Who Was Who, 1897-1916
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MATHEWS WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916 Sir K.C.M.G. 1902-3 MATHEWS, Lloyd William, ; (Queen's medal, two clasps) ; West' cr. President of and General Africa 1894 ; Ministry, (N. Nigeria), 1903 (despatches twice, in of Sultan of Zanzibar b. 1850. medal with army ; clasp, D.S.O.) ; attached Egyp- 1863-81 served Ashantee tian JEtoyal navy, ; Army, 1906-10 ; Nyima Patrol, 1908 Africa War, 1873-74, and E. Coast, ; entered (despatches, medal with clasp, 4th class) of of 1878 Consul- service Sultan Zanzibar, ; Medjidieh). Address: 57 Eaton Square, General British E. Africa, 1891. Address : S.W. Club : Naval and Military. Zanzibar. [Died 11 Oct. 1901. [Died 19 Dec. 1914. MATHIAS, Col. Henry Harding, C.B. 1895; MAUD, W. T., artist and war-correspondent of A.D.C. to H.M., 1898-1907; retired 1907; The Graphic. He rode through Armenia,, b. 25 May 1850; s. of George Mathias from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, d. of late of Tenby ; m. 1875, Florence, during the massacres, 1895 ; was with the' Marl- in Sir Theophilus Shepstone. Educ.: insurgents Cuba, 1896 ; with the Greek Entered 75th 1869 in borough. Regt. ; Capt. Army Thessaly, 1897 ; the Soudan, 1897 !' 1879 1883 the Gordon Highlanders, ; Major, ; North-West Frontier Campaign, 1897-98 d Lieut.-Col. 1895 Brevet Col. 1898 ; served two street in ; days' fighting Milan, 1898 ; Nile 1884-85 with Expedition, (medal clasp, Soudan, Omdurman, 1898 ; Siege of Lady* Khedive's Chitral Relief 1895 smith he star), Force, ; volunteered for service during half (despatches, medal with clasp, C.B.) ; North- latter of siege ; given rank of Lieutenant West Frontier and Tirah Field 1897- and A.D.C. to Gen. Sir Force, Ian Hamilton ; in-^ 1898 led the of the valided ; charge Gordon High- home with enteric ; last expedition- landers at Dargai (wounded, despatches was to Macedonia in search of Miss Stone. 1 : thrice, two clasps, Brevet Col. and A.D.C.) ; Address 39 Harrington Road, Preston Lt.-Col. commanding the 1st Batt. Gordon Park, Brighton. [Died 12 May 1903. 75th Highlanders, 1895-99; Regimental MAUDE, Charles John, Assistant Paymaster- District, 1899-1904. Recreation: shooting, General from 1892 ; b. 17 March 1847 ; e. s. Address : fishing, cricket, golf. Portslade, of late Colonel Sir George Ashley Maude, Sussex. Club : Constitutional. Crown Equerry ; m. 1871, o. d. of late 1 1914. [Died Sept. Admiral Sir Watkin Pell one s. one d. Chevalier of SS. Maurizio and ; MATTEI, Tito, Educ. : Wellington College. Entered Civil to the of Lazzero ; pianist King Italy ; as clerk Service, 1867 ; a in the Admiralty, b. pianist, composer, and conductor ; Cam- transferred to Treasury, 1875 ; was private near 24 1841. Educ. : pobasso, Naples, May secretary to Admiral Robert Hall, Lord under and others. At Naples, Thalberg Stalbridge, Akers Douglas (twice), Arnold eleven of was named of years age professor Morley, and late W. H. Smith (First Lord the Santa Cecilia in and Academy Rome, of the Treasury). Recreations : fishing, member of Philharmonic Society, Florence, shooting, riding, rowing. Address : Royal Turin, and others. Gave his first concert, Mews, Hampton Court ; Arranmore, Co. 28 and afterwards made several Sept. 1846, Donegal. Clubs : Constitutional, Hurling- tours in concerts in France and in Italy ; ham. [Died 29 Apr. 1910. to 1853 he ' England, returning Italy (when Colonel Francis V.C played before Pope Pio IX. and received a MAUDE, Cornwallis, C.B. ; Military Knight of 1895 ; gold medal from his hands), where he studied Windsor, b. 28 Oct. in London, 1828; e. s. of late harmony ; again France and Germany, Hon. Capt. Francis Maude, R.N. and and in 1863 finally settled in London, giving Frances, d. of A. Holdsworth Brooking; m. concerts in all parts of the kingdom ; Paulina, d. of Chief- organised and conducted a season of Italian Judge Sterling, Acting 1860. Educ. : Blackheath opera at the Lyceum Theatre in 1870. Justice, Ceylon, Proprietary School, R.M.A. Woolwich. First Publications : many hundred songs and German Prize, 1846. Joined the Royal pianoforte pieces, many of them becoming Artillery, 1847 ; commanded the artillery popular everywhere, viz. Non e ver ; Non of Havelock's column in his march to Cav/n- ! torn6 ; Oh oh ! hear the wild wind blow ; pore ; afterwards took part in the repeated Dear Heart ; For the sake of the past ; attempts to relieve the Lucknow garrison, Mattel's Valse, etc. ; also several operas, which was effected 25 viz. Maria di Gand, performed at Her partly Sept. 1857; but the relieving force was also besieged Majesty's Theatre ; La Prima Donna, etc. there for two months, until finally relieved Address : 79 Baker Street, W. Sir Colin assisted afterwards [Died 30 March 1914. by Campbell ; at the capture of that city, 1858 ; Brevets MATTHEY, George, F.R.S., F.C.S. ; Assoc. of Major and Lieut.-Col., V.C., C.B., and Inst. C.E. ; Le"gion d'Honneur ; Austrian one extra service for year's the campaign ; Order of Francis Joseph ; the Prussian Colonel, 1866 ; Consul- General at Warsaw, Great Golden Medal for Art and Science ; 1876-86. Decorated : was three times recom- Vice-President 1896-97. Royal Institution, mended for the Victoria Cross ; once by the Address : Cheyne House, Chelsea Embank- unanimous (ballot) vote of the men of his ment, S.W. ; Rose Mount, Eastbourne. battery ; at last received it for his conduct : British Clubs Athenaeum, Garrick, Empire ; in leading the force down the road from the Sussex, Eastbourne. [Died 14 Feb. 1913. Alumbagh to the Canal Bridge, Lucknow, Father Basil William b. MATURIN, ; Ireland, 25 Sept. 1857, when one-third of his men 1847. Educ. : Trinity College, Dublin. were killed or wounded in about half an Curate at Peterslow went to St. ; Cowley hour's fighting. Publications : Memories of John, under Father Benson, 1873 ; sent to the Mutiny ; Five Years in Madagascar ; of St. take charge Clement's parish, Phila- Invasion of the British Isles Bacon v. 1876 became Roman ; delphia, ; Catholic, Shakspeare, etc. Recreations : shooting (in- 1897 ordained Cardinal 1898. ; by Vaughan, cluding 13 elephants), hunting, solo whist. : Discourses on the Publications Parables of Address: Castle Yard, Windsor Castle. our Lord : Practices of the Life Spiritual ; Clubs : Constitutional, Windsor. and Laws of Self-knowledge Self-discipline ; [Died 19 Oct. 1900. the Life The Price of 1912. Spiritual ; Unity, MAUDE, Sir Frederick Francis, V.C., G.C.B. Address : Holywell, Oxford. Dec. 1886 ; General, retired, 1885 ; b. 20 [Died 7 May 1915. 1821 ; 4th s. of late Rev. Hon. J. C. Maude MAUD, Capt. Charles Carus, D.S.O. 1905 ; The and Mary, e. d. of William Ceely Trevillian, Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry ; Midelney, Somerset; m. 22 Feb. 1853, b. s. of late Lt.-Col. S. 15 Jan. 1875 ; y. W. Catherine, d. of late Very R,ev. Sir George Maud, R.E. Educ. : Wellington. Entered Bisshopp, 8th Bt. Joined 3rd Foot (The S. army, 1896 ; Capt. 1904 ; served Africa, Buffs), 1840; raised and commanded 2nd Batt. 482 WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916 MAXWELL 1884 1885 as The Buffs, 1857-61 ; Adj.-Gen. Gibraltar, Soudan, ; A.Q.M.G. ; Nile, ; of Militia in commandant at Abu Fatmah 1861-66 ; Insp.-Gen. Ireland, ; despatches, Col. with rank of Brig.-Gen. 1867-73 ; commanded 25 May 1885, Brevet (clasp) ; Prof, of second division Hist. Staff division in India, 1875-80 ; Military Coll.v Dec. 1885 to Sept. 1878-79 Khyber Column, Afghan War, ; 1892; Aldershot, 1892-93; commanding in- served in Gwalior campaign, 1843-44, R.A., Colchester, 1893-95 ; Maj.-Gen. Dec. horse shot cluding battle of Puniar, 1843, 1895 ; commanded Woolwich District, 1895- of Sebas- Gold Medallist (bronze star) ; Crimea, 1855, siege 1902; Chesney R.U.S.I., topol and both assaults on Redan, on 8th 1907. Publications : Wellington Prize Essay, and ladder 1872 of Ashanti Sept. commanded the covering ; Popular History Campaign, wounded 1874 Life of Frederick Denison party of 2nd Division, dangerously ; Maurice, of 1884 Hostilities (medal, C.B. Victoria Cross, Legion ; without Declaration of of War Official of 1882 Honour, Brevet Lieut.-Col.) ; medal, ; History Campaign ; of both Houses of Parlia- Balance of Power in K C B. and thanks Military Europe, 1888 ; 1878-79. 1891 National ment in 1879 for Afghan War, War, ; Defences, 1897 ; Diary Address : Sutherland Tower, Torquay, of Sir John Moore, 1904; Official History Devon. Club : United Service. of S.A. War, 1899-1902. Recreation : chess. [Died 20 June 1897. Address : Highland View, Camberley, Surrey. M.A. Rector of [Died 11 Jan. 1912. MAUL, Rev. John Frederic, ; 1883 Rural Dean Henley-on-Thames from ; MAX-MULLER, Rt. Hon. Friedrich, P.C., K.M., of Christ Church of Henley; Hon. Canon M.A., LL.D., D.C.L. ; Corpus Professor of b. 1849 s. of Rev. Cathedral, Oxford ; ; Comparative Philology, Oxford ; b. Dessau, Rector of Richard Compton Maul, Ricking- Germany, 6 Dec. 1823 ; o. s. of the poet : Christ hall, Suffolk. Educ. Eton ; Church, Wilhelm Miiller and Adelheid, e. d. of Prasi- Curate of 1874-79 ; Oxford. Wokingham, dent von Basedow ; m. Georgina Adelaide, Vicar of St. Paul's, Chichester, 1879-83. e. d. of Riversdale Grenfell, Ray Lodge, Address : The Rectory, Henley-on-Thames. Maidenhead, 1859. Educ. : Dessau and Club : Royal Societies. Leipsic, Universities of Leipsic and Berlin. [Died 7 June 1915. Member of the French Institute. Knight MAUNSELL, Maj.-Gen. Sir Thomas, K.C.B., of the Order pour le Me'rite and the Maxi- the retired milian Order ; Commander of the Le"gion cr 1906 ; Order of Medjidie ; ; s. of d'Honneur, and of the Orders of the Northern b. Dublin, 10 Sept. 1822 ; 2nd George the Corona Meares Maunsell, High Sheriff, Co. Limerick, Star, d'ltalia, Albrecht the Bear, and the Professor of 1833, J.P.