Rotulorum, Co. Kildare; late Cornet 10th Hussars and Lieut. Gren. Guards. Educ. at Eton; eldest son of Richard Southwell, 6th Earl, K.P., G.M.S.I., M.A., P.C, LL.D. Governor-General of India, and Hon. Blanche Julia Wyndham, Countess of Mayo, C.I., V.A., dau. of 1st Baron Leconfield; b. 2nd July, 1851; s. his father, 8th Feb., 1972; m. 3rd Nov., 1885, Geraldine, dau. of the Hon. Gerald and Lady Maria Ponsonby. Recns.: hunting, shooting, and fishing. Res.: 3 Stratford Place, London, W.: Palmerston House, Straffan, Co. Kildare; Oakhill, Hungherford. Clubs: White's, London; Kildare Street, Dublin.
MEADE, Capt. the Hon. Edward Brabazon; served in S. African War, 1899-1902; Capt. 10th Hussars, A.D.C. on personal staff, 1915-16; Camp Comdt., 1916; fourth son of 4th Earl of Clanwilliam; b. 1878; m., 1st, 1907, Hon. Elizabeth Shelley (d. 1908), dau. of 1st Viscount Selby; 2nd, 1910, Angela, dau. of Thury Von Thurybrugg. Res.: Gainsborough House, Milborne Port, Somerset; Hartlands, Cranford, Middx.
MEADE, Capt. the Hon. Herbert, D.S.O. (1914), R.N.; served in European War, 1914-16; Battle of Jutland; Naval Assist, to Second Sea Lord at the Admiralty, 1918-19; Chief of Staff to C.-in-C. a Rosyth, 1919-21; Comd. H.M.S. "Renown," during tour of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in India, 1921-22; third son of 4th Earl of Clanwilliam; b. 1875; m. 1911, Margaret, eldest dau. of Rt. Rev. the Hon. Edwd. Carr Glyn, D.D., of Peterborough, and Lady Mary, sixth dau. of 8th Duke of Argyll, K.G., K.T., P.C, and has issue two sons and two daus.
MEADE, Lieut.-Col. Malcolm John, C.I.E. (1900); Political Agent Baghel-Khand, and Supt. of Rewah State, 1887-9; Political Agent Bhopawar, 1889-91; and Bhopal, 1891-7; and Political Resident in Persian Gulf and Consul-Gen. at Bushire, 1897-1904; Lieut.-Col. Indian Army 1899 (ret.); son of late Sir Richard John Meade, K.C.S.I., C.I.E. of Innishannon. Co. Cork; b. 1854; m. 1888, Florence Maria, dau. of Hederstedt.
MEADE, Major Richard John, B.A. (T.C.D.), J.P. Co. Cork; late Major 4th Batt. Royal Munster Fusiliers; son of late A. N. Meade, of Dunmanway, Co. Cork Res.: Ballymartle, Kinsale, Co. Cork.
MEAGHER, Major Henry Louis, O.B.E. (1919), T.D. (1919). Educ. at the Catholic Univ. School, Dublin; Major R.F.A. (T.); served in European War, France and Flanders, 1914-19; second son of late Lieut.-Col. Henry Meagher. D.L., J.P. and Marian, second dau. of Francis Murphy, J.P., of Kilcairne Park, Co. Meath; b. 1872. Res.: Kilcairne Park, Navan, Co. Meath.
MEATH, Earl of, 1627; Baron Ardee, 1916 (Irld.); Baron Chaworth (Unit Kgd., 1831), Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl, K.P. (1905), P.C (1887), G.B.E. (1920); Knight of Justice, Order of St. John of Jerusalem; Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County and City of Dublin (1898); late Hon. Col. 5th Batt. Royal Dublin Fusiliers: ex-Chancellor of Royal University of Ireland. Educ: Eton; Germany. Entered Foreign Office as Clerk, 1863; exchanged into Diplomatic Service, 1868; Frankfort-on-Main, 1866; Berlin, 1868-1870; The Hague, 1870; Paris, 1871-73; first Hon. Secretary Hospital Saturday Fund, 1874; founder and President Dublin Hospital Sunday Movement: first Chairman Young Men's Friendly Society, 1879; founder (1882) and first and present Chairman Metropolitan Public Gardens Assoc; first President British College of Physical Education; elected an Alderman of the London County Council, 1889-92. 1898-1901; first Chairman Parks Committee, London Co. Council; first President Church Reform Association: founder and first President Lads' Drill Association; ex-President Church Army; ex-President Christian Union for Social Service; first President of the British Institute of Social Service; first President Dublin Philanthropic Reform Association: founder of the Empire Movement; founder and first President of the Duty and Discipline Movement; actively engaged in social and philanthropic work. Pubns.: Social Arrows, 1886; Social Aims, 1893; Editor of Some National and Board School Reforms, 1887; Prosperity or Pauperism (joint); Our Empire: Past and Present (joint); Great Britain in Europe; Great Britain in Asia; Thoughts on Imperial and Social Subjects, 1906; frequent contributor to the Nineteenth Century and other Reviews; son of Wm., 11th Earl, and Harriet, dau. of late Sir Richard Brooke, 6th Bart.: b. 1841; s. his father, 26th May, 1887: m. 1868, Lady Mary Jane Maitland (d. 1918), dau. of 11th Earl of Lauderdale, and has issue four sons and two daus. Res.: Chaworth House, Ottershaw, Surrey.
MEATH, Bishop of, The Most Rev. Laurence Gaughran, D.D. Educ. at St. Finian's Seminary, Navan, and St. Patrick's College, Maynooth; ordained Priest, June 2nd, 1868; appointed Professor St. Finian's, Navan, 1873; Bishop's Secretary and Administrator, Mullingar, 1887; Parish Priest of Kells and Vicar Forane, 1885; Vicar- General, 1894; Domestic Prelate of the First Class of His Holiness, 1895; Consecrated Bishop of Meath, June 24th, 1906. Res.: The Palace, Mullingar.
MEATH, Bishop of, The Most Rev. the Hon. Benjamin John Plunket, M.A. (Cantab.); 95th Bishop; elected Oct., 1919; formerly Rector of Aghade, Co. Carlow; Vicar of St. Ann's, Dublin; 1909-13; Treasurer and Canon of St.
