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.