MAUNSELL, HENRY. _b._ 1807; M.D. Glasgow 1831; F.R.C.S.I. 1832;
professor of midwifery, Royal college of surgeons, Dublin;
edited with A. Jacob The Dublin medical press 1839 etc.; author
of The Dublin practice of midwifery 1834, 3 ed. 1871; author
with R. T. Evanson of A treatise on the management and diseases
of children 1836, 2 ed. 1847. _d._ Greystones, co. Wicklow 27
Sep. 1879.
MAUNSELL, THOMAS PHILIP. _b._ Oct. 1781; sheriff of
Northamptonshire 1821; M.P. North Northamptonshire 1835–57; col.
Northampton and Rutland militia 2 April 1845 to death. _d._
Thorpe Malsor, Northampton 4 March 1866.
MAUNSELL, WILLIAM THOMAS (eld. son of the preceding). _b._
Rushton hall, Northants 1813; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Oxf.,
B.A. 1835, M.A. 1838; barrister M.T. 24 Nov. 1837; associate of
British archæological assoc. 1852; recorder of Stamford 10 June
1859 to death; author of Church bells and ringing 1861. _d._
Thorpe Malsor 13 March 1862. _Journal of British Archæological
Assoc. xix_ 156 (1863).
MAUNSELL, WILLIAM WRAY (son of Wm. Maunsell, archdeacon of
Kildare). _b._ 1782; priest 24 Aug. 1803; archdeacon of Limerick
1814 to death; precentor of Cloyne 27 May 1822 to death. _d._ 25
July 1860.
MAURICE, JAMES WILKES. _b._ Devonport 10 Feb. 1775; entered navy
as able seaman 1789; commanded the Diamond Rock, Martinique 7
May 1804, yielded to an attack of the French 2 June 1805, tried
by court martial but honorably acquitted; captain 18 Jany.
1809; governor of island of Anholt in the Baltic, July 1810 to
Sep. 1812, defeated an attack of the Danes on the island 27
March 1811; retired R.A. 1 Oct. 1846. _d._ East Emma place,
Stonehouse, Plymouth 4 Sep. 1857.
MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (5 child of Michael Maurice
_b._ 1766, Unitarian minister). _b._ Normanston near Lowestoft
29 Aug. 1805; entered Trin. coll. Camb. Oct. 1823; founder of
the Select essay club known as the Apostles at Camb.; migrated
to Trin. hall Camb. Oct. 1825; an editor of Metropolitan
quarterly mag. Nov. 1825, three numbers; one of purchasers of
London literary chronicle, which he edited from 1 May 1828,
it was amalgamated with the Athenæum 30 July 1828, edited the
latter from 1828 to May 1829; a commoner of Exeter coll. Oxf.
3 Dec. 1829 to 30 June 1837; baptized as a member of Church of
England 29 March 1831; B.A. Oxford 1831, M.A. 1835, hon. M.A.
Camb. 1867; ordained to curacy of Bubbenhall near Leamington 26
Jany. 1834; chaplain to Guy’s hospital Jany. 1836 to June 1846;
one of editors of The Educational Magazine, Sep. 1839, sole
editor 1840–1; professor of English literature and history at
King’s college, London 1840, professor of theology there 1846,
dismissed from both his chairs 27 Oct. 1853; Boyle lecturer
July 1845, Warburton lecturer Aug. 1845; chaplain of Lincoln’s
Inn, June 1846 to 1860; founded in London, Queen’s college for
female education 1848, chairman of the committee to about Nov.
1853; spiritual leader of the Christian socialists; edited with
J. M. Ludlow their first organ called Politics for the People
17 weekly numbers from 6 May 1848; presided at conferences held
with the working classes 1849; drew up a scheme for a Working
Men’s college Feb. 1854, which was started at 31 Red Lion sq.
Holborn 30 Oct. 1854 when he became the principal, the college
was moved to 45 Great Ormond st. 1857; P.C. of St. Peter’s,
Vere st. London 20 July 1860 to 7 Nov. 1869; Knightbridge
professor of casuistry, moral theology and moral philosophy
at Cambridge 25 Oct. 1866 to death; member of commission on
contagious diseases 1870; V. of St. Edward’s, Cambridge 1871 to
death; Cambridge preacher at Whitehall, July 1871; author of
Eustace Conway: or the brother and sister, a novel 3 vols. 1834,
anon.; Subscription no bondage 1835; The kingdom of Christ,
or hints on the ordinances and constitution of the Catholic
church in Letters to a member of the Society of Friends 1838,
3 ed. 1883; What is revelation? 1859; The claims of the Bible
and of science 1863; Moral and metaphysical philosophy 2 vols.
1871–2. _d._ 6 Bolton row, Piccadilly, London 1 April 1872.
_bur._ Highgate cemet. 5 April, bust in Cambridge univ. library
and another by Woolner placed in St. John the Baptist’s chapel,
Westminster Abbey, Aug. 1873, portraits in National portrait
gallery, Working Men’s college and Queen’s college. _Life of
F. D. Maurice. Edited by his son F. Maurice_ 2 _vols._ (1884),
2 _portraits_; _Life of Charles Kingsley_ (1877), _passim_;
_J. H. Rigg’s Modern Anglican theology_ (1880) 244–344; _J. E.
Ritchie’s London Pulpit 2 ed._ (1858) 49–60; _J. F. Hurst’s
History of rationalism_ (1867) 375–7; _Illust. Review_,
_iii_ 609–16, _portrait_; _Illust. news of the world_ (1862)
_portrait_; _Graphic_, _v_ 382, 384 (1872), _portrait_; _I.L.N.
lx_ 339, 353, 358 (1872), _portrait_.
NOTE.--In his novel Eustace Conway 3 vols. 1834 the villain is called
Captain Marryat, in consequence of this Captain Frederick Marryat the
novelist challenged Maurice to a duel which he declined, Maurice had
never heard of Captain Marryat the novelist.
MAURICE, PETER (2 son of Hugh Maurice of Greenwich). _b._
1803 or 1804; ed. at Jesus coll. Oxf.; B.A. 1826, M.A. 1829,
B.D. 1837, D.D. 1840; chaplain of New coll. 1828–59; C. of
Kennington, Berkshire 1829–54; chaplain of All Souls’ coll.
1837–58; V. of Yarnton near Oxford 1858 to death; author of
Popery in Oxford 1832, a tract; Popery of Oxford confronted,
repudiated and disavowed 1837, a pamphlet; Key to the Popery of
Oxford 1838; Postscript to the Popery of Oxford 1851; composer
of An evening service in E; With angels and archangels; Choral
harmony, a collection of tunes 1854, Supplement 1858; Tunes
in four parts for congregational worship 1855. _d._ Yarnton
vicarage 30 March 1878.
MAVOR, JOHN (son of Wm. Fordyce Mavor, LL.D., R. of Woodstock,
author of the Spelling book 1758–1837). _b._ 1785; ed. at Wadham
coll. Oxf., B.A. 1806, M.A. 1808, B.D. 1816; fellow of Lincoln
coll. to 1826, sub-rector 1822, Greek lecturer 1823, claviger
1824; P.C. of Forest hill, Oxon. 1823–48; R. of Hadleigh, Essex
9 Aug. 1825 to death, his living was sequestered about 1843;
confined for debt in Oxford county gaol 1843 or 1844 to death.
_d._ in his cell in county gaol Oxford 19 June 1853.
MAXFIELD, TOM. _b._ Sheffield 16 June 1819; on the Bath road
near Slough ran 20 miles in 1 hour 58 minutes 16 May 1845 in
presence of an immense assemblage; ran 20 miles at Arlington
corner near Hounslow in 1 hour 59 minutes; was known as The
North Star; ran upwards of 50 races against The Welshman, Byrne,
The wonder of the north and Jackson, and with one exception was
the winner; a coalheaver at Windsor to death; fell into great
poverty; _found dead_ in his bed Bier lane, Windsor 28 Nov.
1864, verdict death from natural causes.
MAXSE, SIR HENRY FITZ-HARDINGE BERKELEY (son of James Maxse of
Effingham hall, Surrey, _d._ 1864). _b._ 1832; ensign grenadier
guards 1 June 1849; lieut. coldstream guards 19 Jany. 1855,
placed on h.p. as major 16 March 1858; aide de camp to lord
Cardigan in Crimean war 1855; wounded at battle of Balaklava;
lieut.-col. in the army 6 July 1863, sold out 22 Dec. 1863;
lieut. governor of Heligoland 1863, governor Feb. 1864 to 6 July
1881, the reformed constitution was established 1868 and the
gaming tables abolished 1870; governor of Newfoundland 6 July
1881 to death; C.M.G. 28 May 1874, K.C.M.G. 1 May 1877; author
of Beschwerdeschrift der Heligolander Bürgerschaft wider den
Gouverneur Maxse 1866. _d._ St. John’s, Newfoundland 10 Sep.