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.