, Folkestone 18 Dec. 1891.

MACGREGOR, ROBERT. _b._ Ardchattan, Bonar near Oban, Argyleshire

1810; ed. at Glasgow univ., M.D. 1842; L.R.C.S. Edinb. 1833;

superintendent and apothecary in Glasgow royal infirmary, where

his investigations into nature of diabetes acquired for him

an European reputation, then physician; fellow of faculty of

physicians and surgeons, Glasgow 1837; lecturer on chemistry in

Portland street school of medicine; physician to Glasgow royal

infirmary to death; author of An enquiry into the state of urea

in healthy and diseased urine and the formation of sugar in

diabetes 1836. _d._ 93 West Regent st. Glasgow 20 March 1855.

_bur._ Ardchattan 29 March. _Glasgow Medical Journal_, _iii_

126–8 (1856).

M’GRIGOR, ALEXANDER BENNET. _b._ 1827; head of firm of M’Grigor,

Donald and Co. writers, 172 St. Vincent st. Glasgow; he carried

through parliament scheme for city of Glasgow Union railway

1863–4; connected with speedy liquidation of City of Glasgow

bank, originated the Assets company by means of which the

creditors of the bank were promptly paid off; member of supreme

court of univ. of Glasgow; one of the most prominent citizens of

Glasgow; author of Contributions towards an index of passages on

the topography of Jerusalem 1876; The British parliament, its

history and functions 1887. _d._ Glasgow 22 March 1891.

MC GRIGOR, SIR JAMES (eld. son of Colquhoun Mc Grigor of

Aberdeen, merchant, _d._ 1800). _b._ Lethendrey in Strathspey,

Invernesshire 9 April 1771; ed. at gr. sch. and Marischal coll.

Aberdeen, M.A. 1788, M.D. 20 Feb. 1804; studied medicine at

Aberdeen and Edinb. to 1793; surgeon 88 foot 13 Sep. 1793;

surgeon to royal horse guards 9 Feb. 1804 to 18 July 1805;

inspector general of hospitals 25 Aug. 1809; chief of medical

staff under lord Wellington in the Peninsula 10 Jany. 1812,

retired 1814; physician of Portsmouth garrison 13 June 1811 to

death; director general of army medical department 13 June 1815,

retired on pension 1851; founded Museum of natural history and

pathological anatomy at Fort Pitt, Chatham; K.T.S.; baronet 30

Sep. 1831; K.C.B. 16 Aug. 1850; L.R.C.P. 26 June 1815 and fellow

25 June 1825; physician extraord. to the sovereign 30 March 1821

to death; lord rector of univ. of Aberdeen 1826, 1827 and 1841;

F.R.S. 14 March 1816; fellow of univ. of London 1836 to death;

author of Medical sketches of the expedition to Egypt from

India 1804; A letter to the commissioners on military enquiry

1808. _d._ 3 Harley st. Cavendish sq. London 2 April 1858. _The

autobiography of Sir J. Mc Grigor_ (1861), _portrait_; _Munk’s

Royal college of physicians_, _iii_ 309–13 (1878); _Illustrated

news of the world_, _i_ 204 (1858), _portrait_; _Proc. Royal

society_, _ix_ 532–34 (1858); _Pettigrew’s Medical portrait

gallery_, _iv_ (1840), _portrait_.

MC GRIGOR, JAMES (son of Charles Mc Grigor, barrackmaster at

Nottingham, _d._ 1841). _b._ 1819; ed. at Addiscombe; ensign

21 Bombay N.I. 24 Feb. 1835, captain 24 Jany. 1845, most

courageously disarmed his regiment for mutiny 16 Sep. 1857 for

which he received the thanks of the government; major of 30

Bombay N.I. 20 July 1858; lieut.-col. 15 Bombay N.I. 1 Jany.

1862 to death; _drowned_ while bathing at Aden 28 June 1863.

MC GUFFOG, SAMUEL. M.D. Aberdeen 10 Nov. 1804; licentiate

of college of physicians 5 Dec. 1814; physician to the

English embassy at Constantinople, April 1816 to death.

_d._ Constantinople 15 June 1856. _Munk’s Royal college of

physicians_, _iii_ 129 (1878).

MC GUIRE, JOHN HERON. _b._ Ireland; C. of St. Ann’s, Manchester;

V. of St. Luke’s, Chorlton-upon-Medlock 1843–57; a great

opponent of the Unitarians and the Roman Catholics. _d._

Taymouth terrace, Stepney, London 22 Feb. 1860. _J. Evans’s

Lancashire authors and orators_ (1850) 170–74.

MC HAFFIE, JAMES. _b._ 1777; 2 lieut. 21 foot 7 Sep. 1797,

captain 24 Aug. 1804 to 26 Nov. 1818 when placed on h.p.; L.G.

12 Nov. 1862. _d._ Torhousemuir house, Wigtonshire 22 Nov. 1865.

MAC HALE, JOHN (5 child of Patrick Mac Hale of Tobber-navine,

barony of Tyrawley, co. Mayo, farmer). _b._ Tobber-navine 6

March 1791; ed. at Castlebar and at Maynooth 1807–14; ordained

priest 1814; lecturer and professor of dogmatic theology

in Maynooth college 1814–25; published 32 letters signed

Hierophilos, Feb. 1820 to March 1824; elected bishop of Maronia

in partibus infidelium 31 Jany. 1825, appointed 8 March,

consecrated 5 June and became coadjutor bishop of Killala and

priest of Crossmolina; bishop of Killala 20 May 1834; visited

Rome 1831 and 1854; archbishop of Tuam 21 July 1834, consecrated

26 Aug., helped by a coadjutor bishop from 1878; preached often

in the Irish language; the most popular man after D. O’Connell

who called him ‘the lion of St. Jarlath’s’ and ‘the lion of

the fold of Judah’; opposed Newman’s residence in Ireland

1854; author of The evidences and doctrines of the catholic

church 1827, 2 ed. 1842; The letters of J. Mac Hale under their

respective signatures of Hierophilos, John bishop of Maronia,

bishop of Killala, and archbishop of Tuam 1847; Sermons and

discourses 1883, and many works in the Irish language 1842–73.

_d._ St. Jarlath’s, Tuam 7 Nov. 1881. _B. O’Reilly’s J. Mac

Hale_ 2 _vols._ _New York_ (1890), 2 _portraits_; _Brady’s

Episcopal succession_, _ii_ 148–50 (1876); _Burke’s History of

catholic archbishops of Tuam_ (1882) 240–374; _I.L.N. xvii_ 225

(1850), _portrait_; _Biograph iv_ 85–91 (1880).

M’HARDY, JOHN BUNCH BONNEMAISON. _b._ 3 Dec. 1801; entered

navy 25 May 1812; captain 1 Jany. 1840; chief constable Essex

constabulary 11 Feb. 1840 to Nov. 1881; admiral on half pay 1

April 1870. _d._ Clan lodge, Bath 19 Dec. 1882.

M’HENRY, JAMES. _b._ 1816 or 1817; merchant Liverpool; the

originator of the provision trade between Liverpool and U.S.

America; submitted first samples of Indian corn as food to sir

R. Peel during the Irish famine 1846; contractor for the western

extension of the railway under facilities afforded by the

government, disagreements arose, and it took him 20 years to

substantiate his claims, which were not paid when he died. _d._

25 Addison road, Kensington, London 26 May 1891.

M’IAN, ROBERT RONALD (son of Robert M’Ian, sheep farmer). _b._

Inverness 1805; ed. Liverpool and Resscliff; apprentice to a

nurseryman at Dingwall; a soldier in 42 regt.; scene painter

Glasgow theatre; a provincial actor in Penley’s companies; acted

at Bath and Bristol 1827–31; a good swordsman; his best part was

the Dougal Creature, in Sir Walter Scott’s Two Drovers; first

appeared in London at Lyceum theatre in Lo Zingaro 1834; acted

at Covent Garden 1838, at Drury Lane 1839; was the jester at

Eglinton tournament 28 to 30 Aug. 1839; painter of historical

subjects 1835 to death; exhibited 13 pictures at R.A., 13 at

B.I. and 13 at Suffolk st. 1835–47; A.R.S.A. 1852; illustrated

J. Logan’s 3 works, The clans of the Scottish highlands 1845,

new ed. 1857, Gaelic gatherings 1848, Highlanders at home 1863;

and E. A. H. Ogilvy’s A book of highland minstrelsy 1846, 2 ed.

1848; (his wife Fanny M’Ian was also an historical painter and

mistress of school of design at Somerset House, exhibited 10

pictures at R.A., 10 at B.I. and 13 at Suffolk st. 1835–47); he

lived latterly at 36 Charlotte st. Portman sq. London, and _d._

Heath Mount, Hampstead 13 Dec. 1856. _The Era 21 Dec. 1856 p._

11; _Actors by gaslight_ (1838) 185–6, _portrait_.

MACILWAIN, GEORGE (son of an Irish country surgeon). _b._

1797; M.R.C.S. 1818, hon. F.R.C.S. 1843; surgeon to Finsbury

dispensary 20 years; surgeon to City of London truss society;

M.R.I.A.; author of A treatise on stricture of the urethra 1824,

2 ed. entitled Surgical observations on diseases of the mucous

canals of the body 1830; Remarks on the unity of the body 1836;

The general nature and treatment of tumours 1845; Memoirs of

John Abernethy 2 vols. 1853, 3 ed. 1 vol. 1856. _d._ Matching

near Harlow, Essex 22 Jany. 1882.

MAC INNIS, JOHN. _b._ 1779; entered Bengal army 1798; lieut. 2nd

European regiment 4 March 1800; lieut. 20 (or Marine) Bengal

N.I. 1803, major 3 June 1816; lieut.-col. commandant 61 N.I. 13

May 1825, col. 5 June 1829 to 1831; col. of 73 N.I. 1831 to 23

June 1842, of 40 N.I. 23 June 1842 to 1843, of 59 N.I. 1843 to

30 Sep. 1845, of 24 N.I. 30 Sep. 1845 to 1851, of 64 N.I. 1851

to 1855, of 1 European fusiliers (right wing) 1855 to death;

general 4 July 1856. _d._ Hale-end, Woodford, Essex 12 March

1859.

MACINTIRE, ANDREW WILLIAM. _b._ 24 Feb. 1815; 2 lieut. Madras

artillery 9 June 1831; col. R.A. 6 May 1867, col. commandant

19 June 1884 to death; commanded Southern district brigade in

Madras 1869–74; commanded Hyderabad subsidiary force 1874–81;

placed on unemployed supernumerary list 1 July 1881; general 31

March 1883; C.B. 16 Nov. 1858. _d._ 14 Leinster sq. London 26

Feb. 1885.

MACINTOSH, ALEXANDER FISHER. _b._ 1795; cornet 14 light dragoons

31 Oct. 1811; captain 79 foot 17 June 1819; lieut.-col. 15 foot

15 Dec. 1825 to 8 April 1834 when placed on h.p.; col. of 90

foot 4 March 1857, col. of 93 foot 3 June 1862 to death; general

27 Dec. 1864; K.H. 1833. _d._ Oatlands park, Walton-on-Thames 28

Aug. 1868.

M’INTOSH, CHARLES (son of a gardener). _b._ Abercairny,

Perthshire, Aug. 1794; in charge of Abercairny gardens; gardener

to marquis of Breadalbane at Taymouth castle, then to sir Thomas

Baring at Stratton park, Hants.; under Mr. Horner laid out and

planted grounds of Colosseum, London 1824; gardener to prince

Leopold at Claremont many years; remodelled royal gardens at

Laecken, Brussels; gardener to duke of Buccleuch at Dalkeith

1838–58, where he planned the grounds and conservatories; a

landscape gardener and garden architect 1858 to death; A.L.S.;

edited The British year book for the country 1856; author of

The practical gardener 2 vols. 1828–9; Flora and pomana, or the

British fruit and flower garden 1829; The greenhouse, hothouse

and stove 1838; The orchard 1839; The new and improved practical

gardener 1839; The book of the garden 2 vols. 1853–5; The larch

disease 1860. _d._ Newcome villa, Murray field, Scotland 9 Jany.

1864. _Proc. of Linnæan society 1864 p. xlii._

MC INTYRE, ÆNEAS JOHN (only son of Æneas Mc Intyre of Hackney,

LL.D.) _b._ 1821; barrister M.T. 20 Nov. 1846, bencher 6 May

1873 to death; Q.C. 8 Feb. 1872; county court judge of circuit

12 (West Riding of Yorkshire) 1 Jany. 1889 to death; member of

the bar committee 1883 to death; M.P. Worcester, April 1880 to

18 Nov. 1885; contested North Hackney, Dec. 1885; a well known

Freemason, _d._ Mirfield near Dewsbury, Yorkshire 19 Sep. 1889.

_Masonic Portraits. By J.G._ (1876) 32–6.

MC INTYRE, COLIN CAMPBELL. _b._ 1806 or 1807; ensign 78 foot 9

April 1825, lieut.-col. 28 Oct. 1864, retired on full pay 2 Oct.

1866; L.G. 4 March 1880; hon. general 1 July 1881; C.B. 24 March

1858. _d._ Grandholm, Teignmouth 24 Aug. 1887.

MC INTYRE, MARTIN. _b._ Eastwood, Notts. 15 Aug. 1847;

professional bowler with the Germanstown club, Philadelphia

1869–70; in the Nottingham eleven 1871–5; engaged by the Hull

club, Yorkshire 1871; first appeared at Lords in the match

Gentlemen _v._ Players 3–5 July 1871 when he bowled G. F. Grace

out with his first ball; a very fast round-arm bowler; played in

Australia as one of W. G. Grace’s eleven 1873–4. _d._ Moorgreen,

Eastwood 28 Feb. 1885. _W. G. Grace’s Cricket_ (1891) 342–3;

_Bell’s Life in London 7 March 1885 p._ 2.

MAC INTYRE, WILLIAM. _b._ 1792; M.D. Edinb. 1811; F.R.C.P.

London 1851; practised at 84 Harley st. London and then at

Brighton; wrote On apoplectic affections. Lancet 1841; On the

gastric origin of diabetes. London Med. Journ. 1850; author of

Case of mollities and fragilitas ossium 1850. _d._ 21 Clifton

road, Brighton 4 March 1857.

M’INTYRE, WILLIAM. First appeared in London at Surrey theatre

as Paul in The idiot of the mountain 18 Nov. 1861; played at

the Lyceum and at Drury Lane under Falconer and Chatterton’s

management; acted Black Mullins in Falconer’s Peep o’ Day at

Lyceum, and Mogg a convict in Halliday’s The Great City at Drury

Lane 22 April to 17 Aug. 1867; played Strozzi in Bernard’s Doge

of Venice, at Drury Lane 2 Nov. 1867; acted Jenkinson in The

Vicar of Wakefield, at Standard theatre 1 Nov. 1870, Claudius

in Hamlet at Gaiety 31 July 1871, Gurth in Halliday’s Rebecca

at Drury Lane 23 Sep. 1871; played Hickory in Merritt’s Rough

and Ready at Adelphi 31 Jany. 1874, Black Jack in Janet Pride

at Princess’s 1 Aug. 1874, Simon Legree in Lemon and Taylor’s

Slave life or Uncle Tom’s Cabin at Adelphi 11 Feb. 1875, and

Spreadeagle in Round the world in eighty days at Princess’s 15

March 1875; acted Ham in Little Emly at Adelphi 30 Oct. 1875,

Corry Kinchela in The Shaughraun at Adelphi 18 Nov. 1876, Sir

John Murray in Willing’s Under two reigns at Park theatre 3 May

1879, Hallo in Simpson and Templar’s Zillah at Lyceum 2 April

1879, Silas Swayne in Buchanan’s The Exiles of Erin at Olympic

7 May 1881, and Varney in Amy Robsart at Sadler’s Wells 10 Dec.

1881. _d._ 5 Aldine st. Shepherd’s Bush, London 8 May 1885.

MC INTYRE, WILLIAM (brother of Martin Mc Intyre 1847–85). _b._

Eastwood, Notts. 24 May 1844; a fine fast round-arm bowler;

played in the Notts. eleven 1869–71; played in the Lancashire

eleven 1872–81; first played at Lord’s in North _v._ South 6 and

7 June 1870; the Lancashire county committee gave him a benefit

on his retirement in 1881 which realised over £1000. _d._

Prestwich asylum, Lancs. 13 Sep. 1892. _bur._ Bolton 15 Sep.

MAC IVOR, JAMES. Educ. at Trin. coll. Dublin, scholar 1839,

fellow 1844 to death; B.A. 1842, M.A. 1848, B.D. and D.D.

1857; professor of moral philosophy 9 Nov. 1872 to 1878; R.

of Ardstraw, Derry 1858 to death; author of An essay upon the

versification of Homer 1839; Dis-endowment or co-endowment 1869;

Some papers on intermediate education in Ireland 1869; Religious

progress, its criterion, instruments and laws, sermons 1871.

_d._ Ardstraw 17 July 1886.

MC KANE, JOHN (son of J. Mc Kane of Belfast, linen manufacturer

at Ballymena). Ed. at Queen’s coll. Belfast; LL.D. Queen’s

univ. Ireland; called to Irish bar 1864; professor of civil law

Queen’s coll. Belfast to 1885; M.P. Mid Armagh, Dec. 1885 to

death. _d._ 64 Lower Leeson st. Dublin 11 Jany. 1886.

MACKARNESS, GEORGE RICHARD (2 son of John Mackarness of

Islington, West India merchant, then of Bath, _d._ 2 Jany.

1870). _b._ London 1823; ed. at Merton coll. Oxf., postmaster

1841–5; B.A. 1845, M.A. 1848, D.D. 10 March 1874; fellow of

St. Columba’s coll. Ireland 1846–7; C. of Chilton Foliatt,

Wilts. 1846–47; C. of Barnwell, Northants. 1848–54; V. of Ilam,

Stafford 1854–74; chaplain to bishop of Oxford 1870–74; fellow

of St. Chad’s coll. Denstone 1872; bishop of Argyll and the

Isles 14 Jany. 1874 to death, consecrated 25 March; edited Ilam

anastatic drawing society, vol. xi 1868. _d._ 43 Marine parade,

Brighton 20 April 1883.

MACKARNESS, JOHN FIELDER (the elder brother of the preceding).

_b._ Islington, London 3 Dec. 1820; ed. at Eton and Merton

college Oxf., postmaster 1840–4; rowed in the Merton boat when

it bumped every college boat but one; president of the Oxford

Union; B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847, D.D. 1869; fellow of Exeter coll.

30 June 1844 to 11 Aug. 1846; V. of Tardebigge, Worcs. 1845 to

1855; hon. canon of Worcester 1847–58; R. of Honiton, Devon, and

head master of gram. sch. 1855–69; preb. of Exeter 1858–69; V.

of Monkton, Devon 1867–70; proctor in convocation for diocese of

Exeter 1865–9; bishop of Oxford 15 Dec. 1869, resigned 17 Nov.

1888, consecrated 25 Jany. 1870; chancellor of order of the

Garter 5 Feb. 1870 to 1888; refused to allow proceedings to be

taken against canon Carter rector of Clewer, his decision upheld

in court of appeal 23 March 1880; edited Eighteen years of a

clerical meeting, minutes of Alcester clerical association 1862;

author of A few words to the country parsons on the election

for Oxford university. By One of themselves 1840; A plea for

toleration in answer to the No Popery cry 1850; May or must, a

letter on a case in the court of queen’s bench 1879 _i.e._ The

Clewer case. _d._ Angus house, Eastbourne 16 Sep. 1889. _bur._

Sandhurst churchyard, Berkshire 21 Sep., memorial window in the

new schoolroom of All Hallows’ school Honiton, opened 10 Dec.

1892. _C. C. Mackarness’s Memorials of the episcopate of J. F.

Mackarness_ (1892), _portrait_; _C. M. Davies’s Orthodox London_

(1875) 129–34, 394; _Church portrait journal_, _iii_ 65 (1882),

_portrait_; _Illust. Times 26 Jany. 1870 p._ 73, _portrait_;

_I.L.N. lvi_ 13, 14 (1870), _portrait_.

MACKARNESS, MATILDA ANNE (younger dau. of James Robinson

Planché, Somerset herald 1796–1880). _b._ 1826; author of Old

Jolliffe not a goblin story 1845; A trap to catch a sunbeam

1849, 42 ed. 1882; Thrift or hints for cottage housekeeping

1855; Minnie’s love 1860; Sunbeam stories 2 vols. 1860; The

naughty girl of the family 1866; A peerless wife 3 vols. 1871;

A mingled yarn 3 vols. 1872; The young lady’s book 1876; Sweet

flowers, ten stories 1877; A woman without a head 1892, and 50

other books for young people; (_m._ Henry Smith Mackarness,

vicar of Ash, Kent 1857, he _d._ 26 Dec. 1868). She _d._ 1 Royal

crescent, Margate 6 May 1881. _bur._ in churchyard of Ash.

MACKAY, MRS. _b._ Strathy, Sutherlandshire; (_m._ sergeant

Mackay of the 42 highlanders); went with the army to the Crimea

1854; one of the first nurses enlisted by Florence Nightingale

for service in the Crimea 1854. _d._ Golspie, Scotland, Oct.

1890.

MACKAY, ALEXANDER. _b._ Scotland 1808; conducted a newspaper in

Toronto; resided in Canada several years; on the staff of the

Morning Chronicle in London to 1849; barrister M.T. 7 May 1847;

sent by chambers of commerce of Manchester, Liverpool, Blackburn

and Glasgow to inquire into cultivation of cotton in India

1851; author of Electoral districts 1848; The Western world, or

travels in the United States 3 vols. 1849; The crisis in Canada

1849. _d._ at sea on his way home from India 15 April 1852.

MACKAY, ALEXANDER MURDOCH (son of Alexander Mackay, free church

minister of Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, D.D., residing at Ventnor).

_b._ Rhynie 13 Oct. 1849; studied engineering in Edinb. univ.

1870–3; draughtsman with an engineering firm in Berlin 1873,

chief of the locomotive department to Sep. 1875; sailed from

Southampton as missionary to Uganda 27 April 1876, made a road

from the coast to Mpwapwa 1877, arrived at Uganda Nov. 1878,

where he resided to July 1887, driven away by Arab traders

12 Oct., went to the Great Lake 1887; taught the people of

Uganda and converted many to christianity, reduced the language

to writing and made translation of portions of scripture;

prepared reading sheets by which many learnt to read, worked

the printing presses himself; built houses, boats, &c. for the

king of Uganda; sent constant news to England about Emin Pasha;

recovered and sent bishop Hannington’s diary to England, Oct.

1886; with R. P. Ashe translated St. Matthew’s Gospel into

Ganda 1888. _d._ Usambiro 8 Feb. 1890. _A. M. Mackay, pioneer

missionary of the church missionary society in Uganda. By his

sister_ (1890) _portrait_; _The story of Mackay of Uganda. By

his sister_ (1891), _portrait_; _I.L.N. 26 April 1890 p._ 515,

_portrait_.

MACKAY, ANGUS (son of Murdoch Mackay of the 78th highlanders

and a settler in Sydney). _b._ Aberdeen 26 Jany. 1824; taken

to New South Wales 1827; ed. at Australian college, Sydney; a

schoolmaster; edited The Atlas newspaper 1847–50; manager of

a general business for sir Henry Parkes at Geelong 1850–1; a

digger in Victoria 1853; proprietor and editor of the Bendigo

Advertiser 1854; founded Riverina Herald in Echuca; started the

Sydney Daily Telegraph 1879, manager to 1883; sat for Sandhurst

burghs in Victorian legislature Feb. 1868 to 1879 and 1883;

minister of mines 9 April 1870 to June 1871 and June 1872 to

July 1874; minister for education May to July 1874; minister of

mines and education July 1874 to Aug. 1875; played against the

All England eleven 1865; author of The great goldfield, a tour

through the first discovered gold district of New South Wales

1853; A visit to Sydney and the Cudgegong diamond mines 1870;

The semi-tropical agriculturalists and colonists’ guide 1875.

_d._ Sandhurst 7 July 1886.

MC KAY, ARCHIBALD. _b._ Kilmarnock 1801; apprenticed to a

handloom weaver; a bookbinder at Kilmarnock to death; kept a

circulating library in King st. Kilmarnock; author of Droathy

Tam 1828, many editions; Poems 1830; Recreations of leisure

hours 1832, 2 ed. 1844; A history of Kilmarnock 1848, 3 ed.

1864; Ingleside lilts 1855. _d._ Kilmarnock 14 April 1883. _C.

Rogers’s Modern Scottish Minstrel_, _v_ 85–90 (1857).

MACKAY, CHARLES. _b._ High st. Edinb. 31 Oct. 1787; private in

Argyll militia 1803–15; first appeared Greenock theatre as Don

Pedro in The Wonder, Feb. 1816; first seen in Edinb. at theatre

royal as Mr. Russell in The Jealous Wife 26 Dec. 1818, then as

Baillie Nicol Jarvie in Rob Roy, Sir Walter Scott witnessing

the representation on 15 Feb. 1819, one of the most popular

characters on the stage; was also good in Old Dornton in the

Road to Ruin, and in Sir Peter Teazle; played Baillie Nicol

Jarvie at Drury Lane 3 July 1821, an engagement for 6 nights;

ceased to be a member of regular company of the T.R. Edinb. 21

April 1841 after 22 years’ service; played Baillie Nicol Jarvie

at Prince’s theatre, Glasgow 4 Feb. 1852 being the 1134th time

of his acting the part; played the Baillie the last time and his

final appearance 25 Jany. 1853; the most important of the actors

in the Waverley dramas. _d._ 17 Lutton place, Edinburgh 2 Nov.

1857. _bur._ in the Calton burying ground. _The British Stage_,

_v_ 224, 241, 249 (1821), _portrait_; _Dibdin’s Edinburgh Stage_

(1888) 285–92, 320, 379, 401–3, 416–7, 436, 450–1, _portrait_;

_The Scotsman 4 Nov. 1857 p._ 2; _The Era 8 Nov. 1857 p._ 10;

_Lockhart’s Life of sir W. Scott_ (1845) 389, 789.

NOTE.--He was the original representative in the following dramas

founded on Scott’s works, John Dumbie in The Heart of Midlothian 23

Feb. 1820; Edie Ochiltree in The Antiquary 20 Dec. 1820; Dugal Dalgetty

in The Legend of Montrose 13 March 1822; Caleb Balderston in The Bride

of Lammermoor 1 May 1822; Tony Foster in Kenilworth 1 July 1822; Richie

Moniplies in George Heriot 6 Feb. 1823; Sir Geoffrey Peveril in Peveril

of the Peak 12 April 1823; Friar Tuck in Ivanhoe 24 Nov. 1823; the

baron of Brawardine in Waverley 22 May 1824; Meg Dodds in St. Ronan’s

Well 5 June 1824; Peter Peebles in Redgauntlet 28 May 1825; and Hughie

Morrison in The Two Drovers 10 Nov. 1828.

MACKAY, CHARLES (son of George Mackay of the royal artillery).

_b._ Perth 27 March 1814; ed. at Woolwich 1822, in London 1825

and in Brussels 1828; sec. to William Cockerill, mechanician,

Seraing 1830–2; on staff of Morning Chronicle 1835 to July

1844; edited the Glasgow Argus, Sep. 1844 to July 1847; LL.D.

of Glasgow univ.; political and literary editor of Illustrated

London News 1848–52 and manager 1852 to Dec. 1859; lectured

on poetry and song in the United States and Canada, Oct. 1857

to May 1858; editor of The London review and weekly journal

which appeared 7 July 1860; correspondent for the Times in New

York, March 1862 to Dec. 1865; granted civil list pension of

£100, 19 June 1862; presented with testimonial of £770 at St.

James’s hall, London 27 Dec. 1877; author of A history of London

1838; The Thames and its tributaries 2 vols. 1840; Memoirs of

extraordinary popular delusions 3 vols. 1841, 4 ed. 1892; Songs

of Scotland 1857; The collected songs of C. Mackay 1859; The

Jacobite songs of Scotland 1861; Forty years recollections of

life, literature and public affairs 2 vols. 1877; Luck or what

came of it, a tale 3 vols. 1881; The poetry and humour of the

Scottish language 1882; Through the long day, or memorial of

a literary life 2 vols. 1887. _d._ 47 Longridge road, Earl’s

Court, London 24 Dec. 1889. _Biograph_, _Aug. 1879 pp._ 145–8;

_The Critic_, _xvii_ 752 (1858), _portrait_; _T. Powell’s

Pictures of living authors of Britain_ (1851) 146–49; _I.L.N.

xviii_ 180, 181 (1851) _portrait_, _xx_ 68 (1852) _portrait_;

_Pictorial World 2 Jany. 1890 pp._ 21, 23, _portrait_;

_Reynolds’s Miscellany_, _xxvii_ 105 (1862), _portrait_.

M’KAY, DAVID. _b._ near Brechin 1810; a shoemaker at Lochee near

Dundee 1828 to death; wrote verses for Chambers’ Journal and the

local papers; greatly promoted the welfare of Lochee; chairman

of Burns’ centenary festival Lochee 1859; Lochee correspondent

of Dundee Advertiser 1864. _d._ Lochee 19 Dec. 1868. _Norrie’s

Dundee celebrities_ (1873) 331–3.

MACKAY, GEORGE. L.F.P.S. Glasgow 1833; M.D. Glasgow 1835;

L.R.C.S. Edinb. 1841; M.R.C.P. Lond. 1860; senior assist.

surgeon to H.M. ships in attack on Bogue forts, Canton river

1841; senior medical officer of Agamemnon before Sebastopol

1854; staff surgeon and medical storekeeper, royal hospital,

Plymouth, June 1855; deputy inspector general Hong Kong 29 Dec.

1860 and at Haslar hospital 1865; hon. surgeon to the queen to

death; retired inspector general of hospitals 26 Oct. 1870;

wrote Notes on the cholera at Varna, in Edinb. Med. Journal

1857, and on Medical arrangement in naval actions, in Medical

Times 1854. _d._ Sutherland house, Wellington 26 April 1879.

_The Lancet 3 May 1879 p._ 640.

MACKAY, GEORGE R. ABERIGH (son of James Aberigh Mackay, D.D.,

senior British chaplain, Paris). _b._ 1849; junior professor

government coll. Delhi; on staff of the Pioneer newspaper;

principal of Rájkumár college, Indore; sent newspaper

correspondence to Vanity Fair 1878, Ali Baba letters 1879, and

Baby in partibus 1880; a correspondent of the Bombay Gazette

under name of Political Orphan; author of Notes on Western

Turkistan, Calcutta 1875; The chiefs of Central India 1879, vol.

1 only; The prince’s guide book. The Times of India, handbook

of Hindustan 1875; Twenty-one days in India, being the tour of

Sir Ali Baba 1880, 3 ed. 1881; Serious reflections and other

contributions 1881. _d._ Calcutta 13 Jany. 1881. _Vanity Fair_

(1881) 80, 90, 118; _S. W. O’Neil’s Preparation for death.

Funeral sermon_ (1881).

MACKAY, JAMES TOWNSEND. _b._ Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire 1775; trained

as a gardener; went to Ireland 1803; curator of botanical garden

of Trin. coll. Dublin 1806 to death; A.L.S. 2 Dec. 1806; LL.D.

Dublin 1850; discovered several species of plants new to the

British Isles; contributed much to Sir J. E. Smith’s English

Botany 1790–1814 and to Trans. Royal Irish academy; M.R.I.A.;

author of Flora Hibernica 1836. _d._ 1 Dawson grove, Beggar’s

bush road, Dublin 25 Feb. 1862.

MC KAY, JOHN. _b._ 19 Feb. 1823; served in the ranks 1841–54;

ensign and quartermaster school of musketry 25 Aug. 1854; lieut.

41 foot 1855–9; major 12 foot 1 Aug. 1867, lieut.-col. 1 May

1871, placed on h.p. 10 April 1878; D.A.A.G. school of musketry,

Hythe 1 April 1856 to 30 Sep. 1867; commanded the brigade depot

for counties of Suffolk and Cambridge at Bury St. Edmund’s,

April 1878; awarded distinguished service reward; retired on

pension with rank of M.G. 1 April 1882. _d._ 13 Gwendwr road,

West Kensington, London 14 Oct. 1887.

MACKAY, JOSEPH REILLY (son of rev. Joseph William Mackay

1819–91). _b._ 1849; an artist in black and white; wrote largely

in prose and verse; wrote Peggy 3 act drama produced at Royalty

theatre 14 Feb. 1881; wrote with H. Agoust, Macfarlane’s Will,

pantomime vaudeville in 3 acts produced Imperial theatre 26

Dec. 1881; The Novel Reader, an adaptation by Joseph Mackay

and Sydney Grundy of Meilhac and Halévy’s La Petite Marquise,

was privately performed at Globe theatre 28 Sep. 1882 the lord

chamberlain having refused to license the piece, but on the 25

April 1887 it was produced under title of May and December at

Criterion theatre. _d._ 16 Waterford road, Fulham near London 18

Dec. 1889.

M’KAY, JOSEPH WILLIAM. _b._ Shinrone, King’s county, Ireland 21

May 1819; Wesleyan Methodist minister 1840; D.D. of Victoria

univ. Coburg, Canada; minister at Belfast 1843–5, 1853–6, 1862–5

and from 1871 to death; minister at Dublin 1850–3, 1859–62 and

1868–71; at Cork 1856–9; senior assist. sec. of the conference

1855–70, secretary of the conference 1870–80, vice president

of the conference 1870, 1876 and 1886; representative of the

Irish conference in general conference America 1872, and at the

œcumenical conference London 1881; president Methodist coll.

Belfast 1880 to death; professor of systematic theology to

death. _d._ Belfast college 6 Feb. 1891. _bur._ City cemet. 9

Feb. _Daily Graphic 12 Feb. 1891 p._ 5, _portrait_; _Belfast

News-letter 7 Feb. 1891 p._ 5, _10 Feb. p._ 7.

MACKAY, MACKINTOSH (son of captain Alexander Mackay of

Duard Beg, Sutherlandshire). _b._ 1800; minister of Laggan,

Invernessshire 1825–32; LL.D. Glasgow; minister of Dunoon

1832–43; of Free church, Dunoon 1843–54; moderator of Free

church assembly 1849; minister of the Gaelic church at Melbourne

1854–6 and at Sydney 1856 etc.; minister of Free church at

Tarbett, Harris, Scotland to death; edited Dictionarium

Scoto-Celticum 1828; Songs and poems in Gaelic by R. Mackay.

Inverness 1829; author of Memoirs of J. Ewing, provost of

Glasgow 1866. _d._ 1873.

MACKAY, ROBERT WILLIAM (only son of John Mackay of St. James’,

London). _b._ Piccadilly, London 27 May 1803; ed. at Winchester

and Brasenose coll. Oxf., B.A. 1824, M.A. 1828; barrister L.I.

25 Nov. 1828; an original member of Athenæum club, London 1824;

author of The progress of the intellect as exemplified in the

religious development of the Greeks and Hebrews 2 vols. 1850;

A sketch of the rise and progress of Christianity 1854; The

Tübingen school and its antecedents, a review of modern theology

1863; translated The Sophistes of Plato 1868, and Plato’s Meno

1869. _d._ 41 Hamilton terrace, London 23 Feb. 1882. _Athenæum 4

March 1882 p._ 283.

M’KEAN, R. _b._ 1849; manager Royal Albert music hall, Glasgow

1865 and of Alexandra, Victoria, Folly and Britannia music

halls; partner with H. T. Rossborough in the Britannia music

hall at time of death. _d._ 81 London st. Glasgow 8 May 1885.

_bur._ Southern Necropolis 12 May.

MACKELLAR, JOHN (eld. son of general Patrick Mackellar, chief

engineer in north America and Minorca, _d._ 1779). _b._ Minorca

about 1768; entered navy 6 Jany. 1781; captain 27 April 1799;

agent for prisoners of war and transports and governor of naval

hospital at Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 1804 to about May 1810;

rear admiral 27 May 1825, admiral 26 July 1847; awarded a

service pension 1 July 1851. _d._ Cheltenham 14 April 1854.

_Georgian Era_, _ii_ 241 (1833).

MACKELLAR, MARY (dau. of Allan Cameron of Fort William, baker).

_b._ 1 Oct. 1834; (_m._ John Mackellar, captain of a coasting

vessel, obtained a judicial separation about 1877); visited

many places in Europe with her husband, settled in Edinburgh

1876; bard to the Gaelic society of Inverness; author of Poems

and songs, Gaelic and English 1880; The tourist’s handbook of

Gaelic and English phrases for the Highlands 1880, 3 ed. 1882; A

guide to Lochaber; translated into Gaelic, Queen Victoria’s More

leaves from the journal of a life in the Highlands 1886. _d._

Edinburgh 7 Sep. 1890. _bur._ Kilmallie, Argyllshire.

MACKELVIE, WILLIAM. _b._ Edinburgh 7 March 1800; apprentice to

a draper at Leith; studied at univ. of Edinb. from Nov. 1809,

then at Glasgow; licensed to preach by presbytery of Stirling

and Falkirk 7 March 1827; minister of Balgedie, Kinross-shire 16

April 1829 to death; one of earliest promoters of union between

secession and relief churches which took place 13 May 1847;

moderator of synod of 1856; D.D. Hamilton, Ohio; originated the

Dick club 1835; author of Lochleven and other poems by Michael

Bruce, with a life of the author 1837; Annals and statistics

of the united presbyterian church. The biographical notices

by W. Mackelvie 1873. _d._ Balgedie 10 Dec. 1863. _Sermons by

Wm. Mackelvie_ (1875), _memoir by J. Macfarlane pp._ 7–64,

_portrait_.

MAC KENNA, STEPHEN JOSEPH. _b._ Dublin 1837; ed. Downside;

ensign 28 foot 30 March 1860, sold out 8 Aug. 1865; sub-editor

of Evening News, London to death; author of Off parade 3 vols.

1872; King’s beeches, stories of old chums 1873; Plucky fellows,

a book for boys 1873, 2 ed. 1874; At school with an old dragoon

1874; A child of fortune 3 vols. 1875; Handfast to strangers

3 vols. 1876; Brave men in action 1878, 2 ed. 1889; The

tradesman’s club 1880. _d._ 8 Shalcombe st. Chelsea 5 Jany. 1883.

M’KENNA, THEOBALD. Called to Irish bar 1821; Q.C. 2 Nov. 1842;

assistant under secretary for Ireland to death. _d._ 1856.

MACKENZIE, SIR ALEXANDER, 2 Baronet (eld. son of Roderick

Mackenzie). _b._ 1771; ed. in Edinburgh and at military academy,

Angers; ensign 1 foot 30 June 1787; lieut. 42 foot 1791;

major 78 foot 24 July 1793; raised 2nd battalion of 78 foot,

lieut.-col. 10 Feb. 1794; lieut.-col. 36 foot 22 May 1797 to

23 May 1816; second in command at capture of Cape of Good Hope

1795; commanded a division in expedition against Naples 1808

and afterwards the troops in the two Calabrias; general 19 July

1821; G.C. of order of St. Januarius; G.C.H. 1817; succeeded his

uncle as 2 Baronet 21 Aug. 1820. _d._ Bath 17 Oct. 1853.

MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER. Second viola player in orchestra of

theatre royal, Edinburgh 1833, first violin player 1835, leader

of the orchestra Feb. 1846 to death, this orchestra was for its

size the first in the kingdom, it made successful annual visits

to London. _d._ 7 Oct. 1857.

MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER (3 son of Alexander Mackenzie, builder,

_d._ 1836). _b._ Logierait near Dunkeld, Perthshire 28 Jany.

1822; learnt trade of a stonemason; a journeyman builder at

Kingston, Ontario 1842; a builder and contractor at Sarnia

1848; editor of the ‘Lambton Shield’ at Sarnia 1852; member for

Lambton in the provincial parliament 1861–7 and in the dominion

house of commons 1867–82; member for East York, July 1882 to

death; formed a ministry 7 Nov. 1873, becoming himself minister

of public works, resigned Sep. 1873; resigned leadership of the

liberals 1880; presented with freedom of Irvine, Dundee and

Perth 1875 and of Inverness 1881. _d._ St. Alban’s st. Toronto

17 April 1892. _bur._ Lake View cemetery near Sarnia. _Speeches

of A. Mackenzie. Toronto_ (1876), _memoir pp._ 1–13, _portrait_.

M’KENZIE, ALEXANDER. _b._ Auldcarn, Nairnshire 18 June 1829;

captain hon. artillery company of London 8 March 1879, retired

into the veteran company with hon. rank of major 8 March 1884;

a skilled expert in all matters of forestry; superintendent of

Epping Forest under corporation of London 1880 to death. _d._

The Warren, Loughton, Essex 27 March 1893. _City Press 29 March

1893 p._ 4, _1 April p._ 5.

MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER MACKAY. _b._ 1827; entered Bengal army;

raised 8th regiment of irregular cavalry and was second in

command 10 Oct. 1854 to 1859 when it mutinied; commandant of

Meywar Bheel corps 18 March 1863 to 1874; M.G. 25 Nov. 1874.

_d._ 41 Queensborough terrace, London 27 May 1879.

MACKENZIE, CHARLES (3 son of John Mackenzie of Torridon, N.B.)

_b._ 28 Feb. 1807; ed. Merchant Taylors’ sch. and Pemb. coll.

Oxf., B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831; head master of St. Olave’s gram.

sch. Southwark 1832–55; V. of St. Helen, Bishopgate 1836–46;

R. of St. Benet, Gracechurch st. with St. Leonard, Eastcheap

1846–66, and of same united with All Hallows’, Lombard st. and

St. Dionis Backchurch 1866 to death; preb. of St. Paul’s 1852

to death; principal of Westbourne coll. London 1855–64; founder

of metropolitan evening classes for young men 1848; founder

of city of London coll. for young men 1862; author of Crosby

place, a lecture 1842; History of the church of Christ 1842;

Tabular views of the contents of the pentateuch 1850; The young

christian’s glossary 5 ed. 1852; Westbourne college, Bayswater

road, an inaugural address 1855. _d._ 35 Woburn sq. London 16

April 1888.

MACKENZIE, CHARLES FREDERICK (youngest son of Colin Mackenzie

of Portmore, Peeblesshire). _b._ Harcus cottage, Portmore 10

April 1825; ed. at Edinb. acad. and Grange sch. near Sunderland;

pensioner St. John’s coll. Camb. Oct. 1844, migrated to Caius

coll. Easter 1845, 2nd wrangler 1848, B.A. 1848, M.A. 1851;

fellow of Caius coll., tutor; one of secretaries to Cambridge

board of education 1848–55; C. of Haslingfield, Cambs. Oct.

1851 to 1854; archdeacon of Pieter-Maritzburg, Natal 1854–59;

chaplain to the troops in Natal 1858–9; bishop of the mission

to the tribes dwelling in neighbourhood of Lake Nyassa and

river Shire, Africa 1860 to death; consecrated in cathedral

at Cape Town 1 Jany. 1861; author of Holiday’s at Linmere, or

our Lord’s miracles explained 1855. _d._ Malo island, Central

Africa 31 Jany. 1862. _Harvey Goodwin’s Memoir of bishop

Mackenzie_ (1865), _portrait_; _G. H. Smyttan’s Tribute to

bishop Mackenzie_ (1862); _Frances Awdry’s An elder sister and

her brother the missionary bishop_ (1878); _In Zululand, the

story of the Mackenzie memorial mission_ (1872); _Thomas Pelham

Dale’s A life’s motto_ (1869) 308–41; _C. M. Yonge’s Pioneers

and founders_ (1871) 285–316.

MACKENZIE, CHARLES KENNETH. _b._ Scotland 1788; received degree

of doctor in both law and medicine; aide de camp to duke of

Wellington; accompanied British commission to Mexico 1823, being

appointed consul for Vera Cruz 10 Oct. 1823; consul general to

Hayti 27 Dec. 1825 to 10 Oct. 1828; comr. of arbitration to

mixed commission at Havana 20 Feb. 1830 to Nov. 1834; returned

to England and contributed to reviews and to the Encyclopædia

Britannica; leader-writer on a London conservative journal; lost

his life by burning of a hotel in New York 6 July 1862. _F.O.

List_, _July 1864 p._ 166.

MACKENZIE, COLIN (son of Kenneth Francis Mackenzie, attorney

general in island of Grenada, _d._ 1831). _b._ London 25 March

1806; cadet H.E.I.C. 1825; ensign 48 Madras N.I. 8 Jany. 1826;

cantonment magistrate at Palaveram 1835–6; present at the

murder of sir William Macnaughton; sent on an embassy from

Akbar to Jellalabad 1842; raised 4th regt. frontier brigade

1848–9; employed in annexing Berar 1853; in mutiny of 1856–7;

lieut.-col. staff corps 18 Feb. 1861; superintendent of army

clothing for all India 4 March 1862 to 24 Nov. 1864; L.G. 1 Oct.

1877; C.B. 13 March 1868. _d._ The Hitchel, St. Margaret’s road,

Edinburgh 23 Oct. 1881. _H. Mackenzie’s Storms and sunshine,

life of C. Mackenzie_ 2 _vols._ (1884), _portrait_; _I.L.N.

lxxix_ 464 (1881), _portrait_.

MACKENZIE, COLIN A. _b._ 1779; sent by government to Morlaix to

negotiate an exchange of prisoners with Napoleon 1810; appointed

by government to receive and entertain prince Lucien Bonaparte

taken prisoner of war 1810; presided over commission for

investigation of British claims on French government to 1828;

sent to Portugal to adjust some political differences 1828; one

of founders of Travellers’ Club, Pall Mall, London 1815; left

part of his property to found a museum at Dingwall. _d._ 5 Hyde

park place, London 24 Nov. 1851. _G.M. xxxvii_ 96–7 (1852).

MACKENZIE, DONALD. _b._ in north of Scotland 15 June 1783; in

employment of North-west fur co. Montreal 1801–9; one of 5

promoters of The Pacific fur co. 23 June 1810; established a fur

trading post at Asteria on Columbia river, Capt. Black of H.M.S.

Racoon took possession 30 Nov. 1813 and renamed it Fort George,

restored to U.S. America 1814; chief factor of Hudson bay co.

March 1821 and governor 1825, retired 1833. _d._ Mayville,

Chautauque county, New York 20 Jany. 1851. _W. Anderson’s

Scottish nation_, _iii_ 724–5 (1863); _Appleton’s American

biography_, _iv_ 133 (1888).

MACKENZIE, DONALD. Wholesale chemist at Islington, London; an

elder of Edward Irving’s ch. in Regent sq. 1824, followed him

on his expulsion 1832; angel of Catholic Apostolic church,

Islington to 1835; the 12th apostle of the C.A. church, Albury,

Surrey 14 July 1835 and had Norway and Sweden assigned to him as

his sphere; disapproved of the apostles taking precedence over

the prophets and retired from the Apostolic college in 1840 and

never afterwards took any part in the work. _d._ 1855. _Miller’s

Irvingism i_ 90, _ii_ 418 (1878).

MACKENZIE, DONALD (only son of Donald Mackenzie, captain 21

foot). _b._ 1818; L.R.C.P. 1839, F.R.C.S. 1839, in practice at

Lasswade near Edinb.; called to Scotch bar 1842; advocate depute

1854–58 and 1859–61; sheriff of Fife 26 Jany. 1861 to 14 March

1870; judge of court of session with title of Lord Mackenzie 14

March 1870 to death. _d._ Maulside, Dulwich wood park, Surrey,

residence of major general Stuart 19 May 1875. _Journal of

jurisprudence_, _xix_ 316 (1875); _Law mag. and law review_,

_iv_ 815–818 (1875).

MC KENZIE, DOUGLAS. Ed. St. Alban’s school and Peterhouse,

Camb., scholar, 33 wrangler 1864; B.A. 1864, M.A. 1867, D.D.

1886; 2 master Crewkerne gram. sch. and C. of Chaffcombe,

Somerset 1864–6; C. of Rounds, Northants. 1866–9; V.P. of Trin.

coll. Peterborough 1869–71; V. of St. Mary, Wolverton 1871–2;

vice principal of St. Andrew’s coll. Grahamstown, South Africa

1873; principal of St. Andrew’s diocesan coll. Bloemfontain

1874–9; canon of Bloemfontain 1877–80; archdeacon of Harrismith

1879–80; bishop of Zululand 1880 to death, consecrated at Cape

Town 30 Nov. 1880. _d._ of fever in Zululand before 15 Jany.

1890. _W. M. Cameron’s D. Mc Kenzie_ (1890); _Times 16 Jany.

1890 p._ 5, _17 Jany. p._ 9.

MACKENZIE, EDWARD (2 son of Alexander Mackenzie, canal engineer

1765–1836). _b._ 1 May 1811; civil engineer and contractor;

purchased manor and estate of Fawley court near Henley, Bucks.

from Wm. Peere Williams Freeman 1853; sheriff of Bucks. 1862.

_d._ Fawley Court, Bucks. 27 Sep. 1880, personalty sworn under

£1,000,000 Oct. 1880. _Times 30 Sep. 1880 p._ 9 _col._ 6.

MACKENZIE, FRANCIS JAMES NAPIER. _b._ 19 Oct. 1837; ensign 52

Bengal N.I. 25 May 1855; major Bengal staff corps 17 March

1875, lieut.-col. 17 March 1881; retired with hon. rank of

colonel 13 July 1882; buried for seven hours among ruins at

the Casamicciola earthquakes, Ischia 28 July 1883; wrote The

destruction of La Piccola Sentinella at Ischia 28 July in The

Times 10 Aug. 1883 pp. 2–3. _d._ Rome 18 Nov. 1884.

MACKENZIE, FRANCIS LEWIS (son of Joshua Henry Mackenzie, lord

Mackenzie _d._ 1850). _b._ Belmont near Edinb. 16 Sep. 1833;

ed. at Edinb. academy 1843, at Glasgow coll. 1849, and at Trin.

coll. Camb. 1852 to death; very talented and much interested in

Sunday schools etc. _d._ Trinity coll. Cambridge 15 March 1855.

_bur._ Madingley near Camb. 21 March. _C. P. Miles’s Memoir of

F. L. Mackenzie_ (1857), 2 _portraits_.

MACKENZIE, FREDERICK (son of Thomas Mackenzie, linen draper).

_b._ 1787; made architectural and topographical drawings for

John Britton and others; exhibited 11 drawings at R.A. 1804–28;

associate of Society of painters in water-colours 4 Feb.

1813 to 1817, member 1823, treasurer 30 Nov. 1831 to death;

published Etchings of landscapes for the use of students 1812;

Architectural antiquities of St. Stephen’s chapel, Westminster

1844; Observations on the construction of the roof of King’s

college chapel, Cambridge 1846. _d._ 43 Stanhope st. Hampstead

road, London 25 April 1854. _bur._ Highgate cemet. _Roget’s

History of the old water-colour society_, _i_ 371, _ii_ 84, 455

(1891).

MACKENZIE, FREDERICK WILLIAM. _b._ New South Wales 1816 or

1817; ed. at Univ. college school and hospital, London; fellow

and member of council of univ. college; M.D. Lond. 1841;

M.R.C.P. 1855; physician to Queen Charlotte’s lying-in hospital;

consulting physician and accoucheur to Westbourne dispensary;

author of The pathology of phlegmasia dolens, Lettsonian

lectures 1862. _d._ 11 Chester place, Hyde park square, London 3

April 1865. _Proc. of Med. and Chir. Soc. v_ 159 (1867).

MACKENZIE, GEORGE. _b._ Sutherlandshire 1777; tenant of a large

farm; served in Perthshire militia till it was disbanded; began

to keep a register of atmospheric changes 1802; author of The

system of the weather of the British islands. Edinburgh 1818;

Manual of the weather for 1830, including a brief account of the

cycles of the winds and weather. Edinburgh 1829; Elements of the

cycles of the winds, weather and prices of corn. Perth 1843.

_d._ County Place, Perth 13 May 1856.

MACKENZIE, GEORGE HENRY. _b._ Bellefield, Rossshire 24 March

1837; ensign 60 rifles 9 May 1856, lieut. 21 May 1858, sold out

16 April 1861; served in war in U.S. of America in northern army

July 1863, and became a captain; chess player in Dublin 1860;

settled in New York 1865; played in London chess tournament

1862, won 10 games, drew 2 and lost 2; won first prize in each

of New York chess club annual tournaments 1865, 6, 7 and 8; won

first prizes in second American chess congress Dec. 1871 and in

third congress 1874; played in tournaments Paris 1878, Berlin

1881, Vienna 1882, London 1883 and Hamburg 1885; at Frankfort

in 1887 won 15 out of 20 games, first prize and champion chess

player of the world; _found dead_ in his bed at an hotel, New

York 14 April 1891. _Westminster papers 1 Oct. 1878 p._ 125,

_portrait_; _Fortnightly Review_, _Dec. 1886 p._ 758; _Times 16

April 1891 p._ 6; _Appleton’s American biography_, _iii_ 133

(1888), _portrait_.

MACKENZIE, HENRY (youngest son of John Mackenzie, merchant,

_d._ 1820). _b._ King’s Arms’ yard, Coleman st. City of London

16 May 1808; ed. at Merchant Taylors’ school 1815 etc.; engaged

in commerce; entered Pembroke coll. Oxf. 1830, B.A. 1835, M.A.

1838, D.D. 1869; C. of Wool and Lulworth, Dorset 1834; English

chaplain at Rotterdam 1835–6; C. of St. Peter’s, Walworth

1836–7; master of Bancroft’s hospital, Mile End 1837–40; Inc.

of St. James’s, Bermondsey 1840–4; V. of Great Yarmouth 1844–8;

R. of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, London 1848–55; R. of Tydd

St. Mary near Wisbech 1855–66; preb. of Lincoln 1858–64; sub

dean and canon residentiary of Lincoln 1864 to death; archdeacon

of Nottingham 1866–70; R. of South Collingham near Newark

1866–71; bishop suffragan of Nottingham 22 Jany. 1870 to 1878,

consecrated at St. Mary’s, Nottingham 2 Feb. 1870; select

preacher at Oxford 1871; P.C. of Scofton near Worksop 1871–3;

member of convocation 1857; author of The life of Offa, king

of Mercia 1840; A short commentary on the gospels and acts

1847; Thoughts for hours of retirement 1864; Hymns and verses

for Sundays and holydays 1871. _d._ The subdeanery, Lincoln 15

Oct. 1878. _bur._ at South Collingham. _I.L.N. xxiv_ 401 (1854)

_portrait_, _lvi_ 157, 188, 253 (1870) _portrait_.

MACKENZIE, HOLT (son of Henry Mackenzie, author of The man of

feeling 1745–1831). _b._ 1787; entered H.E.I.C.S. as a writer

July 1807; sec. to government in territorial department May

1817; returned to England 1831, retired on the annuity fund

Oct. 1833; one of comrs. of board of control 28 July 1832 to

20 Dec. 1834; P.C. 11 July 1832; author of Note addressed to

Mr. Pennington on the importation of foreign corn 1841. _d._

28 Wimpole st. London 31 March 1876. _I.L.N. lxviii_ 359, 575

(1876).

MACKENZIE, JAMES. Entered Bengal army 1820; major 8 Bengal

light cavalry 10 Aug. 1850, lieut.-col. 28 Nov. 1854 to 1858;

lieut.-col. 5 European light cavalry 1858 to death; commandant

6 irregular cavalry 2 Sep. 1840 to 26 Feb. 1853; commandant at

Ferozepore 18 Dec. 1857 to death; col. in the army 28 Nov. 1854.

_d._ Simla 15 Aug. 1859.

MACKENZIE, SIR JAMES THOMPSON, 1 Baronet (son of George

Mackenzie of Aberdeen, merchant 1773–1852). _b._ 27 Dec.

1818; ed. at Aberdeen gr. sch.; went to India 1835 where he

made a fortune; returned to England 1850, became a successful

financier; purchased the estates of Kintail and Glenmuick near

Ballater and there entertained the Shah on his visit to England

1889; created baronet 21 March 1890. _d._ Brighton 12 Aug. 1890.

_London Figaro 18 Jany. 1890 p._ 9, _col._ 2, _portrait_.

MACKENZIE, JOHN (2 son of sir Alexander Mackenzie of Gairloch,

3 baronet _d._ 1770). _b._ 19 Dec. 1763; lieut. 73 foot 1 Jany.

1778; captain in an independent company 13 Feb. 1782, placed on

h.p. 1783; captain on formation of 78 highlanders 10 March 1793,

lieut.-col. 15 July 1795, placed on h.p. 1802; general 10 Jany.

1837. _d._ Inverness 14 June 1860. _bur._ in Gairloch tomb at

Beauly priory.

NOTE.--He was known by sobriquet of Fighting Jack, and was at time of

his death the oldest officer in British army.

MACKENZIE, JOHN. Entered Bengal army 1805; major 3 Bengal light

cavalry 1 Nov. 1838 to 30 Oct. 1848; lieut.-col. 9 Bengal light

cavalry 30 Oct. 1848 to 1852; lieut.-col. 7 Bengal light cavalry

1852 to death. _d._ Simla 5 May 1856.

MACKENZIE, JOHN CAMPBELL. _b._ 1804; connected with editorial

department of Galignani’s messenger since 1840, edited it

latterly. _d._ 65 Rue St. Anne, Paris 6 Dec. 1879.

MACKENZIE, JOHN FRANCIS CAMPBELL. _b._ Scotland; sub-lieutenant

R.N. 30 Aug. 1841; first lieut. of the Miranda during the

Russian war serving in the White Sea and at Sebastopol 1854–5;

served with a scaling ladder party at attack on Redan 1855;

inspecting officer of coast guard at Swanage 1855, and at Ryde;

captain 1 Oct. 1861, retired 31 March 1866; retired admiral 18

Oct. 1887; queen’s harbour master Holyhead 1872–92; connected

with all the philanthropic movement in Anglesea; a knight of the

legion of honour. _d._ of influenza, Holyhead 11 Jany. 1892.

_bur._ with military honours 15 Jany. _Times 12, 13, 16, 22

Jany. 1892._

MACKENZIE, JOHN KENNETH (younger son of Alexander Mackenzie).

_b._ Yarmouth, Norfolk 25 Aug. 1850; clerk in a merchant’s

office at Bristol 1865; entered Bristol medical school, Oct.

1870; M.R.C.S. Lond. 1874; L.R.C.P. Edinb. 1874; appointed by

London missionary society superintendent of medical station

at Hankow, China, arrived there 8 June 1875; removed to

Tien-tsin March 1879, where he founded a medical school for

native students, obtained funds for erection of a new hospital

at Tien-tsin, opened 2 Dec. 1880; edited The China medical

missionary journal 1887. _d._ of small-pox at Tien-tsin 1 April

1888. _Mrs. Bryson’s J. K. Mackenzie, medical missionary in

China_ (1891), _portrait_.

MACKENZIE, JOSHUA HENRY, Lord Mackenzie (eld. son of Henry

Mackenzie, author of The man of feeling 1745–1831). _b._ 1777;

passed advocate 19 Jany. 1799; sheriff of Linlithgow 1811; judge

of court of session 14 Nov. 1822 to 1851 with courtesy title of

lord Mackenzie; judge of court of justiciary 1824–51; one of

comrs. of tentative jury court 1825–51. _d._ Belmont near Edinb.

17 Nov. 1851. _G.M. xxxvii_ 93–4 (1852).

MACKENZIE, KENNETH DOUGLAS (only son of Donald Mackenzie). _b._

1 Feb. 1811; ensign 92 foot 25 Nov. 1831, captain 1844, major 26

Dec. 1857, placed on h.p. 15 Feb. 1861; deputy assistant A.G. in

Dublin; deputy assistant Q.M.G. in the Crimea 1855, assistant

A.G. at head quarters before Sebastopol 1855; assistant A.G. in

Dublin during Fenian disturbances 1865–6; assistant Q.M.G. at

the horse guards 1 April 1870 to death; C.B. 1 March 1861. _d._

on bank of river Meavy near Roborough, Devon 24 Aug. 1873 after

being upset in a gig crossing the river Meavy. _A.R._ (1873) 79,

148.

MACKENZIE, SIR MORELL (eld. son of Stephen Mackenzie, surgeon,

_d._ 1851). _b._ Leytonstone, Essex 7 July 1837; clerk in Union

Assurance company’s office 1853; studied at London hospital;

M.R.C.S. 1858, M.B. London 1861, and M.D. 1862; assistant

physician London hospital 5 Sep. 1866, phys. 1873, resigned

1873; chief founder of Hospital for diseases of the throat in

King st. Golden sq. 1863; the first Englishman who became expert

in operations on the larynx; attended at Berlin from 18 May 1887

to 13 June 1888 crown prince of Germany, afterwards the emperor

Frederick III. who died from cancer in the throat 15 June 1888;

published Oct. 1888 The fatal illness of Frederick the Noble,

of which 100,000 copies were circulated, and for which he was

censured by royal college of surgeons 10 Jany. 1889, returned

his diploma to the college; knighted at Balmoral 7 Sep. 1887;

granted grand cross of Hohenzollern order 1888; edited The

pharmacopia of the hospital for disease of the throat 1872, 4

ed. 1881; The journal of laryngology 1887; author of Treatment

of hoarseness and loss of voice 1863, 3 ed. 1871; Essays on

growths in the larynx 1871; The use of the laryngoscope

1865, 3 ed. 1871; Diphtheria, its nature and treatment 1879;

A manual of diseases of the throat and nose 2 vols. 1880–4;

Hay fever, its etiology and treatment 1884, 5 ed. 1889. _d._

19 Harley st. London 3 Feb. 1892. _bur._ in graveyard of St.

Mary’s church, Wargrave, Berkshire 8 Feb. _H. R. Haweis’s Sir

M. Mackenzie_ (1893), _portrait_; _Sir M. Mackenzie’s Essays_

(1893), _portrait_; _Journal of laryngology_, _vi_ 95–108

(1892), _portrait_; _Strand Mag. ii_ 371 (1891), 5 _portraits_;

_Victoria Mag. xxxiii_ 185 (1879), _portrait_; _Provincial

Medical Journal 1 April 1886 pp._ 145–6, _portrait_.

MC KENZIE, PETER. _b._ Dumbarton 1799; a writer at Glasgow about

1825; a volunteer in The Glasgow sharpshooters 1819; established

and edited The Loyal reformers’ gazette 7 May 1831, renamed

it The Reformers’ gazette 12 May 1832, it ran as a weekly and

then as a monthly to May 1836 and forms 6 vols., Northern Notes

and Queries 4 vols. 1852–4 were compiled from the columns

of this newspaper; imprisoned for publishing an unstamped

newspaper; exposed Richmond the Glasgow spy; brought to light

the fraudulent design of The Independent West Middlesex Fire

and life insurance co.; author of An exposure of the spy-system

pursued in Glasgow. Ed. by a Ten-Pounder 1833; The life of

Thomas Muir, with a report of his trial 1831; Reminiscences

of Glasgow and the west of Scotland 3 vols. _d._ while on a

visit to his daughter in London 17 March 1875. _bur._ Glasgow

necropolis. _W. C. Maclehose’s Glasgow men_, _ii_ 199–202

(1886), _portrait_.

MACKENZIE, RICHARD JAMES (4 son of Richard Mackenzie of

Dolphington, deputy keeper of her majesty’s signet). _b._

Edinburgh 31 March 1821; ed. at the new academy 1829–36;

apprenticed to Adam Hunter, F.R.C.S. 1838; M.D. 1 Aug. 1842;

M.R.C.S. 1841, F.R.C.S. 1844; studied in London, Paris, Hamburg,

Vienna and Berlin 1842–4; practised in Edinburgh 1844–9;

assistant surgeon in royal infirmary 1848, surgeon there 1850;

lecturer on systematic surgery in Extra Academical sch. 1849;

with the army in the Crimea attached to 79 regt. 1849, performed

27 operations after the battle of the Alma. _d._ of cholera

on the heights of Bornoo, Crimea 25 Sep. 1854. _Begbie and

Struthers’ Memoir of R. J. Mackenzie_ (1855), _portrait_.

MACKENZIE, ROBERT (son of a parish schoolmaster). _b._ Barry,

Forfarshire 1823; reporter to the Northern Warder at Dundee

about 1843, then sub-edited the paper; partner in mercantile

firm of Mackenzie, Ramsay & Co. Dundee, which failed 1857;

frequently visited America; agent for Westinghouse brake co.;

author of The United States of America 1870; The nineteenth

century 1880; America, a history 1882. _d._ Magdalen yard road,

Dundee 2 Feb. 1881.

MACKENZIE, ROBERT SHELTON (2 son of Kenneth Mackenzie, captain

in the army, author of books in Gaelic). _b._ Drew’s court,

Limerick 22 June 1809; apprentice to an apothecary in Cork

1822 and passed his medical examination 1825; opened a school

at Fermoy 1825; newspaper reporter; editor of a newspaper at

Hanley, Staffs. 1829; wrote memoirs for The Georgian Era, London

1830–1; editor of Liverpool journal; English correspondent

of New York Evening star 1834–51, being the first European

correspondent for the American press; editor of a railway

journal, London 1845; official assignee in commissioner

Skirrow’s bankruptcy court, Manchester, dismissed from office

25 Oct. 1852; went to U.S. of America 1852; book and foreign

editor of Philadelphia Press 1857; LL.D. of Glasgow univ. 1834;

author of Lays of Palestine 1828; Titian, a romance of Venice 3

vols. 1843; Partnership en commandité 1847; Mornings at Matlock

3 vols. 1850; Life of C. Dickens 1870; Sir Walter Scott, the

story of his life 1871; compiled, edited and issued many works

in America 1854–71. _d._ Philadelphia 30 Nov. 1880. _Law Times

30 Oct. 1852 pp._ 66–7.

MACKENZIE, THOMAS (son of Kenneth Mackenzie). _b._ 1793; a

writer to the signet 4 March 1816; M.P. Ross and Cromarty

1837–47. _d._ Heriot row, Edinburgh 9 June 1856.

MACKENZIE, THOMAS, Lord Mackenzie (son of George Mackenzie,

tradesman, Perth). _b._ Perth 16 April 1807; ed. at St. Andrew’s

and Edinb.; called to Scottish bar 1832; sheriff of Ross and

Cromarty 28 June 1851; solicitor general 10 Jany. 1855; a lord

of session with title of Lord Mackenzie 29 Jany. 1855, retired

1864; author of Studies in Roman law, with comparative views of

the laws of France, England and Scotland 1862, 6 ed. 1886. _d._

24 Heriot row, Edinb. 26 Sep. 1869. _Journal of Jurisprudence_,

_Nov. 1869 pp._ 609–10; _Law mag. and law rev. xxix_ 271–3

(1870).

MACKENZIE, WILLIAM. _b._ Burnley, Lancs. 20 March 1794;

apprenticed to Thomas Claphan, lock carpenter of Leeds and

Liverpool canal 1811; resident engineer on Birmingham canal to

1832, where his works are still considered finest of the kind in

Great Britain; made a great many railways in France with Thomas

Brassey 1840–48; M.I.C.E. 1837. _d._ 19 Oct. 1851. _Min. of

proc. of Instit. of C.E. xi_ 102–5 (1852).

MACKENZIE, WILLIAM (son of James Mackenzie, muslin manufacturer,

_d._ 1800). _b._ Queen st. Glasgow 29 April 1791; ed. Glasgow

univ., M.D. 1833; studied in France and Italy 1816; learnt

ophthalmology under Beer in Vienna 1817; M.R.C.S. 1818, F.R.C.S.

1843; surgeon in London 1818, and in Glasgow 1819 to death;

with George Monteath established an eye infirmary, Glasgow

1824; Waltonian lecturer and lecturer on diseases of the eye,

Glasgow univ. 1828; edited Glasgow medical journal vols. 1 and

2, 1828–9; surgeon occulist to the queen in Scotland 1838;

author of An essay on the diseases of the excreting parts of the

lachrymal organs 1819; Practical treatise of the diseases of the

eye 1830, 4 ed. 1854, which gave him an European reputation; The

cure of strabismus by surgical operation 1841; The physiology of

vision 1841. Outlines of ophthalmology 3 ed. 1856. _d._ Bath st.

Glasgow 30 July 1868. _Maclehose’s Memoirs of Glasgow men_, _ii_

203–4 (1886), _portrait_; _Glasgow Medical journal_, _i_ 6–13

(1868).

MACKENZIE, WILLIAM. Ed. Edinb. univ.; presbyterian minister

Poolewe 1827; minister at Comrie 1829, at Dunblane 1841–3;

minister North Leith Free ch. 1844; author of Gershom, or the

33,000 words of Jesus Christ, the central fountain of truth,

unity and healing. Edinb. 1847; Christ’s own teaching, in

portions for all the days in the year 1847. _Scott’s Fasti_, _ii

pt._ 2 _p._ 754 (1869).

MACKENZIE, WILLIAM BELL (son of James Mackenzie _d._ 1822).

_b._ Sheffield 7 April 1806; studied at Magd. hall Oxf. 1830–4,

B.A. 1834, M.A. 1837; C. of St. James’s, Bristol 1834–8; V. of

St. James’s, Holloway, London 1838 to death; one of the first

to start special services in St. Paul’s cathedral; author of

Bible characters 2 vols. 1854–5; Gleanings from the gospel story

1860; Handbook for the sick 1859, 4 ed. 1861; Married life,

its duties, trials and joys 1861, 3 ed. 1890; Saul of Tarsus,

his life and lessons 1864; Bible studies for family reading

1867 and 35 other books. _d._ Ramsgate 22 Nov. 1870. _bur._

Highgate cemetery 30 Nov. _Gordon Calthrop’s Memorials of W. B.

Mackenzie_ (1872), _biographical sketch pp. ix–xci_, _portrait_.

MACKENZIE, WILLIAM FORBES (brother of Charles Frederick

Mackenzie 1825–62). _b._ Portmore, Peebleshire 18 April 1807;

ed. at Brasenose coll. Oxf.; called to the bar 1827; M.P.

Peeblesshire 1837–52; a lord of treasury April 1845 to Feb.

1846, joint secretary to treasury Feb. to Dec. 1852; M.P.

Liverpool 9 July 1852, unseated on petition 21 June 1853;

contested Derby 28 March 1857; unpaid comr. and chairman of

general board of comrs. in lunacy for Scotland 13 June 1859 to

death; author of the act for the regulation of public-houses in

Scotland 16 & 17 Vict. c. 67, 15 Aug. 1853 known as the Forbes

Mackenzie’s act which provides for the closing of public-houses

on Sundays and at ten p.m. on weekdays. _d._ The Glen,

Peeblesshire 24 Sep. 1862.

MACKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON (son of Daniel Mackenzie _d._ 1795).

_b._ Springfield, Dundee 12 March 1795; kept a store at Alyth

1814–17; emigrated to Canada 1820; established a book store at

Queenstown 1823; removed to Toronto where he established the

Colonial Advocate, May 1824, discontinued 1834, revived under

name of The Constitution 1836; member for county of York in

legislative assembly of Upper Canada 1828, expelled for his

violent language 1831, re-elected twice in 1831, re-expelled

twice, finally excluded by disfranchisement of co. York; chosen

mayor of Toronto, May 1834; re-elected for co. York Oct. 1834,

and allowed to take his seat which he lost in 1836; publicly

proclaimed establishment of a provisional government 25 Nov.

1837; appeared at head of 800 rebels near Toronto 4 Dec. 1837,

utterly defeated by the government troops at Montgomery’s

Tavern 7 Dec., escaped to Navy Island on the Niagara river

where he tried to prolong the insurrection but was condemned

to 12 months’ imprisonment for breaking the neutrality laws

1839; contributed to New York Tribune some years; returned to

Canada on proclamation of amnesty 1849; member of legislature

of the united provinces 1850–8; started a journal ‘Mackenzie’s

Message,’ which failed; author of Sketches of Canada and the

United States 1833; The lives and opinions of R. F. Butler and

J. Hoyt 1845; The life and times of M. Van Buren 1846. _d._

Toronto 28 Aug. 1861. _C. Lindsey’s Life of W. L. Mackenzie.

Toronto_ 2 _vols._ (1862), _portrait_; _Morgan’s Bibliotheca

Canadensis_ (1867) 241; _Norrie’s Dundee Celebrities_ (1873)

201; _G.M. xi_ 566–8 (1861).

MC KERROW, JOHN. _b._ Mauchline, Ayrshire 15 May 1789; ed. at

Glasgow univ. 1803–7, and divinity hall of Secession ch. at

Selkirk 1807–12; minister of Ecclefechan and Bridge of Teith

1813 to death; D.D. Washington college, U.S.A. 1841; author

of History of the Secession church 1839, new ed. 1841; The

office of ruling elder in the Christian church 1846; History of

the foreign missions of the Secession and united presbyterian

churches 1867. _d._ at Bridge of Teith 13 May 1867. _John

Smith’s Our Scottish clergy 3 series_ (1851) 297–303; _United

Presbyterian Mag. Sep. 1867 p._ 285.

MC KERROW, WILLIAM (son of William Mc Kerrow _d._ 1851,

wheelwright and turner). _b._ Kilmarnock 7 Sep. 1803; ed. at

Glasgow univ. and at theological hall of Secession ch.; minister

of Lloyd st. chapel, Manchester 1827 to 1869; moderator of the

synod 1877; wrote a series of letters in Manchester Times on

church establishments 1834 which were published as pamphlets,

and led to formation of Manchester Voluntary church association

1839; projected the Manchester Examiner 1846 and was one of

the four proprietors; a founder of United Kingdom alliance,

vice pres. 20 years; member of Manchester school board 1870 to

death; D.D. Heidelberg 1851; author of On solid reading and its

advantages, a lecture 1853. _d._ Springfield, Bowdon, Cheshire

4 June 1878. _Memoir of Wm. Mc Kerrow, D.D. By His son_ (1881),

_portrait_; _John Evans’s Lancashire authors_ (1850) 178–82.

MACKESON, FREDERICK (son of Wm. Mackeson). _b._ Hythe, Kent 28

Sep. 1807; ensign 14 Bengal N.I. 4 Dec. 1825, captain 24 Jany.

1845 to death; superintendent of the Cis-Sutlej territory 16

March 1846; comr. at Peshawur 1851 to death; C.B. 24 Dec. 1842;

_assassinated_ when sitting in his verandah at Peshawur by a

fanatic from Koner 10 Sep. 1853.

MACKESON, WILLIAM WYLLYS (2 son of John Mackeson of Blue

Mountain, Jamaica). _b._ 1813; ed. at Queen’s coll. Oxf., B.A.

1836; barrister I.T. 1 Feb. 1836, bencher 28 April 1868 to

death, treasurer 1884; edited The supreme court of judicature

acts 1873 and 1875. 1875; edited 4th ed. of The law of mortgage.

By R. H. Coote 1880, and with H. A. Smith 5th ed. of same book 2

vols. 1884. _d._ Laurel Bank, Lancaster 4 March 1892.

MACKESY, THOMAS LEWIS. _b._ Waterford 1790; assist. surgeon

in artillery at battle of Corunna; in practice at Waterford;

M.R.C.S. Lond. 1809; F.R.C.S. Ireland 1844; M.D. Dublin univ.

1863; lecturer at Leper hospital Waterford; president of R.

coll. of surgeons, Ireland 1862, the first provincial surgeon

ever elected to the presidency, member of council 1863 to death;

last mayor of Waterford under the old regime. _d._ 47 Lady lane,

Waterford 9 April 1869.

MC KEWAN, DAVID HALL (son of David Mc Kewan). _b._ London 16

Feb. 1816; pupil of David Cox the elder; associate of royal

institute of painters in water-colours 1848, member 1850;

exhibited 22 landscapes at R.A., 2 at B.I. and 20 at Suffolk st.

1836–53; author of Lessons on trees in water-colours 1859; made

the drawings for R. P. Leitch’s Landscapes and other studies in

sepia 1870. _d._ 11 Upper Park road, Haverstock hill, London 2

Aug. 1873. _Baines’s Hampstead_ (1890) 396–7.

MACKIE, IVIE. _b._ 1805; of firm of Findlater, and Mackie,

Manchester; represented Exchange ward in city council 1847–56

and New Cross ward from 1856, alderman 1856, mayor 1857–60;

presented city with clock in steeple of St. Peter’s church; a

munificent contributor to local charities. _d._ Manchester 23

Feb. 1873.

MACKIE, JAMES (eld. son of John Mackie, M.P., _d._ 1858). _b._

18 May 1821; ed. at Rugby and Oriel coll. Oxf., B.A. 1844, M.A.

1847; advocate at Scottish bar 1847; M.P. Kirkcudbrightshire 3

April 1857 to death. _d._ Ernespie, Kirkcudbrightshire 28 Dec.

1867.

MC KIE, JAMES. _b._ Kilmarnock 7 Oct. 1816; bookseller at

Saltcoats to 1844; publisher at Kilmarnock in the shop from

which first edition of Burns’ poems was issued 1844; started

the Kilmarnock Journal and Kilmarnock Weekly Post; published

Bibliotheca Burnsiana 1866; Poems chiefly in the Scotch

dialect. By R. Burns, facsimile ed. 1869; Burns’ Calendar 1874;

The bibliography of Robert Burns 1881 and other books about

Burns; his own library of nearly 800 vols. concerning Burns

was purchased by subscription for £350 and is in museum of the

Burns’ Monument at Kilmarnock. _d._ Kilmarnock 26 Sep. 1891.

_Kilmarnock Standard 3 Oct. 1891_, _portrait_.

NOTE.--He was twice publicly entertained, once on the jubilee of his

business and again on the transfer of his library to the museum.

MACKIE, JOHN (son of James Mackie of Bargaly,

Kirkcudbrightshire). M.P. Kirkcudbrightshire 1850–7. _d._

Bargaly 3 July 1858.

MACKIE, ROBERT BOWNAS (son of Robert J. Mackie). _b._ Wakefield

1829; ed. Wesley coll. Sheffield; partner in firm of Robert

Mackie and Sons, corn merchants, Wakefield; contested Wakefield

2 Feb. 1874 and 6 May 1874; M.P. Wakefield 1880 to death. _d._

35 Hertford st. Mayfair, London 18 June 1885.

M’KILLOP, HENRY FREDERICK. Sub-lieutenant R.N. 10 Aug. 1847;

captain R.N. 24 Nov. 1862, retired 1 April 1870; retired

R.A. 9 March 1878; C.B. 2 June 1877; captain of the port

and comptroller general of ports and lighthouses in Egypt to

death; knight of legion of honour; received 1st class Medjidie

1875; raised to rank of Fereek by the Khedive 1877; author of

Reminiscences of twelve months’ service in New Zealand as a

midshipman 1849. _d._ Ramlet, Alexandria, Egypt 5 June 1879.

MC KIM, ROBERT. _b._ co. Tyrone 24 May 1816; apprenticed to a

stone-mason; emigrated to U.S. of America; a stone-mason at

Philadelphia, then at Madison, Indiana 1837–55; a coal merchant

1855; purchased and mounted in his observatory one of the best

telescopes in America; presented to observatory of De Pauw univ.

a complete astronomical outfit at cost of over 10,000 dollars.

_d._ Madison 9 May 1887.

MC KINLAY, JOHN. _b._ Sandbank on the Clyde 1819; emigrated to

New South Wales 1836 where he took up several runs near the

South Australian border; commanded expedition sent to trace

the fate of Burke and Wills by South Australian government,

left Adelaide 16 Aug. 1861, proved that Lake Torrens did not

exist but found several new lakes, explored the country between

Eyre’s Creek and Central Mount Stuart; reached Port Denison 25

Sep. 1862; voted £1000 by the government of S. Australia 1862;

explored northern part of S. Australia 1865–6. _d._ 31 Dec.

1872, monument erected at Gawler, S. Australia. _Mackinlay’s

Journal of exploration in the interior of Australia_ (1862);

_J. Davis’s Tracts of Mc Kinlay across Australia_ (1863); _W.

Howilt’s History of discovery in Australia_, _ii_ 254–83 (1865);

_J. E. T. Wood’s History of discovery of Australia_, _ii_ 475–91

(1875); _I.L.N. xlvi_ 36 (1865), _portrait_.

M’KINLEY, GEORGE. _b._ Devonport 1766; entered navy 5 Aug.

1773; captain 20 Oct. 1801; superintendent of royal navy asylum

Greenwich, April 1821 to 22 July 1830; admiral on h.p. 11 June

1851, pensioned 16 Sep. 1851. _d._ Anglesey near Gosport 17

Jany. 1852.

MACKINNON, DANIEL HENRY (youngest son of Daniel Mackinnon of

Binfield, Berkshire, barrister). _b._ 18 Sep. 1813; ed. at Trin.

coll. Dublin; cornet 16 lancers 1 July 1836; captain 6 dragoon

guards 12 Nov. 1847; paymaster of 43 foot 27 Oct. 1848, placed

on h.p. 6 June 1851; staff officer of pensioners Feb. 1854 to 1

Nov. 1877 when he retired on full pay with hon. rank of M.G.;

author of Military services and adventures in the far east 2

ed. 2 vols. 1849; British military power in India. _d._ 7 Jany.

1884.

MACKINNON, DONALD (son of rev. John Mackinnon, minister of

Strath, _d._ 1856). Presbyterian minister Fearn near Tain,

Rossshire 1846–56 and minister of Strath 1856 to death, the

grandfather, father and son held Strath 110 years; arbiter

among his flock, his decisions being accepted as final. _d._

Kilbridge, Skye 3 Jany. 1888. _The Times 10 Jany. 1888 p._ 5.

MACKINNON, KENNETH M. _b._ 1805; assistant surgeon Bengal army

19 Nov. 1826, surgeon 1 March 1843, retired 11 Jany. 1857;

apothecary general Bengal 1853–7; author of A treatise on the

public health, climate, hygiene and diseases of the north-west

provinces. Cawnpore 1848. _d._ Edinburgh 13 Feb. 1861.

MACKINNON, LAUCHLAN (brother of Donald Mackinnon _d._ 1888).

_b._ Kilbride, Isle of Skye 26 Feb. 1817; ed. Aberdeen;

emigrated to Australia 1838; came overland with cattle from

Sydney to Adelaide, the first journey of the kind made 1839;

settled in Avoca, Victoria as a squatter; member of N.S.W.

legislative assembly for Port Philip district 1848; member for

Belfast and Warrnambool in legislative council of Victoria; the

great opponent to the introduction of English convicts into

Australia; with Edward Wilson one of the proprietors of The

Argus a Melbourne daily journal 1852; returned to England in

1868 and lived in Devonshire. _d._ Torquay 21 March 1888.

MACKINNON, LAUCHLAN BELLINGHAM (2 son of Wm. Alexander Mackinnon

1789–1870). _b._ Portswood park, Southampton 21 April 1815;

entered navy 1 Oct. 1829, commander 1 Nov. 1847, retired captain

1 July 1864; M.P. Rye 1865–8; author of Some account of the

Falkland islands 1840; Steam warfare in the Parana 2 vols. 1848;

Atlantic and transatlantic sketches 2 vols. 1852. _d._ Ormley

lodge, Ham common, Surrey 10 July 1877.

MACKINNON, LIONEL DANIEL (brother of the preceding). _b._ 1825;

ensign and lieut. Coldstream guards 30 May 1843, capt. and

lieut.-col. 20 Oct. 1854; advancing in front of his regiment

at Inkerman was shot and fell mortally wounded and _died_ soon

after being brought in 5 Nov. 1854. _G. Ryan’s Our heroes of the

Crimea_ (1855) _pp._ 77–80.

MACKINNON, SIR WILLIAM (son of Duncan Mackinnon). _b._

Campbeltown, Argyleshire 1823; trained to business in Glasgow to

1847; partner with Mr. Mackenzie in a general store at a town on

the Ganges 1847, removed the business to Calcutta 1855; senior

partner in Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. East India merchants;

commenced a trade with Burmah 1855 which developed into the

British India steam navigation co., one of the greatest shipping

companies in the world, having 110 vessels, 1300 officers and

10,000 European and native seamen etc.; the means of annexing

part of Zanzibar to Great Britain; the chief adviser of the

government on granting the charter to the Imperial British East

Africa co. of which he was chairman to his death; obtained

funds for the Emim relief expedition under Stanley; contested

Argyleshire 4 Dec. 1885; C.I.E. 23 May 1882; cr. a baronet 15

July 1889. _d._ of quinsy, Burlington hotel, 30 Old Burlington

st. London 22 June 1893, personalty sworn at £560,563 Oct. 1893.

_Black and White 1 July 1893 p._ 3, _portrait_; _I.L.N. 1 July

1893 p._ 7, _portrait_.

MACKINNON, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (eld. son of Wm. Mackinnon of

Mackinnon). _b._ 2 Aug. 1789; ed. at St. John’s coll. Camb.,

B.A. 1804, M.A. 1807; student at Lincoln’s Inn; M.P. Dunwich

1819–20; M.P. Lymington 1831–2 and 1835–52; M.P. Rye 1853–65;

brought in bills for the amendment of the patent laws, to

prevent intramural interments in populous places and to abate

the smoke nuisance; a comr. for colonization of South Australia;

F.S.A. 1820; F.R.S. 14 June 1827; author of On public opinion

in Great Britain and other parts of the world 1828, anon.,

published subsequently as The history of civilisation 2 vols.

1846. _d._ Belvidere, Broadstairs, Kent 30 April 1870. _I.L.N.

xv_ 44 (1849), _portrait_.

MACKINTOSH, ANGUS (son of John Mackintosh of Holme, Inverness,

_d._ 1847). _b._ 1826; ed. Edinb. acad.; matric. from univ.

coll. Oxf. 15 May 1845; led a dissipated life; became very

violent in London, April and May 1852, attracted great attention

at one of the Queen’s drawing rooms, his name was consequently

dropped from the list of presentations, applied for redress to

the lord chamberlain in vain; confined in Saughton Hall asylum,

Edinburgh from 13 June to 20 July 1852 when he escaped; brought

an action for illegal detention against Dr. John Smith and Dr.

Lowe proprietors of the asylum, verdict given against him 29

July 1859, began another action against them May 1863, verdict

given in their favour after a 7 days’ trial in Edinburgh 12 Feb.

1864; resided at Holme, Invernesshire. _A.R._ (1864) 19–22.

MACKINTOSH, CHARLES CALDER (son of Dr. Angus Mackintosh _d._

Tain 1831). _b._ Tain 5 Oct. 1806; ed. at Aberdeen and Glasgow;

co-pastor of Tain 1828, and minister 1831–43; minister of Free

ch. Tain 1843 and of Free ch. Dunoon 1854 to death; a very

popular revival preacher; D.D. of Union coll. Shenectady, Sep.

1850. _d._ Pau 24 Nov. 1868. _W. Taylor’s Memorials of C. C.

Mackintosh_ (1871), _biographical sketch pp._ 23–51, _portrait_;

_Scott’s Fasti_, _iii pt. i p._ 310 (1870).

MACKINTOSH, DANIEL (son of the owner of a water-power mill).

_b._ Blairgowrie, Perthshire 1815; lecturer on astronomy,

geology and physical geology in England; contributed to Quart.

Journ. of Geological Soc. and to Geological Mag.; F.G.S. 1861,

received grant from the Lyell fund 1886; took an active part

in the controversies on marine denudation; made researches on

glacial geology and on erratic blocks and boulders; received

4 grants from Royal Society in aid of original research;

presented with Kingsley medal of Chester Soc. of natural

science 1881; president of Liverpool Geological Society 1881–3;

author of Supplement to the Bridgewater treatises. The highest

generalizations in geology and astronomy illustrating the

greatness of the creator 1843; The scenery of England and Wales,

its character and origin 1869. _d._ Birkenhead 19 July 1891.

_bur._ Flaybrick cemetery, Birkenhead. _Geol. Mag. Sep. 1891 p._

432.

MACKINTOSH, MACKAY. Presbyterian minister at Laggan to 1831 and

at Dunoon 1831–43; moderator of the Free general assembly 24 May

1849; minister of Melbourne Gaelic ch. Australia 1854–6, and to

a congregation in Sydney 1856–61; minister of Free ch. Tarbert,

Harris, Scotland 1862; superintended and corrected press of

Gaelic Dictionary 1828; author of Memoir of Rob. Don 1829;

Four sermons. Liverpool 1833; Sermons on the christian warfare

1836; The treasure, selections from the Olney hymns, in Gaelic;

Practical exposition of Matthew V. 1845; Sermon on rev. Roderick

Macleod with memorials 1869. _Scott’s Fasti_, _iii pt. i p._ 19

(1870).

MACKMURDO, GILBERT WAKEFIELD. _b._ 1799; M.R.C.S. 1824,

F.R.C.S.; practised at 7 New Broad, city of London; surgeon

St. Thomas’s hospital, London; consulting surgeon and lecturer

on ophthalmic surgery royal London ophthalmic hospital. _d._

Chigwell-row, Essex 26 Aug. 1869.

MACKNESS, JAMES (elder son of Thomas Mackness a lace man).

_b._ Wellingborough, Northamptonshire 31 March 1804; member of

College of Surgeons 22 Dec. 1824; practised at Turvey near

Bedford 1827, then at Northampton 1831–7; M.D. St. Andrew’s

15 May 1840; physician at Hastings 1840 to death; phys. to

Hastings dispensary Nov. 1840; L.R.C.P. Jany. 1843; author of

Hastings considered as a resort for invalids 1842, 2 ed. 1850;

The moral aspects of medical life 1846; Dysphonia clericorum

or clergyman’s sore throat 1848. _d._ Wellington sq. Hastings

8 Feb. 1851. _Memorials of J. Mackness. By Miss M. M. Howard_

(1851).

MACKONOCHIE, ALEXANDER HERIOT (3 son of George Mackonochie,

retired colonel). _b._ Farnham, Hants. 11 Aug. 1825; ed. at

Bath, Exeter, Edinb. univ. and Wadham coll. Oxf., B.A. 1848,

M.A. 1851; C. of Westbury, Wilts. 1849–52; C. of Wantage,

Berkshire 1852; C. of St. George’s-in-the-East, London

1858–62; C. in charge of St. Alban’s, Holborn, London 1862,

church was consecrated 21 Feb. 1863; his advanced ritualistic

practices were the cause of a long series of law suits by the

Church Association; suspended for 3 months 25 Nov. 1878 for

disobedience to judgment of privy council given against him

1868, a fresh suit was commenced 1874, on 12 June 1875 he was

suspended for six weeks, and on 1 June 1878 for three years;

resigned his living 1 Dec. 1882 but worked there unofficially

Dec. 1883 to death; domestic chaplain to lord Eliot Nov. 1870;

V. of St. Peter’s, London Docks, Jany. 1883, resigned 23 Dec.

1883; author of First principles _v._ Erastianism, sermons

1876; went on a visit to the bishop of Argyll and the Isles at

Ballachulish 10 Dec. 1887, _found dead_ in the deer forest of

Manore 15 Dec. 1887. _bur._ in the ground of St. Alban’s Guild,

Working 23 Dec. _E. A. Towle’s A. H. Mackonochie, a memoir_

(1890), _portrait_; _Church portrait journal n.s. iii_ 49–56

(1882), _portrait_; _Judgment delivered by Sir Robert Phillimore

in the cases of Martin v. Mackonochie and Flamank v. Simpson.

By W. G. F. Phillimore_ (1868); _Legal Ritual. By J. Mc Dale_

(1871).

MACKONOCHIE, JAMES (brother of the preceding). _b._ 1823;

advocate at Scotch bar 1845; barrister I.T. 6 June 1855; a

revising barrister 1873–88; recorder of Winchester, Jany. 1880

to Dec. 1888; judge of county court, circuit 55 (Hants. and

Dorset), Nov. 1888 to death. _d._ Kenilworth, Cavendish road,

Bournemouth 18 Dec. 1892.

MC KOWEN, JAMES. _b._ Lambeg near Lisburn, co. Antrim 11 Feb.

1814; employed at bleach works of Richardson, Sons & Owden,

Belfast about 1833 to death; contributed many racy poems to

Northern Whig and other Ulster papers from about 1840, generally

under pseudonym of Kitty Connor; one of his pieces The old Irish

cow, became very popular in Ulster, and another The ould Irish

jig, is known throughout Ireland; 9 of his poems are in The harp

of Erin. Dublin 1867; resided at Millbrook. _d._ Beechside,

Lisburn 22 April 1889. _bur._ Lambeg 25 April. _The Northern

Whig 24 April 1889 pp._ 1, 5.

MACKWORTH, SIR DIGBY, 4 Baronet (eld. son of sir Digby

Mackworth, 3 bart. 1766–1838). _b._ Oxford 13 June 1789; ed. at

Westminster; lieut. 7 fusiliers 9 July 1807; carried the colours

at Talavera 27 and 28 July 1809; one of lord Hill’s aides de

camp; captain 13 light dragoons 31 Dec. 1818 to 23 Oct. 1823

when placed on h.p.; brevet colonel 11 Nov. 1851; K.H. 1832 for

his assistance in suppressing riots in forest of Dean 1830 and

at Bristol 1831; succeeded his father as 4 bart. 2 May 1838;

sheriff of Monmouthshire 1843; chief founder of National club,

London 1845; contested Derby 1846 and Liverpool 1847. _d._ Glen

Uske, Monmouthshire 23 Sep. 1852. _G.M. xxxviii_ 524–26 (1852);

_I.L.N. xxi_ 282 (1852).

NOTE.--He was in that charge at Albuera 16 May 1811 in which out of the

1500 men composing the 7 and 23 regiments only 150 escaped; the brigade

going into action under three colonels and coming out under only one

captain and with 3 battalions each commanded by a lieutenant. There was

no parallel slaughter of British officers and soldiers during the war.

MACKWORTH, HUBERT FRANCIS. _b._ Trinidad 27 Sep. 1823; ed. at

King’s college, London; inspector of mines and collieries in

southern district of England and Wales 1851 to death; F.G.S.;

author of Lectures in connection with the educational exhibition

of the Society of arts 1854; The ventilation, underground gases

and sanitary condition of mines. Bristol 1859. _d._ Clifton wood

house, Bristol 13 July 1858.

MACLACHLAN, ALEXANDER. _b._ 1789; 2 lieut. R.A. 3 Dec. 1803,

col. 11 Nov. 1851, col. commandant 19 May 1863 to death; served

in Spain 1813 and 1814; L.G. 22 June 1860; knight of St. Maurice

and Lazare. _d._ Dublin 26 Feb. 1866.

MACLACHLAN, ARCHIBALD. Ensign 69 foot 6 May 1795; captain

O’Conner’s recruiting corps 1 Dec. 1797, placed on h.p. 1799;

major 69 foot 4 June 1813 to 25 Nov. 1816 when placed on h.p.;

L.G. 20 June 1854. _d._ Rockstone place, Southampton 29 Dec.

1854.

MACLACHLAN, DANIEL. _b._ Glasgow 1807; M.R.C.S. Edinb. 1827;

F.R.C.P. 1859; M.D. Glasgow; army hospital assistant on coast of

Africa 1827; assist. surgeon 79 highlanders 1828–40; physician

and surgeon Chelsea hospital 8 May 1840 to 1863; author of A

practical treatise on the diseases and infirmities of advanced

life 1863. _d._ Claremont, Ventnor, Isle of Wight 15 June 1870.

_Proc. Med. and Chir. Soc. vi_ 350 (1871).

MAC LACHLAN, JOHN. _b._ 1789; senior partner in firm of Mac

Lachlan and Stewart, publishers and university booksellers,

Edinburgh. _d._ Blackford Brae, Oswald road, Edinburgh 9 Nov.

1876. _Scotsman 10 Nov. 1876 p._ 8.

MAC LACHLAN, JOHN. _b._ 1827; ordained in Rome 1850; R.C. bishop

of Galloway 29 Jany. 1878 to death, consecrated in Glasgow

cathedral 23 May 1878. _d._ Dumfries 16 Jany. 1893.

MACLAGAN, ALEXANDER (1 son of Thomas Maclagan). _b._ Bridgend,

Perth 3 April 1811; apprentice to a plumber 1823–9, then a

journeyman; contributed to Edinburgh literary journal 1829;

manager of a plumbery in Dunfermline 1833; junior clerk in

inland revenue office, Edinb. 1850; entertained at a public

dinner in the hall of Burns’ cottage 1851; granted civil list

pension of £30, 29 Sep. 1856; author of Sketches from nature

and other poems 1851; Ragged school rhymes 1851, new ed. 1871;

National songs and ballads 1878. _d._ Edinburgh 20 April 1879.

_C. Rogers’ Modern Scottish minstrel_, _v_ 226–40 (1857).

MACLAGAN, DAVID. _b._ Edinburgh, Feb. 1785; ed. Edinb. univ.,

M.D. 1805; M.R.C.S. Edinb. 1804; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1807, F.R.C.S.

1816; assistant surgeon to 91 regt. 10 Sep. 1807, served at

Walcheren; staff surgeon 9 Portuguese brigade 1811 and served

in Spain to 1814; phys. in the army 26 May 1814, placed on h.p.

1816; in practice at Edinb. 1816 to death; pres. of R.C.S. 1826;

pres. R.C.P. 1856; surgeon in ordinary to the queen in Scotland

1838 to death; F.R.S. Edinb. _d._ 129 George st. Edinb. 6 June

1865. _Proc. Royal Soc. of Edinb. v_ 476–7 (1866).

MACLAGAN, DAVID (son of the preceding). Actuary at 9 Royal

circus, Edinburgh; manager of Edinburgh life insurance co.

1873–83; F.R.S. Edinb. 1872; author of St. George’s, Edinburgh,

a history of St. George’s church and of St. George’s Free church

1876. _d._ Mentone 30 March 1883.

MACLAGAN, PHILIP WHITESIDE (son of David Maclagan, M.D., _d._

1865). L.R.C.S. Edinb. 1839; M.D. Edinb. 1840; assistant

surgeon in the army 15 Jany. 1841; assistant surgeon royal

Canadian rifle regiment 19 Dec. 1845; surgeon 20 foot 24 Sep.

1850, resigned 3 Dec. 1853; much interested in philanthropic

movements; botanist. _d._ Berwick 26 May 1892; memorial fountain

unveiled in High st. Berwick 14 June 1893. _Daily Graphic 17

June 1893 p._ 5, _view of fountain_.

MACLAINE, SIR ARCHIBALD (2 son of Gillean Maclaine of Scalasdale

in the Isle of Mull, _d._ 23 Nov. 1778 aged 64). _b._ 13 Jany.

1773; ensign 94 foot 16 April 1794; held Matagorda an outwork of

Cadiz with 155 men against 8000 French under marshal Soult 22

Feb. to 22 April 1810; major 87 foot 4 Oct. 1810; lieut.-col.

7 West India regiment of foot 25 Jany. 1813 to 25 April 1816;

lieut.-col. 14 foot 9 Aug. 1821 to 4 Nov. 1822; lieut.-col. 17

foot 4 Nov. 1822 to 30 July 1829 when placed on h.p.; colonel

of 52 foot 8 Feb. 1847 to death; C.B. 4 June 1815; knighted at

St. James’s palace 19 Oct. 1831; K.C.B. 6 April 1852; knight of

order of Charles the Third of Spain 1816; general 5 June 1855.

_d._ 68 Cumberland st. Hyde park, London 9 March 1861. _bur._

Highgate cemet.

MACLAINE, HECTOR (1 son of William Osborne Maclaine). _b._

Murtle, Aberdeenshire 24 Nov. 1851; ed. Eton and Woolwich;

lieut. R.A. 6 Jany. 1872 to death; in India 1873–4, returned

to India 1879, on service in Kandahar 1880, in the action at

Maiwand 27 July 1880 showed great bravery and energy in working

his guns under fire; while in search of water on 28 July was

taken prisoner, was returned as killed or missing and name

taken out of army list in Aug.; imprisoned at Kokaran from 30

July; _murdered_ by his captors at Kandahar 1 Sep. 1880 and his

body soon after found by 92nd highlanders. _bur._ Kandahar with

military honours. _Shadbolt’s Afghan Campaign_ (1882) 131–4,

_portrait_.

MAC LAREN, ARCHIBALD. _b._ 1819; proprietor of the Gymnasium,

Alfred st. Oxford to death; the British army is trained on his

principles and in gymnasia which he invented; wrote Systematized

exercise, expansion and developement of the chest. Macmillan’s

Mag. Nov. 1890 pp. 35–40; author of A military system of

gymnastic exercises for the use of instructors 1862, 2 ed. 1868;

A system of fencing for the use of instructors in the army

1864; A system of physical education, theoretical and practical

1866; Training in theory and practice 1866, 2 ed. 1874. _d._

Summertown near Oxford 19 Feb. 1884.

MACLAREN, CHARLES (only child of a small farmer). _b._

Ormiston, Haddingtonshire 7 Oct. 1782; clerk to several firms

at Edinburgh; established with others The Scotsman 25 Jany.

1817, joint editor 1817–18 and 1820–45; a clerk in the custom

house 1818–20; edited 6th ed. of Encyclopædia Britannica 20

vols. 1822, for which he wrote articles America, Europe,

Greece, Physical geography and Troy; F.R.S. Edinb. 1837; F.G.S.

1846, pres. of Geol. Soc. of Edinb. 1864 to death; author of

A dissertation on the topography of the plain of Troy, 1822,

reissued as The plains of Troy described 1863; A sketch of the

geology of Fife and the Lothians 1839, 2 ed. 1866. _d._ Moreland

cottage, Edinburgh 10 Sep. 1866. _R. Cox and J. Nicol’s Select

writings of C. Maclaren_ 2 _vols._ (1869), _portrait_.

MC LAREN, DUNCAN (son of John Mc Laren, farmer). _b._ Renton,

Dumbartonshire 12 Jany. 1800; a draper in a shop opposite St.

Giles’s ch. Edinb. 1824; member of town council Edinb. 1833,

baillie, treasurer, lord provost 1851–4; chairman of Edinburgh

chamber of commerce; contested Edinb. 1852, M.P. Edinb. 1865–81,

used to be called in the house the Member for Scotland;

established the Heriot free schools, Edinb. 1836; author of

History of the resistance to the annuity tax under each of the

four church establishments for which it has been levied 1836, 4

ed. 1851; Facts regarding the seat rents of the city churches of

Edinburgh 1840. _d._ Newington house, Edinburgh 26 April 1886,

portrait in council chamber, Edinb. _J. B. Mackie’s Life and

works of D. Mc Laren_ 2 _vols._ (1888), 2 _portraits_.

M’LAREN, JAMES. _b._ Polmont, Stirlingshire 1829; general

superintendent North British railway co. 1843 to death, the

oldest official connected with the company. _d._ Edinburgh 30

Oct. 1893.

M’LAREN, JOHN H. _b._ Scotland 1827; assistant secretary to

Royal insurance company at Liverpool about 1855, general manager

1872 to death; effected amalgamations with other companies, that

with the Queen insurance co. in 1891 being the greatest. _d._

Claughton, Birkenhead 13 Nov. 1893.

MC LAUCHLAN, HENRY. _b._ 1791; surveyor in connection with the

manors commission, and resident at Truro for some years; F.G.S.

1832; employed on ordnance trigonometrical survey 1830; wrote

Notes to accompany geological map of forest of Dean, in Trans.

Geol. Soc. v. pt. 1; Memoir made during a survey of the Watling

street from the Tees to the Scotch border 1852; The Roman wall

and vestiges of Roman occupation in the North of England 1857;

Memoir written during a survey of the Roman wall 1858. _d._ 14

Liston road, Clapham, Surrey 4 Jany. 1881. _Quart. Journ. Geol.

Soc. xxxviii proceedings p._ 53 (1882); _Boase and Courtney’s

Bibl. Cornub._ (1874) 333.

MACLAUCHLAN, THOMAS (youngest son of James Maclauchlan, minister

of Moy, Inverness). _b._ Moy, Jany. 1816; ed. at Aberdeen univ.,

M.A. 1833, LL.D. 1864; colleague to his father at Moy 1837–43;

Free church minister at Stratherrick, Loch Ness, Invernessshire

1844–9 and at Free St. Columba’s, Edinb. 1849; convener of

committee on highlands and islands 1850; moderator of Free

church assembly 1876; F.S.A. Scotland 1856, member of council

1875–8, vice pres. 1879–82; author of The depopulation system in

the Highlands 1849; The way to God, or the doctrine of Christ’s

mediatorship explained 1853; The poems of Ossian 1859 in Gaelic;

Celtic gleanings, history and literature of the Scottish Gaels

1857; The early Scotch church 1865. _d._ Edinburgh 21 March 1886.

MC LAUGHLAN, JOHN (son of a Highland Scotchman). _b._ Dovenby

near Cockermouth 1791; a labourer known as Clattan; tallest man

in Cumberland, 6 feet 6 inches in height; appeared as a wrestler

at Carlisle 1817, threw all his competitors; thrown by Wm.

Wilson at Keswick 1819; carried off prizes at Whitehaven, Aug.

1825, at Workington races Aug. 1828, and at Keswick, Sep. 1828;

umpire at Dovenby races June 1829; gained prize at Cockermouth,

Aug. 1830, and at Liverpool 1837; thrown by John Selkirk at

Liverpool 1840; made a tour with the pugilists Tom Molyneaux and

Jack Carter in England and Scotland lasting 5 years; landlord of

The Highlandman or Rising Sun in Market place, Whitehaven many

years to 1839; employed about the docks in Liverpool several

years. _d._ Liverpool, Oct. 1876. _J. Robinson and S. Gilpin’s

Wrestling_ (1893) 208–218.

MC LAUGHLIN, HUBERT. _b._ 1805; ed. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A.

1828, M.A. 1832; chaplain at Nice; R. of Burford, Salop, 1st

portion, 9 March 1838 to death; rural dean of West division of

Burford 1843 to death; preb. of Hereford 1857 to death; author

of A tract on church extension 1851; Biographical sketches of

ancient Irish saints 1874. _d._ Boraston rectory 15 Dec. 1882.

_Times 21 Dec. 1882 p._ 4 _col._ 4.

MACLAY, ARCHIBALD. _b._ Killearn near Glasgow 14 May 1776;

ed. Edinb. univ.; presbyterian minister Kirkcaldy 1802–1805;

minister of a congregational ch. in New York 1805–1809; pastor

of a baptist ch. New York 1809–38; general agent of American

and foreign Bible soc. 1838; an organizer of Bible translation

soc. of England, and in forming American Bible union 1850, of

which he became general agent and then president; obtained an

endowment for Maclay baptist coll. Canada; author of A selection

of hymns. New York 1816; An address at Hope st. Baptist chapel,

Glasgow 1840. _d._ New York city 2 May 1860. _Appleton’s

American biography iv_ 141–2 (1888).

MACLAY, MIKLUOHO (of Scottish and Cossack parentage). _b._ 1846;

ed. at St. Petersburg univ. and in Germany in 1860; a traveller

and explorer in New Guinea 1866 etc.; known as the king of the

Papuans; proposed to the Russian government to found a colony in

New Guinea 1887. _d._ Wylie’s hospital, St. Petersburg 15 April

1888.

MACLEA, CHARLES GASCOIGNE. _b._ 1793; member of firm of Maclea

and March, machine-makers, Dewsbury road, Leeds; had an European

fame as a maker of flax-spinning and other machinery; retired

from business Jany. 1843; chairman of Leeds and Yorkshire

insurance co. 1847–63; alderman of Leeds 1842–62, mayor 1846; a

juror for tools and manufacturing machines at Great Exhibition

1851; presented a font to St. Mark’s ch. Woodhouse. _d._

Blenheim terrace, Leeds 24 May 1864. _R. V. Taylor’s Biographia

Leodiensis_ (1865) 516–8; _Mayhall’s Annals of Yorkshire_, _i_

641, _ii_ 251–2 (1878).

MACLEAN, ALEXANDER (son of David Maclean of Glasgow,

manufacturer). _b._ Nov. 1840; in business at Glasgow to 1861;

studied painting at Rome, Florence and Antwerp; exhibited 7

pictures at R.A. 1872–7; his best pictures are Covent Garden

Market 1874, Looking Back 1876, At the railings, St. Paul’s,

Covent Garden 1877. _d._ St. Leonard’s-on-Sea 30 Oct. 1877.

MACLEAN, ALLAN THOMAS (2 son of Archibald Maclean of

Penny-cross, co. Argyle). _b._ 1791; cornet 13 hussars 23 Aug.

1810, lieut.-col. 11 July 1834 to 1 Aug. 1840 when placed on

h.p.; col. 13 hussars 12 Nov. 1860 to death; L.G. 20 Dec. 1861;

served in Peninsular war from Dec. 1810 until wounded and taken

prisoner at Conches, March 1814; received silver war medal with

6 clasps. _d._ Oxford sq. London 9 Dec. 1868. _Reg. and mag. of

biog. i_ 113, 358, 525 (1869).

MC LEAN, ARCHIBALD (son of Neil Mc Lean of Mull, Scotland, a

member of legislative council of Canada). _b._ St. Andrew’s,

April 1791; in Canadian army 1812; A.Q.M.G., and on the staff;

a prisoner at Lundy’s Lane till end of the war; barrister at

York, Canada; a representative for Stormont and Cornwall in

legislative assembly of Upper Canada, and twice elected speaker;

judge of court of King’s bench 1837–56; chief justice of Upper

Canada 1856, president of the court of error and appeal to

death. _d._ Toronto 1865. _Appleton’s American biography_, _iv_

142–3 (1888).

MACLEAN, ARCHIBALD. Rear admiral in German navy. _d._ Berlin 7

Nov. 1884.

MC LEAN, CHARLES. Carver and gilder at 181 Fleet st. London

1838, afterwards at 78 and 79 Fleet st. to 1869; manager of

Commercial plate glass co. at 78 and 79 Fleet st.; started Fun

in 1861 and Banter at 183 Fleet st. 2 Sep. 1867, ran to 4 Nov.

1867; Charles Mc Lean junior published Fun at 80 Fleet st. _d._

1869.

MACLEAN, SIR CHARLES FITZROY, 9 Baronet (son of sir Fitzroy

Jeffries Grafton Maclean, 8 baronet _d._ 5 July 1847). _b._ 14

Oct. 1798; ed. at Eton; ensign Scots fusilier guards 10 Oct.

1816; captain 81 foot 7 Aug. 1823, lieut.-col. 16 March 1832,

placed on h.p. 25 Oct. 1839; military secretary at Gibraltar;

colonel 9 Nov. 1846. _d._ West Cliff house, Sandgate road,

Folkestone 27 Dec. 1883.

MACLEAN, DONALD (brother of sir C. F. Maclean 1798–1883). _b._

1800; ed. at Eton and Balliol coll. Oxf., B.A. 1823, M.A.

1827, D.C.L. 1844; took a leading part in formation of the

Union society; barrister L.I. 9 Feb. 1827; M.P. city of Oxford

1835–47. _d._ Rome 21 March 1874.

MC LEAN, SIR DONALD (4 son of John Mc Lean). _b._ Kilmonaig near

Tiree, Argyllshire 27 Oct. 1820; employed in a merchant’s office

at Sydney 1837–9; learnt the Maori language; clerk in office of

protector of the aborigines, New Zealand 1840; local protector

for the Taranaki district 1844, inspector of police for Taranaki

1845; comr. for negotiating purchases of lands from the natives

5 March 1847 to 1863; resident magistrate Taranaki 1850–63; the

first native secretary 1856–63; member of provincial council

and superintendent of Hawke’s Bay province 4 March 1863; member

of legislative assembly 1866; native minister and minister for

colonial defence June 1869 to Dec. 1876; C.M.G. 28 July 1870,

K.C.M.G. 23 July 1874. _d._ New Zealand 5 Jany. 1877. _W.

Gisborne’s New Zealand rulers_ (1886) 163, 248, 289, _portrait_.

MACLEAN, SIR GEORGE (eld. son of Wm. Maclean of Dysart,

Fifeshire). _b._ Dysart 1795; ed. at Edinburgh; entered

commissariat service 1812; commissary general 29 Dec. 1849,

placed on h.p. 20 Oct. 1856; knighted at St. James’s palace 9

June 1854; K.C.B. 5 Feb. 1856 _d._ Southampton 29 May 1861.

MC LEAN, HECTOR (3 son of John Donald Mc Lean of Sydney, New

South Wales). Matric. from New coll. Oxf. 26 Jany. 1885 aged 20;

rowed in the University boat against Cambridge 1886 and 1887;

captain of the Oxford university boat club 1887. _d._ of typhoid

fever at Oxford 20 Jany. 1888.

NOTE.--The Clinker Fours, a race between the colleges of the second

division which takes place annually in the month of March were

instituted in his memory.

MACLEAN, HENRY DUNDAS (5 son of Alexander Maclean of Ardgour,

Argyleshire 1764–1855). _b._ 1800; ed. at Harrow; lieut. 90 foot

27 Jany. 1820; captain 95 foot 6 Nov. 1824, major 20 April 1832,

placed on h.p. 17 Nov. 1840, brevet lieut.-col. 9 Nov. 1846;

sheriff of Cumberland 1848. _d._ Lazonby hall, Cumberland 8 Dec.

1863.

MACLEAN, JOHN (son of Charles Maclean of Portsoy, Banffshire).

_b._ 1828; bursar at King’s coll. Aberdeen 1847, M.A. 1851; in

a counting-house in London; ordained by bishop of Ripon 1858;

assistant to bishop of Huron in St. Paul’s cathedral, London,

Toronto 1858–66; warden and divinity professor of St. John’s

college, R. of St. John’s cathedral, Winnipeg and archdeacon of

Assiniboia or Manitoba 1866–74; bishop of Saskatchewan, Rupert’s

Land 1874 to death; consecrated at Lambeth 3 May 1874; secured

a permanent endowment for his see and for Emanuel college at

Alberta which became an university; D.C.L. Trinity college,

Toronto 1871. _d._ Alberta, Rupert’s Land 13 Nov. 1886. _The

Guardian 17 Nov. 1886 p._ 1720.

MACLEAN, JOHN. _b._ 1810; chief comr. for British Kaffraria,

Sep. 1852, lieut. governor Dec. 1860 to 27 March 1865 when

British Kaffraria was reunited to Cape Colony by 28 and 29 Vict.

cap. 5; lieut. governor of Natal 6 Oct. 1864 to Nov. 1866; C.B.

25 Aug. 1857. _d._ East London, British Kaffraria 2 Dec. 1874;

his widow Katharine Louisa Georgina was granted civil list

pension of £100, 19 June 1875 and _d._ 5 Jany. 1878 aged 60.

MACLEAN, JOHN. _b._ London 31 March 1836; gave dramatic

readings; first appeared on the stage at T.R. Plymouth 1859 and

played the King in Hamlet there 1860; acted in Jersey, Guernsey

and Birmingham; appeared at Surrey theatre, London as Peter

Purcell in the Idiot of the mountain 7 Sep. 1861; the original

Mr. Gibson in Tom Taylor’s Ticket-of-Leave man, Olympic theatre

27 May 1863; the original Saunders in Wills’s Man o’ Airlie, at

Princess’s 20 July 1867; acted at Gaiety theatre 21 Dec. 1868 to

1871 and 1872–9, at Olympic 1879–80, at Vaudeville 1881; played

at opening of Princess’s theatre 18 Jany. 1884; played Adam in

As you like it at St. James’s 24 Jany. 1885, and Camillo in the

Winter’s Tale at Lyceum 10 Sep. 1887; acted with Mary Anderson

in U.S. of America 1888; last appeared at Strand theatre as the

Old French nobleman in My Brother’s sister 15 Feb. 1890; founder

and first preceptor of the Logic club of Freemasons. _d._ at his

lodgings, Percy st. Tottenham court road, London 15 March 1890.

_bur._ Paddington cemet. 19 March where memorial monument of red

granite 9 ft. 6 in. in height was unveiled 3 May 1892. _Pascoe’s

Dramatic List_ (1880) 255; _Illust. sp. and dr. news_, _vi_ 575,

592, 593 (1877) _portrait_, _xxii_ 537 (1885) _portrait_, _and

22 March 1890 p._ 44 _portrait_; _The Era 22 March 1890_.

M’LEAN, JOHN DONALD (younger son of Donald M’Lean of Aird, Isle

of Skye). _b._ Aird 1821; emigrated to New South Wales 1837;

grazier and squatter at Westbrook on the Darling downs 1851, was

interested in 40 stations; went to reside near Sydney about Dec.

1859; member of legislative assembly Queensland 1860, colonial

treasurer and member of executive council 21 July 1866 to death.

_d._ Westbrook, Queensland by a fall from his horse 16 Dec.

1866. _Australian men of mark_, _ii_ 87–92 (1889), _portrait_.

M’CLEAN, JOHN ROBINSON (son of Francis M’Clean of Belfast) _b._

1813; ed. at royal academical institution Belfast and Glasgow

univ.; M.I.C.E. 15 June 1844, member of council 1848, vice

pres. 1858–64, pres. 1864–5; lieut.-col. engineer and railway

volunteer staff corps 21 Jany. 1865 to death; chairman Anglo

American telegraph co.; F.R.S. 3 June 1869; contested Belfast 3

April 1857; M.P. East Staffordshire 17 Nov. 1868 to death. _d._

Stonehouse near Ramsgate 13 July 1873.

M’LEAN, ROBERT. _b._ 29 July 1857; ed. at Dr. Adams’ school,

Victoria park, Manchester and at Fettes coll. Edinb. 1870–5;

articled to Hall, Son and Lord, Manchester 1876–81; New Inn

prizeman at examination June 1881; practised at Manchester 1881,

and in London with Albert Gibson 1888 to death; author of A

lesson well learnt and of other dramas and of Diversions of an

articled clerk 1892; edited with A. Gibson and Arthur Weldon,

Law Notes, a monthly magazine for students 1888 to Feb. 1893;

author with A. Gibson of The student’s conveyancing 1885, 3 ed.

1892; Student’s Equity 1887; Student’s practice of the courts

1882, 4 ed. 1889; wrote the libretto of Eric the Dane, a cantata

performed at one of Sir Charles Halle’s concerts. _d._ Richmond

house, High st. Oxford road, Manchester 2 Feb. 1893. _Law

Notes_, _March 1893_, _portrait_.

M’LEAN, THOMAS. _b._ 1788; a publisher of engravings 69

Haymarket, London 1825, retired in favor of his eldest son;

brought out prints of sir E. Landseer’s pictures of The Stag at

bay, Dignity and impudence, Laying down the law, and Be it ever

so humble there’s no place like home; published the Political

sketches of H. B. [_i.e._ J. Doyle] No. 1–757, a series of

coloured lithographic prints 1829–43; published Illustrated

description of the works of J. Gillray 1830; Humorous

engravings, sporting prints 1835. _d._ Selhurst, Surrey 9 March

1875.

MACLEAR, SIR THOMAS (eld. son of James Maclear). _b._ Newton

Stewart, Tyrone 17 March 1794; ed. Winchester; studied at Guy’s

and St. Thomas’s hospitals; M.R.C.S. 1815; house surgeon of

Bedford infirmary 1815; practised at Biggleswade 1823–33, where

he erected an observatory 1828; astronomer royal at Cape of Good

Hope 5 Jany. 1834 to 1870; F.R.A.S. 1828; F.R.S. 8 Dec. 1831,

royal medallist 1869; Lalande medal of the Academy of sciences

1867; knighted by patent 24 May 1860; granted civil list pension

of £100, 18 June 1863; became totally blind 1867; contributed to

Memoirs of R. Astronom. soc. 1835 etc.; author of Observations

of Halley’s comet made at Cape of Good Hope 1837; Astronomical

observations made under the direction T. Maclear 1840;

Contributions to astronomy and geodesy 2 vols. 1851 and 1853;

Verification and extension of La Caille’s arc of meridian 1866;

Catalogue of 4810 stars from observation made by sir T. Maclear

1884. _d._ Grey villa, Mowbray, Capetown 14 July 1879. _bur._ in

the observatory grounds. _Monthly notices of R.A.S. xl_ 200–204

(1880); _Proc. of royal society_, _xxix_ 17–18 (1879); _Nature

14 Aug. 1879 p._ 365.

MACLEAY, SIR GEORGE (son of Alexander Macleay, colonial sec.

N.S.W., _d._ 1848). _b._ 29 July 1809; educ. Westminster 1822

etc.; went to N.S.W. and accompanied capt. Charles Sturt in

his expedition down the Murrumbidgee and Murray rivers 1829–30;

member of legislative council of N.S.W. and speaker 1843–6;

member for the Murrumbidgee to the first legislative assembly of

N.S.W. 22 May 1856; C.M.G. 30 June 1869, K.C.M.G. 5 March 1875;

settled at Pendell court, Bletchingley, Surrey. _d._ Chalet des

Rosiers, Mentone 24 June 1891.

MACLEAY, JAMES ROBERT (brother of preceding). _b._ 15 April

1811; ed. Westminster 1822, king’s scholar 1825; sec. to

legation in Chili 1838; registrar of commission at Cape of Good

Hope for suppression of slave trade 24 Jany. 1843; retired upon

superannuation allowance of £166, 1 May 1858. _d._ 49 Queen’s

gate gardens, Kensington 28 Oct. 1892.

MACLEAY, KENNETH (son of Kenneth Macleay of Glasgow, physician).

_b._ Oban 4 July 1802; entered Trustees’ academy, Edinb. 26

Feb. 1822; miniature painter on ivory; painter in oils and

water-colours on paper; an original member of Royal Scottish

academy 1826; his full-length portrait of Helen Faucit was

lithographed; executed for the queen a series of full-length

figures illustrative of costumes of the highland clans, 31 of

these were lithographed, hand-coloured and published under title

of Highlanders of Scotland 2 vols. 1870. _d._ 3 Malta terrace,

Edinburgh 3 Nov. 1878, his dau. M. F. L. Macleay was granted

civil list pension of £100, 16 March 1880. _R. Brydall’s Art in

Scotland_ (1889) 444–5.

MACLEAY, SIR WILLIAM (2 son of Kenneth Macleay of Newmore,

Rossshire). _b._ Caithness 13 June 1820; ed. at new academy and

univ. of Edinb.; emigrated to New South Wales 1839, a sheep

farmer on the Murrumbidgee 1839–54; member of legislative

assembly of N.S.W. for the Lachlan and Lower Darling 1854–75;

the first president of Entomological Soc. of N.S.W. established

at Sydney 17 April 1862, name changed to Linnean Soc., gave

funds for endowment of the society and a house at Elizabeth Bay;

expended interest on £40,000 on research fellowships in univ.

of N.S.W. to which he also gave his entomological museum; in

the Chevert at his own cost made an exploring expedition in New

Guinea, May to Sep. 1875; member of legislative council 1875;

knighted by patent 22 June 1889; author of Description of twenty

new species of Australian coleoptera 1862. d. Sydney 7 Dec.

1891. _The Australian portrait gallery_ (1885) 93–8, _portrait_.

MACLEAY, WILLIAM SHARP (brother of James Robert Macleay

1811–92). _b._ London 30 July 1792; ed. at Westminster 1806–10

and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1814, M.A. 1818; attaché at embassy

in Paris 1814; secretary to board for liquidating British claims

in France on the peace of 1815, returned to England 1819; F.L.S.

1821; comr. of arbitration to mixed British and Spanish court

for abolition of slave trade at Havannah 1 Aug. 1825, commissary

judge in same court 20 Feb. 1830, and judge of mixed court under

treaty of 1835, April 9, 1836; retired on a superannuation

allowance 1 Feb. 1837; went to New South Wales 1859; author of

Horæ Entomologicæ or essays on annulose animals 2 vols. 1819–21;

Annulosa Javanica, insects of Java 1825, No. 1 only; The

Annulosa of South Africa 1838; History of the skeleton of the

new sperm whale 1851. _d._ Elizabeth Bay, Sydney 26 Jany. 1865.

_F.O. List_, _Jany. 1865 p._ 116.

MACLEHOSE, JAMES (son of Thomas Maclehose, weaver). _b._ Govan

16 March 1811; apprentice to George Gallie, bookseller, Glasgow

1823–30; with Messrs. Seeleys, London 1833–8; bookseller with R.

Nelson in Glasgow 1838, alone 1841–81 and with his sons 1881 to

death; had the largest retail book business out of London; his

circulating library commenced in 1841 held 20,000 volumes; his

binding business begun in 1863 became well known; had upwards

of 50 writers in his employment and published many books;

bookseller to Glasgow univ. 1864, publisher 1871; author of Old

county houses of the old Glasgow gentry; Memoirs and portraits

of one hundred Glasgow men 2 vols. 1886; great friend of David

Livingstone and Daniel Macmillan the publisher. _d._ 18 Victoria

crescent, Downhill, Glasgow 20 Dec. 1885. _Maclehose’s Memoirs_,

_ii_ 343–6 (1886), _portrait_.

MC LELAN, ARCHIBALD WOODBURY. _b._ 1824; member of provincial

assembly of Nova Scotia 1858–69; member of the senate of the

Dominion 1869; member of Canadian cabinet 1881; president of the

privy council to 1881; minister of marine and fisheries 1881;

minister of finance Dec. 1885 and postmaster general 1887; comr.

for Canada at international fisheries exhibition 1883; lieut.

governor of Nova Scotia 9 July 1888 to death. _d._ Nova Scotia

25 June 1890.

M’LELLAN, ARCHIBALD (son of a coachbuilder). _b._ Glasgow

1795; a partner with his father as a coachbuilder; an heraldic

draughtsman; deacon of the incorporation of hammersmen; deacon

convener of the Trades’ house 1831 and 1834; gave land for a

new western approach to Glasgow cathedral; member of Glasgow

town council 30 years; his paintings, sculptures, gold and

silver plate and library and his house in Sauchiehall st.

purchased by the Glasgow town council for £44,500 in 1854;

author of An essay on the cathedral church of Glasgow 1833;

Catalogue of books and music in library of A. M’Lellan 1839.

_d._ Mugdock castle, Stirlingshire 22 Oct. 1854. _bur._ in the

High church burying-ground at Glasgow. _Maclehose’s Glasgow

men_, _ii_ 205–6 (1886), _portrait_; _Waagen’s Treasures of

art_, _iii_ 286–91 (1854); _Waagen’s Galleries of art_ (1857)

457–62.

M’LENNAN, DONALD (3 son of John M’Lennan, insurance agent).

_b._ Inverness 1833; ed. Aberdeen univ., M.A.; editor of South

Shields gazette to 1864; barrister I.T. 26 Jany. 1864; assisted

his brother in the preparation of Primitive marriage 1865 and

Studies in ancient history 1876; published The patriarchal

theory, based on the papers of the late J. F. Mac Lennan.

Edited and completed by Donald Mac Lennan 1884. _d._ 2 Vicarage

gardens, Campden hill, Kensington, May 1891.

MC LENNAN, JOHN. Assistant surgeon Bombay army 7 May 1821,

surgeon 15 Nov. 1833; physician general Bombay 1 Jany. 1849,

retired 26 Jany. 1855. _d._ 5 April 1874.

MC LENNAN, JOHN FERGUSON (brother of Donald Mc Lennan 1833–91).

_b._ Inverness 14 Oct. 1827; ed. at King’s coll. Aberdeen, M.A.

1849, and at Trin. coll. Camb., 25th wrangler 1853; advocate

in Edinb. Jany. 1857; secretary to Scottish law amendment

soc. 1858; parliamentary draughtsman for Scotland 1871;

LL.D. Aberdeen 1874; the best authority on ancient marriage

ceremonies; author of Primitive marriage, an enquiry into the

origin of the form of capture in marriage ceremonies 1865;

Memoir of Thomas Drummond 1867; Studies in ancient history 1876;

Studies in ancient history, comprising a reprint of Primitive

marriage 1876, new ed. 1886. _d._ Hawthorndene, Hayes Common,

Kent 16 June 1881.

MACLEOD, ALEXANDER. _b._ Nairn 17 Oct. 1817; entered Glasgow

univ. 1835, studied at the Relief theological hall 1839–44;

presbyterian minister at Strathaven, co. Lanark 20 Feb. 1844;

transferred to John st. ch. Glasgow 11 Oct. 1855; the first

pastor of Trinity ch. Claughton, Birkenhead 17 March 1864 to

death; D.D. Glasgow 9 Feb. 1865; moderator of presbyterian

church of England 1889; author of Christus consolator, or the

social mission of the pulpit 1870; Talking to the children

1872, 8 ed. 1880; Bob, some chapters of his early life 1877;

Days of heaven upon earth 1878; William Logan 1879; The gentle

heart 1881; The children’s portion 1884. _d._ Birkenhead 13

Jany. 1891. _In memoriam. Rev. Alexander Macleod, D.D._ (1891);

_J. Smith’s Our Scottish clergy_ (1851) 375–80.

M’LEOD, SIR CHARLES. Entered Madras army 1794; lieut. 11 Madras

N.I. 1 Jany. 1800; captain 21 N.I. 21 Sep. 1804, major 25 Oct.

1815; lieut.-col. commandant 12 N.I. 31 May 1827 to 5 June 1829;

col. 34 N.I. 5 June 1829 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851; C.B. 23

July 1823, K.C.B. 30 June 1852. _d._ Seymour st. Portman sq.

London 15 April 1853.

MACLEOD, DONALD. Entered Madras army 1812; lieut.-col. of 6

Madras light cavalry 1840, of 5 Madras light cavalry 18 Feb.

1845 to 1846; col. 3 light cavalry 11 Sep. 1848 to 1860; col. 4

light cavalry 1860–69; L.G. 2 Oct. 1862; commander of Nagpore

subsidiary force 20 Sep. 1848 to 17 June 1851, of Ceded district

28 March 1854 to 28 March 1859. _d._ 29 Greenhill gardens,

Morningside, Edinburgh 7 Feb. 1870.

MC LEOD, SIR DONALD FRIELL (son of Duncan Mc Leod 1780–1856).

_b._ Fort William, Calcutta 6 May 1810; entered Bengal civil

service 1829; administrator of Saugor and Nerbudda 1831–40;

collector and magistrate at Benares 1843–9; comr. at Jellunder

of the Trans-Sutlej States 1849–54; financial comr. of the

Punjab 1854–9 and 1860–5; lieut. governor of the Punjab, Jany.

1865, retired 1870; chairman of the Scinde, Punjab and Delhi

railway; C.B. 18 May 1860; K.C.S.I. 24 May 1866. _d._ St.

George’s hospital, London 28 Nov. 1872 from an accident on the

Metropolitan railway at Gloucester road station same day. _E. J.

Lake’s Memoir of sir D. F. Mc Leod_ (1873), _portrait_; _I.L.N.

lxi_ 550, 565 (1872), _portrait_.

MACLEOD, DUNCAN (son of Donald Macleod). _b._ Torbat, co. Ross

20 Feb. 1780; entered Bengal army Feb. 1797; lieut. Bengal

engineers 13 Feb. 1803, col. 18 June 1831 to death; built the

palace at Moorshedabad 1825–36; left India, Feb. 1841; A.I.C.E.

1842; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. _d._ London 8 June 1856. _Minutes of

proc. of Instit. of C.E. xvi_ 163–66 (1857).

MACLEOD, SIR GEORGE HUSBAND BAIRD (3 son of Norman Macleod

1783–1862). _b._ 1828; studied medicine at Glasgow, M.D. 1853;

at Paris and Vienna; senior surgeon of civil hospital at

Smyrna, Feb. 1854 to 1856; surgeon at Glasgow 1856 to death;

surgeon in Glasgow royal infirmary, and lecturer on surgery

at Anderson’s college; regius professor of surgery in Glasgow

univ. 1869; crown member of general council of medical education

15 Sep. 1887 to death; surgeon in ordinary to the queen in

Scotland 10 Sep. 1877; LL.D. St. Andrews; knighted at Osborne

12 Aug. 1887; author of Notes on the surgery of the war in the

Crimea 1858; Outlines of surgical diagnosis 1864; Note book for

sir G. Macleod’s clinical class 5 ed. 1890; wrote articles in

S. Cooper’s Surgical dictionary 1861. _d._ Woodside crescent,

Glasgow 31 Aug. 1892. _bur._ Campsie churchyard. _I.L.N. 10 Sep.

1892 p._ 326, _portrait_.

MACLEOD, SIR JOHN (son of Donald Macleod of Bernaray, co.

Inverness). Ensign 78 highlanders 9 March 1793, lieut.-col. 12

May 1808 to Jany. 1826; L.G. 10 Jany. 1837; colonel of 77 regt.

17 Feb. 1840 to death; C.B. 4 June 1815; K.C.H. 4 July 1832;

knighted at St. James’s palace 4 July 1832. _d._ 18 Montague st.

Portman sq. London 3 April 1851.

M’LEOD, JOHN LYONS. Entered R.N. 26 Nov. 1841; when a midshipman

he captured the slaver Venus after an action of 20 minutes

13 Feb. 1845 for which promoted to be lieut.; British consul

at Mozambique 15 Feb. 1856 to 31 Dec. 1858, when he exposed

the slavery system known as the engagés libres; consul for

districts bordering on rivers Niger and Chadda 26 June 1866,

consulate abolished 13 May 1869, granted compensation allowance

1 July 1869; author of Travels in Eastern Africa 2 vols. 1860;

Madagascar and its people 1865. _d._ 25 Oct. 1893.

MACLEOD, SIR JOHN MACPHERSON (eld. son of Donald Macleod,

colonel in Madras army). _b._ Ardarden, Dumbartonshire 1792;

ed. at Haileybury and at univ. of Edinb.; writer Madras civil

service 1811; assistant sec. to government of Madras 1814–20 and

sec. 1823; comr. for government of Mysore 1832; member of Indian

law commission 1835, retired 1841; K.C.S.I. 24 May 1866; P.C. 24

March 1871; author of Remarks on some popular objections to the

income tax 1849. _d._ 1 Stanhope st. Hyde park, London 1 March

1881.

MACLEOD, JOSEPH ADDISON (eld. son of Joseph Addison Macleod of

city of London, solicitor). _b._ 1839; ed. Trin. hall, Camb.,

LL.B. 1861; barrister I.T. 17 Nov. 1863; Q.C. 18 Jany. 1882.

_d._ 27 Leinster gardens, Hyde park, London 14 April 1883.

_bur._ Hulton, Essex 18 April.

MACLEOD, NORMAN (son of Norman Macleod, minister of Morven,

Argyllshire). _b._ Morven, Dec. 1783; minister at Kilbrandon,

Argyllshire 1806–8; minister at Campbeltown, Argyllshire 12

June 1808; minister at Campsie, Stirlingshire, Aug. 1825; D.D.

Glasgow 30 July 1827; minister of Gaelic chapel of ease, St.

Columba’s, Glasgow 31 Oct. 1835 to death; moderator of general

assembly of church of Scotland 1836; chaplain in ord. to the

queen 2 Oct. 1841; one of the deans of chapel royal 1841; author

of Gaelic collection for the use of schools 1828; The Gaelic

messenger 2 vols. 1831; The psalms of David in Irish; author

with D. Dewar of A dictionary of the Gaelic language 1831. _d._

Glasgow 25 Nov. 1862. _J. Smith’s Our Scottish clergy_ (1848)

103–7; _Hew Scott’s Fasti_, _ii_ 32–3, 55 _and iii_ 37.

MACLEOD, NORMAN (eld. son of the preceding). _b._ Kirk st.

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.

MC NAMARA, THOMAS. _b._ near Slane, co. Meath 1808; ed. at Navan

seminary and Maynooth college, ordained Maynooth 1833; one of

the founders of Castleknock college, co. Dublin 1834, affiliated

with the Congregation of the Mission 1839, gave missions

throughout Ireland; founded with others the Catholic institution

for deaf and dumb mutes at Cabra near Dublin 1846; superior of

Castleknock college and visitor of the Irish province of the

Congregation of the Mission 1864; rector of the Irish college in

Paris 1868–89; author of Programmes of sermons and instructions.

Dublin 1881; Sacred rhetoric, or the art of rhetoric as applied

to the preaching of the word of God. Dublin 1882. _d._ St.

Joseph’s, Blackrock, co. Dublin 8 March 1892. _bur._ in cemetery

at Castleknock 11 March. _College Chronicle_ (_Castleknock_),

_June 1892 pp._ 5–6.

MACNAMARA, WILLIAM NUGENT (brother of sir Burton Macnamara

1794–1876). _b._ 1776; second of Daniel O’Connell in his duel

with J. N. D’Esterre at Bishop’s Court, co. Kildare 1 Feb. 1815;

M.P. co. Clare 1830 to 1852. _d._ Ennistymon, co. Clare 11 Nov.

1856.

MACNAUGHT, JOHN (son of John Macnaught of Clarendon, Jamaica).

_b._ 1826; ed. Wadham coll. Oxf., B.A. 1847, M.A. 1852; P.C.

St. Chrysostom, Everton, Lancashire 1853, Hugh M’Neill’s

opposition to Macnaught’s broad doctrine caused him to resign

in 1861; minister of Laura chapel, Bath 1867–71; incumbent of

Holy Trinity ch. Conduit st. London 1871–5 when chapel was

pulled down; V. of St. Mary’s, Northend, Fulham 1881–6; author

of Peter, confession and absolution, three essays 1851; The

doctrine of inspiration of holy writ 1856, 2 ed. 1857, to which

many replies were made; Free discussion versus intolerance, or

the Liverpool clerical society’s method of expelling a brother

clergyman 1856; Christianity and its evidences 1863; Cœna Domini

1878. _d._ 2 Rutland gate, Kensington, London 13 May 1890,

cremated. _Pictorial World 21 May 1890 p._ 697, _portrait_.

MACNAUGHTAN, JOHN. _b._ Greenock; minister of Scotch

congregation, Crown court, Drury Lane, London 1831; minister

of high church, Paisley 1832–43; pastor of free high church,

Paisley 1843; minister at Belfast 1849; author of A discourse

preached in the High church, Paisley 1837; Sketch of the life of

William Perry; Slander against the Free church met and answered

1846; The interdicted farewell sermon. Paisley 1849. _Scott’s

Fasti vol. ii pt. i p._ 207 (1868); _J. Smith’s Our Scottish

clergy_ (1848) 215–22.

M’NAUGHTEN, DANIEL (son of Daniel M’Naughten a turner). A turner

at Glasgow from age of 15; imagined that he was persecuted

and always watched by order of the Tories; came to London and

near the Salopian coffee house, Charing Cross, fired twice at

and killed Edward Drummond private sec. to sir Robert Peel,

mistaking him for the baronet, 20 Jany. 1843; tried at central

criminal court 3 March 1843 and acquitted as being insane;

confined in Bedlam, then removed to criminal lunatic asylum,

Broadmoor, where he _died_ 3 May 1865, inquest held same day,

verdict death from natural causes. _W. C. Townsend’s Modern

state trials_, _i_ 314–402 (1850); _Fraser’s Mag. April 1843

pp._ 444–54; _Annual Register_ (1843) 6–9 _and_ 345–62; _Law

Journal 12 Sep. 1891 pp._ 583–4; _I.L.N. ii_ 80, 151 (1843),

_portrait_; _The Globe 5 May 1865 p._ 1.

NOTE.--Mr. Drummond was _b._ 30 March 1792 and became a clerk in the

treasury at an early age, he was _bur._ at Charlton near Woolwich 31

Jany. 1843.

MC NAUGHTON, JAMES. _b._ Kenmore, Scotland 10 Dec. 1796; ed.

Edinb. univ., M.D. 1816; settled as a physician at Albany, U.S.

America 1817; lectured at College of physicians and surgeons at

Fairfield, New York 1818–38; professor of theory and practice

of medicine, Albany medical coll. 1840 to death; president of

Albany county medical soc. 1848–9; president of medical and

surgical staff of Albany hospital. _d._ Paris, France 12 June

1874. _Appleton’s American biography_, _iv_ 153 (1888).

MACNEE, SIR DANIEL (son of Robert Macnee). _b._ Fintry,

Stirlingshire 1806; ed. at Glasgow, LL.D. 27 April 1876;

apprenticed to John Knox, landscape painter 1819–23; drew and

coloured plates for W. H. Lizars the engraver at Edinb. 1825;

A.R.S.A. 1830, contributed to its exhibitions from 1825, pres.

9 Feb. 1876; resided in Kent painting portraits 1832; portrait

painter at Glasgow 1832–77, at Edinb. 1877 to death; exhibited

97 paintings at R.A. London 1840–80; pres. of West of Scotland

academy 1866–76; knighted at Osborne 21 July 1876; painted many

subject pictures, his picture The Bracelet is now in National

gallery of Scotland; his portrait of Dr. Wardlaw was awarded

a gold medal at Paris international exhibition 1855. _d._ 6

Learmonth terrace, Edinburgh 17 Jany. 1882. _Maclehose’s Glasgow

men_, _ii_ 213–17 (1886), _portrait_; _Graphic_, _xiii_ 199, 200

(1876), _portrait_; _Armstrong’s Scottish Painters_ (1888) 46.

MAC NEECE, THOMAS (1 son of James Mac Neece). _b._ near

Markethill, co. Armagh 4 Jany. 1807; sizar at Trin. coll. Dublin

1825, univ. scholar 1828, B.A. 1830, M.A. 1838, B.D. and D.D.

1848, fellow June 1836 to death; tutor, lecturer and examiner

1836–42; archbishop King’s lecturer in divinity 1842 to death;

R. of Arboe, Armagh 1842 to death; author of On faith, two

sermons 1850; Sermons preached in the chapel of Trinity college,

Dublin 1863. _d._ Boulogne 26 Sep. 1862. _bur._ Arboe. _Sermons

by T. Mac Neece_ (1863), _memoir pp. ix–xxi_, _portrait_.

MACNEIL, RODERICK (elder son of Roderick Macneil of Barra,

Invernessshire). _b._ 1790; ensign in army 17 March 1808;

captain 60 foot 1 Dec. 1814; captain 1 life guards 1 July

1819; major 84 foot 9 Aug. 1821; major 2 life guards 29 Dec.

1821, placed on h.p. 17 June 1828; lieut. col. 91 foot 16 July

1841; lieut.-col. 78 Highlanders 15 April 1842 to 9 Nov. 1846;

commanded a division of the army in Madras 1846–51; granted

distinguished service reward 1 Sep. 1848; colonel of 8 foot 18

March 1855 to 3 June 1860; colonel of 78 highlanders 3 June

1860 to death; general 21 Dec. 1862. _d._ 35 Hyde park gardens,

London 22 Oct. 1863.

MC NEILE, EDMUND HUGH (son of the succeeding). _b._ 1841; ed.

Trin. coll. Camb., scholar; 32 wrangler and B.A. 1863, M.A.

1866; C. of Emmanuel ch. Liverpool 1865; C. of Steeple Claydon,

Bucks. 1866; V. of St. Paul’s, Prince’s park, Liverpool 1867 to

death; hon. canon of Liverpool 1880 to death; chaplain to bishop

of Chester 1877–84. _d._ St. Paul’s vicarage, Liverpool 8 Jany.

1893.

MC NEILE, HUGH (son of Alexander Mc Neile, sheriff of Antrim).

_b._ Ballycastle, co. Antrim 15 July 1795; ed. Trin. coll.

Dublin, B.A. 1815, M.A. 1821, B.D. and D.D. 1847; served his

terms at King’s inns, Dublin, and at Lincoln’s inn; C. of

Stranorlar, Donegal 1820; R. of Albury, Surrey 1822–34; P.C.

of St. Jude, Liverpool 1834–48; hon. canon of Chester cath.

1845–68; P.C. of St. Paul, Prince’s park, Liverpool 1848–67;

canon residentiary of Chester cath. July 1860; dean of Ripon

9 Sep. 1868, resigned Oct. 1875; author of Seventeen sermons

1825, 2 ed. 1828; Popular lectures on the prophecies 1830;

The church and the churches 1846, 3 ed. 1867; The collected

works of Dean Mc Neile 1877, vol. i. _d._ Bournemouth 28 Jany.

1879. _bur._ Bournemouth cemetery 1 Feb. _J. R. Dix’s Pulpit

portraits_ (_Boston_ 1854) 228–55; _John Evans’s Lancashire

authors and orators_ (1850) 182–9; _Orators of the age. By G.

H. Francis_ (1847) 406–15; _J. Grant’s Portraits of public

characters_ (1841) 239–50; _E. M. Roose’s Ecclesiastica_ (1842)

420–4; _Church of England photographic portrait gallery_ (1859),

_portrait_ 36; _Christian cabinet illustrated almanack for

1860 p._ 30; _Drawing room portrait gallery 3 series_ (1860),

_portrait_ 11; _Dublin univ. mag. xxix_ 462, _portrait_; _I.L.N.

lxxiv_ 105 (1879), _portrait_; _Graphic_, _xix_ 241 (1879),

_portrait_.

M’NEILL, ALEXANDER DUNCAN (1 son of Alexander M’Neill,

advocate). _b._ Edinburgh 1829; ed. Edinb. high sch. and univ.;

an actor in the English provinces; played at Drury Lane, at

Lyceum and at Birmingham; manager of old Theatre royal, Aberdeen

1862 and lessee 1869; manager of Royal Princess’ Edinb. 14 Sep.

1868 to death; first appeared as Richelieu 28 Sep., and first

time in Edinb. as Rob Roy 7 Nov. 1868; also directed Theatres

royal Dumfries and Dundee, and the Gaiety theatre Glasgow; a

good actor as Rob Roy, as Jacques in As you like it, and as sir

John Falstaff; made his last appearance as Rob Roy at Lyceum,

Edinb. 21 July 1884; wrote The gloamin’ and the mirk, a story

of modern Athens, a drama at the Princess’ 8 Feb. 1869. _d._ 4

Buccleuch place, Edinb. 7 Nov. 1884. His son W. A. M’Neill was

lessee of the Princess’ Nov. 1884 to 22 May 1886 when the house

closed. _J. C. Dibdin’s Edinburgh stage_ (1888) 482–7.

M’NEILL, ARCHIBALD (5 son of John M’Neill of Colonsay,

Argyllshire). _b._ Colonsay, Sep. 1803; writer to the signet

18 June 1829; director and principal clerk at chancery office

Edinb. 24 March 1843 to 1858; one of the principal clerks of

session 6 July 1858 to death; took great interest in the breed

of the deer hounds possessed by his family, and contributed

to W. Scrope’s Days of deer stalking 1883, An account of the

original Scotch greyhounds and details of deer coursing; author

of Notes on the authenticity of Ossian’s Poems. By a member of

the Society of antiquaries of Scotland 1868. _d._ Edinburgh 2

June 1870. _Journal of jurisprudence_, _July 1870 p._ 375.

M’NEILL, ARCHIBALD. _b._ 1852; ed. at Baptist theological coll.

near Birmingham; connected with Birmingham Daily Mail, and

Birmingham Morning News; leader writer and dramatic critic on

Newcastle chronicle; came to London 1878, writer and dramatic

critic on The Sportsman from 1882; sent on 18 Dec. 1887 to

Rouen to report the prize fight between James Smith and Jake

Kilrain 19 Dec., missed at Boulogne on 20 Dec., found drowned on

the beach near the jetty on 6 Jany. 1888 having probably been

murdered. _I.L.N. 21 Jany. 1888 pp._ 57, 58, _portrait_; _Daily

Graphic 10 Dec. 1891 p._ 9, _view of house where he is said to

have been murdered_.

MC NEILL, SIR JOHN (brother of Archibald Mc Neill 1803–70).

_b._ Colonsay, Aug. 1795; ed. at univ. of Edinb., M.D. 1814;

assistant surgeon Bombay army 6 Sep. 1816, surgeon 1 May 1824,

retired 4 June 1836; attached to H.E.I.Co.’s legation in Persia

1824–35; secretary of special embassy at Teheran 30 June 1835;

minister plenipotentiary to shah of Persia 9 Feb. 1836, envoy

and min. plenipo. 25 May 1836 to 5 Aug. 1842; notwithstanding

his protests Herat was besieged by the Persians Nov. 1837 to

Sep. 1838; he concluded a treaty of commerce with Persia 11 Oct.

1841; F.R.S. 5 April 1838; chairman of board of supervision

entrusted with working of Scottish poor law act of 1845,

1845–68; sent to the Crimea with A. M. Tulloch, Feb. 1855, to

report on the commissariat department, &c., their final report

was signed in London, Jany. 1856; knight of Persian order of the

Sun and Lion 1835; G.C.B. 15 April 1839; P.C. 6 May 1857; the

last survivor of original members of Royal Asiatic Society 1823;

F.R.S. Edinb. 1840; D.C.L. 24 June 1857; author of Progress and

present position of Russia in the East 1836, another ed. 1854.

_d._ Cannes 17 May 1883, bust in National portrait gallery,

Edinb. _Kinglake’s Invasion of the Crimea 6 ed. vol. vii passim_

(1877); _I.L.N. lxxxii_ 549 (1883), _portrait_; _Sir A. M.

Tulloch’s Crimean Commission_ (1880) _with preface by Mc Neill

pp. v–xiv_.

MACNEILL, SIR JOHN BENJAMIN (son of Torquil P. Macneill).

_b._ Mount Pleasant, Dundalk 1794; lieut. in Louth militia

29 April 1811; one of principal assistants to Thomas Telford

the engineer, having the turnpike roads in north of England

entrusted to him; a consulting engineer in London and Glasgow

about 1834; constructed the Wishaw and Coltness railway and

other small lines in Scotland; conducted a series of important

experiments in canal-boat traction; made known his system of

sectio-planography 1837, adopted for railway plans by standing

orders of house of commons; surveyed North of Ireland for the

Irish railway commission; professor of civil engineering,

Trinity college, Dublin 1842–52; completed the Dublin and

Drogheda railway; completed first section to Kildare of Great

southern and western railway 1844 for which he was knighted by

earl de Grey 1844; F.R.S. 5 April 1838; author of Tables for

calculating the cubic quantities of earthwork in the cuttings

for canals, railways and turnpike roads 1833, 2 ed. 1846;

translated C. L. M. H. Navier’s On the means of comparing the

advantages of different lines of railway 1836. _d._ 186 Cromwell

road, South Kensington, London 2 March 1880. _Min. of proc. of

instit. of C.E. lxxiii_ 361–7 (1883).

MAC NICHOLAS, PATRICK. Professor of Greek in Maynooth college;

bishop of Achonry 23 Feb. 1818 to death, consecrated 17 May

1818. _d._ Ballaghadareen, co. Mayo 13 Feb. 1852.

MC NICOLL, THOMAS (5 son of rev. David Mc Nicoll). _b._ 1822;

M.R.C.S. Eng.; editor of London Quarterly Rev. 1853 and a

contributor to its pages to death; conducted The Planet. London

1862, four numbers; author of Essay on English literature 1861.

_d._ 102 Crown street, Liverpool 1 March 1863. _London Quarterly

Review_, _xxxix_ 270, 419 (1863).

MACONOCHIE, ALEXANDER, Lord Meadowbank (eld. son of Allan

Maconochie, Scottish judge 1748–1816). _b._ 2 March 1777;

admitted advocate 2 March 1799; one of the lord advocates depute

1807; sheriff of Haddingtonshire 28 April 1810; solicitor

general 13 Feb. 1813; lord advocate July 1816; M.P. Yarmouth,

Isle of Wight, Feb. 1817 to March 1818; M.P. Kilrenny district

of burghs, March 1818 to June 1819; an ordinary lord of session

and a lord of justiciary with title of lord Meadowbank 1 July

1819 to Nov. 1843; entertained the archduke Nicholas afterwards

emperor of Russia at Meadowbank 1816; succeeded to estates of

Garvock and Pitliver, June 1854, when he assumed additional

surname of Welwood. _d._ Meadowbank house 30 Nov. 1861. _Kay’s

Series of portraits_, _ii_ 21, 353, 432–4, 444, 450, 451 (1877),

2 _portraits_; _Omond’s Lord advocates of Scotland_, _ii_ 225,

231–55 (1883).

MACONOCHIE, ALEXANDER. _b._ 1787; entered R.N. Aug. 1803,

midshipman March 1804; served in West Indies, while on the

Grasshopper taken prisoner by the Dutch 24 Dec. 1811; commander

8 Sep. 1815, retired as a captain 17 Feb. 1855; K.H. 4 May 1836;

in Van Diemen’s Land 1837; governor of Norfolk island 6 March

1840 to 1845; invented the mark system of prison discipline

1846; sec. to London geographical society; sec. to lieut.

governor of Van Diemen’s Land 1849; governor of Birmingham

gaol Oct. 1849 to 17 Oct. 1851; author of Thoughts on convict

management and the Australian penal colonies. Hobart Town 1838,

3 ed. 1839; Crime and punishment, the mark system framed to

mix persuasion with punishment 1846; Emigration with advice

to emigrants 1848; Norfolk island 1847; The principles of

punishment on which the mark system is advocated 1850. _d._

Morden, Surrey 25 Oct. 1860. Mary his widow granted civil list

pension of £60, 14 Feb. 1868.

MACONOCHIE, ALLAN ALEXANDER (1 son of preceding). _b._ 1806;

professor of civil law and law of Scotland in Univ. of Glasgow

1842–55. _d._ Meadowbank house, Kirknewton, Edinburgh 29 May

1885.

MACONOCHIE, ROBERT BLAIR (brother of preceding). _b._ 21 May

1814; ed. Edinb. univ.; writer to the signet 23 Nov. 1837,

partner with Allan Menzies to 1856; clerk of lieutenancy of

Midlothian; clerk and treasurer to trustees of the Dick bequest

1856 to death. _d._ Gattonside near Melrose 4 Oct. 1883.

_Journal of jurisprudence_, _Nov. 1883 p._ 600.

M’OSCAR, WILLIAM. _b._ Lochwinnock, Renfrewshire 7 May 1807;

taught classics and modern languages at Paisley some years;

edited the Ayrshire news letter at Irvine; founded the Glasgow

theatrical review; wrote most of his verse in London, where

he resided over 20 years; assisted in compilation of The

Renfrewshire annual 1841 and contributed The Dominie’s goat,

a tale. _d._ Kilbarchan 11 Jany. 1877. _W. M’Oscar’s Poetical

Works_ (1878), _memoir pp. ix–xiii_, _portrait_.

MACPHERSON, ALEXANDER. _b._ Gairloch 1781; ed. univ. and King’s

coll. Aberdeen, M.A. 1803, D.D. 1849; R. of the Academy at Tain

1814–6; minister of Golspie 5 March 1816 to death; author of On

the perspicuity, perfection and power of the holy scriptures.

Edinb. 1836. _d._ Golspie 6 Aug. 1861. _H. Scott’s Fasti_, _iii