MEXBOROUGH, JOHN SAVILE, 3 Earl of (only son of 2 earl of
Mexborough 1761–1830). _b._ Dover st. Piccadilly, London 3
July 1783; styled Viscount Pollington till 1830; ed. at Trin.
coll. Camb., M.A. 1803; M.P. for Pontefract 1807–26 and 1831–2;
succeeded to the peerage 3 Feb. 1830; is described as Methley in
A. W. Kinglake’s Eothen or traces of travel brought home from
the East 1844; his printed books were sold at Sotheby’s 19–20
Dec. 1860 for £2120, and his manuscripts were sold 6 Feb. 1861
for £3019. _d._ 25 Portman sq. London 25 Dec. 1860.
MEYERS, JOHN HENRY. Apprentice to Edward Colyer, Fenchurch
street London 1836–43; printer Hayden sq. Minories 1843–9;
bookseller and stationer at Enfield 1849, retired 1887;
proprietor of Meyers’ Observer 1859; resided at Hampton 1887,
then at Richmond. _d._ Enfieldia, Richmond 9 June 1892.
MEYNELL, CHARLES. _b._ 1828; ed. at Sedgley park, Staffs., and
English college, Rome; professor of metaphysics at St. Mary’s
college Oscott many years; missioner at Caverswall, North
Staffs. 1873 to death; author with rev. J. S. Northcote of The
Colenso controversy considered from the Catholic standpoint
1863; author of Short sermons on doctrinal subjects 1866;
Padre Liberatore and the Ontologists, a review 1868; Proteus
and Amadeus, a correspondence. Edited by Aubrey De Vere 1878,
Meynell sustains the part of Amadeus and Wilfrid Blount that
of Proteus; Sermons for the spring quarter. Edited by H. I. D.
Ryder 1883. _d._ Caverswall, Staffs. 3 May 1882.
MEYNELL, GODFREY (2 son of Godfrey Meynell of Langley,
Derbyshire). Matric. from Brasenose coll. Oxf. 17 Oct. 1838
aged 19; rowed No. 7 in the Oxford boat against Cambridge 1840
and 1841; B.A. 1842, M.A. 1845; barrister M.T. 21 Nov. 1845;
practised as a conveyancer at York. _d._ 1858.
MEYNELL, HENRY (2 son of Hugo Meynell of Hoar Cross, Staffs.,
_d._ 1801). _b._ 1790; ed. at Harrow; entered navy 24 June
1803; flag captain of the Newcastle at St. Helena, where he was
noticed by Napoleon 1815; captain 10 April 1816; R.A. 29 April
1851, V.A. 9 July 1857, admiral on h.p. 4 Oct. 1862; gentleman
usher to George IV. 22 March 1820 to 26 June 1830 and to William
IV. 24 July 1830 to 23 March 1831; one of grooms of waiting to
Victoria, April 1845; M.P. Lisburn, co. Antrim 1826–47. _d._
Paris 24 March 1865. _Taylor’s Biographia Leodiensis_ (1865)
528–30; _G.M. xviii_ 663 (1865).
MEYNELL-INGRAM, HUGO CHARLES (1 son of Hugo Meynell of Hoar
Cross, Staffs., _d._ 1801). _b._ 1784; master of the Hoar
Cross fox hounds 1816 to death; sheriff of Staffs. 1826;
assumed surname of Ingram by r.l. 25 Oct. 1841 in compliance
with viscount Irwin’s will; had a fine collection of pictures
at Temple Newsam near Leeds. _d._ Hoar Cross hall 25 Feb.