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MEREDYTH] PEERS, BARONETS, BISHOPS, PRIVY COUNSELLORS Grosvenor Square, Diibliu ; called to the Irish Bar 1879, Q.C. 1892; Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature, Ireland, and Judicial Conimnr. of Irish Land Conuun. 1898-1906 ; Master of the Rolls in Ireland 190G-12, ret. Residence — 32, :Iolesworth Street, Dublin. Clubs — University (Dul)lin): Royal St. George Yaclit (Kingstowii). Issue, 3 sons, 2 daus. 386 MEREDYTH, Baron. See Athlumnev, Baron- MEREDYTH, 5th Bt., of Carlancistown (I.). Creat. 1795. — Sir Henry Bayly Meredyth, s. of Henry William Meredyth, s. of 3rd Bt., and Harriet Anne, da^i. of Rev. William Le PoerTrencli (whom he divorced 1894). B. 14 Jan. 18(i3 ; m. 1st, 27 Oct. 1880, Kathleen, o. c. of Robert O'Hara, of Raheen, eo. Galway ; m. 2nd, 21 April, 1897. Mildred Beatrice (d. 2 March, 1912), dau. of Edmund B. Liebert, late 18th Hu.ssars : sue. his grandfather 1889 : late lieut. North Irish div. R.A., and West Somer- set Yeo. Cav. Residence — Pipewell Hall, Ketter- ing, Northants. Clubs — Carlton ; Bachelors' : Kiidare Street (Dub.). Issue by 2nd m. — Millicent Vala. MERRIMAN, Privy Counsellor. Apptd. 1909. — Kt. Hon. John Xavieb Merruian, s. of N. J. Merriman, Bishop of Grahamstown, and Julia, davi. of John Potter, Manchester, merchant. B. at Street, Somerset, 15 March, 1841 ; m. 1874, Agnes, dau. of Hon. J. Vintcent, of IMorsel Bay ; ed. Rondebosch Dioc. Coll. and Radle.y, near Axford ; is a farmer ; went to South Africa in 1849 : entd. political life 18t)9 ; commnr. Crown Lands, Cape Good Hope, 1875, and again 1881 ; Treas.-Gen. 1890, and again 1899 ; Treasurer and Prime Minister 1908. Address — Stellenbosch, South Africa. Clubs — Reform ; Civil Service (Cape Town). MERSEY, 1st Baron (U.K.). Creat. 16 March, 1910: Knt. Bach. 1897: P.C, 1909. — John Charles Bigham, s. of John Bigham, of Liverpool, merchant and shipowner, and Helen, dau. of John East, of Liverpool. B. at Liverpool, 3 Aug. 1840 ; m. 17 Aug. 1871, Georgina Sarah, dau. of John Rogers, of Liverpool : ed. at Liver- pool Inst., Paris, Berlin, and London Univ. ; Barr.-at-law (ISIicldle Temple) 1870, and joinecl the Northern Circuit ; Q.C 1883, Bencher 1885,: Treasurer 1906 : iM.P. Liverpool (Exchange Div.) | 1895-7 ; Judge of the King's Bench Division j 1897-1909 ; Pres. of the Probate, Divorce and j Admiralty Div. 1909-10: a royal commissioner for Martial Law in S. Africa 1902 : president of Railway and Canal commission, and Judge in Bankruptcy 1904-6 ; Wreck Commr. of the j U.K. 1912 ; Residence — 22, Grosvenor Place, S.W. Clubs — Athenaeum; Reform. Issue — 1. Hon. Chaeles Clive Bigham, Heir, C.M.G. (1901). b. in London, 18 Aug. 1872 ; m. 1 June, 1904, Mary Gertrude, dau. of late Sir Horace A. D. Seymour, K.C.B., Deputy Master of the Roval Mint; "ed. at Eton and R.M.C. Sandhurst ; lieut. Greu. Gds. 1892-5 ; Bes. of Officers 1902 ; hon. attache H.M. Diplom. Service 1896-1900 ; at Intelligence Dcpt. War Office, 1901-4 ; A.D.C. to Ld.-lieut. of Ireland 1901-2 : em- ployed at Board of Trade 1905-9 : sec. to Royal Couinms. 1905-12 ; contested Liverpool (East Toxtetli div.) , Dec. 1910 ; is an Esquire of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem ; lias the Medjidie (:3rd el.) and the Silver Cross of the Saviour of Greece. Kesidence — 22, Eaton Place, S.W. Clubs— Bachelors' ; United Service. Issue — 1. Edward Clive Bigham, b. 5 June, 1906. 2. Roger Claud Bigham, b. 16 Jept. 1908. 3. Ralph Jolm Bigliam, b. 3 Aug. 1913. 1. Elizabeth Mary. 2 Hon. Frank Trevor Roger Bigham. b. 22 May, 1876 ; Cluof Constable of Metropolitan Police from 1909 • Barr.-at-law (Middle Temple), M.A. Oxford ; m. 17 Dec. 1901 Frances Leonora, dau. of late John Leonard iomlm, of Riclnnond, Yorks. Residence— 6 Cheyne Walk, S.W. Clubs — Oxford and Cambridge ; Union. Issue — 1. Veronica Beatrice Mary. 2. Celia Margaret Hermione. MERTHYR, 2nd Baron (U.K.). Creat. 24 June, 1911 ; Bt. (U.K.) 15 Feb. 1896. — Herbert Clark Lewis, s. of 1st Baron. B. 3 July, 1866; m. 5 Oct. 1899, Elizabeth Anna, dau. of late Maj.-Gen. Richard Short Couchman, late M.S.C. ; ed. at Clifton Coll. ; is a civil and mining en- [ gineer ; contested B. Glanrorgan (C.) 1892, and I Merthyr Tydfil 1895 ; High Sheriff of Pembroke- I shire 1907. Residences — The Mardy, Aberdare, S. Wales ; Hean Castle, Saundersfoot, Pem- brokeshire ; 22a, Queen Anne's Gate, S.W. Clubs — Jun. Carlton ; Union. Issue — Hon. William Brereton Couchmax Lewis, b. 7 Jan. 1901. Hon. Anne Elizabeth Mary Llywelyn. William Thomas Le^vis, 1st Baron Merthyr, b. 5 Aug. 1837 ; m. 1 March, 1864, Anne (d. 2 Oct. 1902) dau. of WUliam Roes, colUery proprietor, of Llettyshenkin, Glamorgan ; a large employer of labour in connection with colUerics, iron and steel works, tin-plate works, and other industries in South Wales ; unsuccessfully contested Merthyr Tydtil :C.) 1880 ; High Shcritf Brecon- shire 1884 ; memb. roy. commns. on coal supplies and on trade disputes and trade combinations, and on ocean freights and shipping " rings " ; served for seven years as a memb. of the royal commission on accidents in mines ; was also a memb. of royal commission on coal dust in mines, and on royalty commn., and also roy. commn. on labour ; memb. of Mr. Chamberlain's tariff reform commn. ; founder of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Colliery Association, the South Wales Jliners' Provident Fund, Jfonmouth and South Wales sliding scale connnittee for regulating wages, of which he was chrnm. for 18 years ; chrmu. Monmouth and Soutli Wales 3Iining Board ; pres. Mining Assoc, of tireat Britain, the Monmouth and South Wales Coal Assoc, the South Wales institute of Engineers, and the IS", of England Institution of Mechanical and Mining Engineers ; F.G.S. ; memb. of council Inst, of Civil Eng., vice-pres. Inst. Mech. Eng., and of the Iron and Steel Inst. ; Kniglit of Grace St. John of Jerusalem ; D.L., J. P., C.A., Glamorgan; d. 27 Aug. 1914. Issue— 1. Herbert C. Lewis, pros. Baron. 2. Hon. Trevor Gywyu Eliot Lewis, b. 4 Jan. 1871 ; Barr.-at-law, M.A. Camb. ; m. 21 Nov. 1908, Sara Winston, o. c. of late C. C. Scales, of Kentucky, U.S.A. Residence — 3, Chesham Street, S.W., Clubs — Windham ; O.xford and Cambridge ; Union. 1. Hon. Katharine Mary, m. 18 Jan. 1899, Van. Charles Alfred Howell Green, D.D., Archdeacon of ilonmouth and Canon of Llandaff. Residence — Jes- mond. Stow Park, Newport, Monmouth. 2. Hon. Annie Lucy. 3. Hon. Lilian Tydfil. 4. Hon. Gwendolen Halliburton. 5. Hon. Marie Spencer, m. 2 June, 1S98, Lt.-Col. WiUiam Forrest, D.S.O., late 3rd Batt. Welsh Regt., and has issue. Residence — Greenwood, St. Fagan's, Cardiff. 6. Hon. Margaret Menelaus, m. 18 Sept. 1901, William Francis P.arry de Wiuton, and has issue. Residence — Glyngarth, Brecon, S. Wales. MERTON, Vise. See Nelson, E.arl. METCALFE, 6th Bt. (U.K.). Creat. 21 Dee. 1802. — iSiR Charles Herbert Theophilus Metcalfe, s. of 5th Bt. B. 8 Sept., 1853 ; sue. his father in 1883 : ed. at Harrow, and at Oxford, M.A. 1882: is a civil engineer; accompanied the force engaged in the pacification of Matabeleland 1896. The 1st Bt. was a Director of H.E.I.C. Residences— 21, Pall Mall, S.W. : Winkworth Hill, Hascombe. Surrey. Clubs — Junior Carlton : St. James's. Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe. 4th Bt., b. 2 Jan. 1795 ; m. 1st, 7 June, 1815, Grace (d. 14 April, 1824), dau. of Alexander Clarke, of Ruthven, y.B. : m. 2nd, 13 July, 1826, Felicite Anne (d. 26 Sept. 1842), dau. of J. Browne, Bengal Medical Board, and d. 3 Nov. 1853. Issue by 2nd m. — 1. Sir Theophilus John Metc.vlfe, 5th Bt., C.B., b. 28 Nov. 1828 ; ni. 1st, 14 Oct. 1851, Charlotte (d. 26 Sept. 1853), dau. of Lt.-Gen. Sir Jolm Low, K.C.B. ; m. 2nd, 26 Aug. 1876, Katharine (d. 7 Dec. 1911), dau. of James Whitshed Hawkins Dempster, of Dunnichen, Forfarsliire, and d. 8 Nov. 1883. Issue bv 1st m. —