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MEUX] KNIGHTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE 800] Viceroy's council, 1908 ; sec. to Govt, of India in the finance dept. 1906-12 ; an addnl. memb. of the Viceroy's council 1909-12; LL.D. (Aber- deen) 1913 ; It. -governor of United Provinces of Agra and Gudh from 1912. Residence — Government House, Allahabad. Club — E. India United Service. Issue living — Dougall Meston, b. 17 Dec. 1894 ; ed. at Temple Grove and Charterhouse ; 2iul lieut. K.A. MEUX, G.C.B. (mil.). Great. 1913; K.C.B. 1908 ; K.aV.O. 1906 ; GV.O. 1901 ; GB. 1900. — Adm. Honourable SirHedworth Meux, s. of George, 2nd Earl of Durham, and Lady Beatrix Hamilton, dau. of 1st Duke of Abercorn, K.G. B. 5 July, 1856 ; m. 18 April, 1910, Hon. Mildred Cecilia Harriet, dau. of 1st Baron Alington. and widow of Viset. Chelsea (see Peerage, Cadogan, Earl); commander R.N. 1883, capt. 1889, com- modore 1901, rear-adm. 1902, vice-adm. 1907, adm. 1911; commanded the royal yacht "Os- borne " 1888-9; priv. sec. to the First Lord of the Admiralty (Lord Spencer and the Rt. Hon. J. G. Goschen), 1894^7 ; served in S. African war ; commanded the Naval Brig, during the siege of Ladysmith (dispatches) ; extra equerry, ' formerly A.D.C. to King Edward VII ; extra equerry to the King since 1910 ; eommdr. of H.M.'s yachts 1901-3 ; 2nd in command Channel Fleet 1903-4 ; in command of cruiser division of Mediterranean Fleet 1904-6 ; C.-in-C. China 1907-10; and Portsmouth from 1912; contested Newcastle (L.) 1900; a-isumed by Roy. Licence, 1911, the surname of Jleux in lieu of Lambton ; Kmght of the Danish Order of the Daneborg • Grand Officer of the Order of St. Maurice 1903 (Italy) ; Comdr. of the Legion of Honour 1903 ; has the 2nd class Medjidie. Residences — 4S, Bryanston Square, W. ; Theobalds Park, Waltham Cross. Clubs— Naval and Military ; Turf. MEYER, K.C.I.E. Creat. 1909 ; CLE. 1901.— Sir ^VILLIAM Stevenson Meyer, s. of the late Rev. Theodore J. Meyer. B. 13 Feb. 1860; rn. 1 June. 1895, Mabel H., (d. 1 Sept. 1914), dau. of the late Maj. "W. AV. Jackson, LA. ; entd. I.C.S. 1881 ; chief sec. to the Govt, of Madras ; memb. of Lord Nicholson's Committee on the Indian Army 1912 ; one of the delegates at the Opium Con- ference at the Hague, 1912 ; memb. of Viceroy's council since 1913. Address— C/o H. S King & Co., Pall Mall, S.W. Club— E. I. United bervice. Issue — Cecily Lille Evelyn. MICALLEF, K.C.M.G. Creat. 1906; CM G 1902.— ,Sm Richard Micallef, s. of the late Gaetano Micallef, of Valetta, Malta. B '^6 April 1846 ; m. 29 April, 1872, Ellen, dau. of the late 1 G. Micallef ; ed. at Malta University • ent Malta C S. 1863 ; sec. to medical board 1881 ; dep. receiver-gen. at Gozo 1884 ; assist.-sec to Govt, of Gozo 1885; comptroller of Malta charitable institutions, and memb. of the council ot Govt 1886, also memb. exec, council 1888, ret 1911 Residence— 70, Strada It-torri, Sliema, Malta. Issue — 9n i^'"^[L^^"'?'' Micallef, b. 31 March, 187G ; m. 20 April 190,:*, Lucy Evelyn Jackson. Issue— 1. dau. 2. dau. 2. Victor Charles Micallef, b. 11 Dec 1878- in -^f, Jan. 1903, Maud Portelli. Issue-: " 1. son b. 3 May, 1909. 1. dau. 2. dau. MICHELL, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1902; CVO T V. "~^?°,-„^™ ^^"'^S Lo^^° MiCHELL, S. of «^i,r °'"' •' solicitor, of Madron, Cornwall, and Mary, dau. of Pennant Bryan, planter, of Jamaica B. 11 Aug. 1842; m! 5 April, 1871 Maria Agnes, dau. of Edward Philpott, Civil Commnr. at the Cape ; ed. at Christ's Hospital ; I gen. man. Standard Bank of South Africa 188.5- 1902 ; chrmn. De Beers C'onsolidated Mines 1902-5; director British South Africa Co.; was chrmn. of the Martial Law Board in Cape Colony during the S. African war ; M.L.A., J.P. ; memb. Inst, of Bankers ; one of the trustees' under will of Rt. Hon. C J. Rhodes ; authorized to retain the title of Honourable, 1911. Resi- i dence — Rondebosch, Cape Town. MIDDLETON, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1 912.— Sir John Page :Iiddleton, s. of Edmund Plane i Middleton, J.P., formerly of Hindringham and ' Haynford, Norfolk, and Hannah, dau. of C. T. Page of Barringham Parva. B. at Hindringham 8 June, 1851 ; m. 14 Dec. 1S75, CaroHne, dau. of late Paul Bell of Stiffkey, Norfolk ; ed. at Uppingham and Camb. (B.A. 1872); Barr.-at- law (Middle Temple), 1874 ; acting Queen's advocate. Gold Coast, 1882 ; pres. district court of Limassol, Cyprus, 1883-92 ; acting judge of Consular Court, Constantinople, 1894; puisne judge, Cyprus, 1891-1902, and Supreme Court, Ceylon, 1902 to 1912, wlien he ret. Residence- Colombo, Ceylon. Clubs — Royal Societies ; Fly Fishers'. Issue — Rose Julia, m. 1913. Sicgmund Frendenberg. MIERS, Ent. Bach. Creat. 1912.— Sir Henry Alexander Miers, s. of Francis Charles Miers of Beckenham, Kent, CE., and Susan Mary, dau. of Edward Wynne Fry, of Handsworth, Staffs. B. at Rio de Janeiro, 25 Mav, 1858 : ed. at Eton and Oxford ; M.A., D.Sc. Oxford, Fell, of Mag- dalen College and Eton College ; Hon. D Sc Sheffield; Hon. Ph.D. Christiania ; F.R.S. ; assistant Briti-h Museum, 1882-98 ; Waynflete professor of mineralogy. Oxford, 189.J-1908 ; princ. of Univ. of London, since 1908. Resi- dence — 23, Wetherby Gardens, S.W. Clubs^ Athenreum ; Savile ; Universitv of London. MIEVILLE, K.C.M.G. Creat. 1898 ; C.M.G. 1887. — .Sir Walter Frederick Mie%'ille, s. of Andrew Ainedee Mieville, and Emily, dau. of Tomkjnis Dew, of Whitnev Court, Herefordshire. B. 17 July, 1855 ; m. 28 March, 1882, Theodora Johanna, dau. of H. F. Tajdor, of Alexandria ; ed. at Christ Coll. Fineliley ; in consular service 1874-84 ; acting consul at Suez and Alexandria 1881 ; present at bombardment of Alexandria 1882 (medal, Khedive's star) ; consul for the Soudan 1882, at Rio Grande do Sul, 1883 ; pres. Egyptian Maritime and Quarantine Board of Health 1884-97 ; delegate for Egypt to In- ternational Sanitary Conferences at Venice 1892. and Paris 1894 ; has 2nd class Osmanieh, Medjidieh, and Crown of Italy. Publications^ "Under Queen and Khedive," "The Family of Mieville," " Letters from Norway." Residence — 68, Wilbm-y Road, Hove. Clubs — Roval So- cieties ; Hove. MILES, G.C.B. (mil.). Creat. 1914, K.CB. 1908 ; C.V.O.1903; C.B. 1900.— Lieut.-Gen. Sir Her- bert Scott Gould Miles, s. of the late Maj. -Gen. Miles. B. 31 July, 1850 ; m. 1877, AHce, dau. of the late Joseph Parker, of Brettenham Park, Suffolk ; ent. army 1869, colonel 1893, major- general 1903, lieut. -general 1909 ; called to the Bar (Inner Temple) 1880 ; A.A.G. Aldershot 1893-8 : commdt. Staff Coll. 1898-1903 ; served in S. Africa 1900 as D.A.G. (dispatches, C.B.) ; Gen. officer comnidg. Cape Colony 1903 ; director recruiting at headquarters 1 904-8 ; Q.M.G. to the force, 1908-12 ; Govr. of Gibraltar since 1913 ; col. Roy. Munster Fusiliers sine© 1912. Residence — Government House, Gibral- tar. Clubs — Army and Navy; Marlborough; Arthur's. Issue —