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 Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, 1910-13; Domestic Chaplain to His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Dublin to 1913, Chaplain to H.E. the Lord Lieutenant, 1906-13; Bishop of Tuam, 1913-19; second son of 4th Baron Plunket; b. 1870; m. 1904, Dorothea Hester, third dau. of Sir Thomas Butler, Bart. Res.: Bishopscourt, Ardbraecan, Navan.

MECREDY, Sir James, Knt., M.A., LL.D., Trinity College, Dublin, F.R.G.S.; son of Thomas Tighe Mecredy, of Merrion Square, Dublin; b. 1854; m. 1835, Lucinda Anne Headley, dau. of Rev. Charles Lewis Morgan-Jones, B.A. of Moyne, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow; sometime Solicitor to the Local Government Board for Ireland; admitted a Solicitor (Ir.), 1878; Barrister-at-Law Inner Temple; subsequently readmitted a Solicitor (Ir.); Knighted 1922; Res.: 91 Merrion Square, Dublln; Westbury, Willow Bank, Kingstown Co. Dublin. Clubs: Windham, Dublin University and Royal St. George Yacht.

MECREDY, Richard James, B.A; (T.C.D.); Director R. J. Mecredy & Co., Ltd.; Mecredy, Percy & Co., Ltd.; Editor Motor News; Joint Editor with Sir J. C. Percy, of Irish Cyclist. Educ.: Portora School, Enniskillen; Trinity College, Dublin; admitted a Solicitor, 1882; abandoned the law for journalism, 1886; proprietor of Irish Cyclist jointly with brother Alec, 1886, and has edited it ever Since; started Motor News, 1900; director of the first Dunlop Company. Pubns: Encyclopaedia of Motoring: Health's Highway: Road Books of Ireland, etc. Recns.: touring, cycling, motoring, camping; son of Rev. James Mecredy, D.D.; b. 1861; m., and has issue three sons and three daus. Res.: Vallombrosa, Bray, Co. Wicklow Irish Automobile Club, Dublin.

MEEHAN, Francis Edward, M.B.E. (1920); engaged in politics from an early age: a merchant and farmer; M.P. for N. Leitrim, 1908-18; third son of late Laurence Meehan, of Manorhamilton; b. 1868. Res.: Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim.

MEEHAN, Patrick Joseph, J.P. Co. Leitrim; admitted a Solicitor, 1900. Educ.: St. Vincent's College, Castleknock, and University College, Dublin; was M.P. for Leix Divn. of Queen's Co., 1913-8: son of late Patrick Aloysius Meehan, M.P., of Maryboro': b. 1877; m. 1905, Margaret, dau. of Terence Bryne, of Ballykelly, Monasterevan, Co. Kildare. Pubns.: The Land of Leix and other Poems. Recns.: gardening, fishing, coursing. Res.: Annebrook, Maryborough, Queen's Co. Leinster Club, Dublin.

MEENAN, James Nahor, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O. (R.U.I.), D.P.H., L.M., Rotunda Dublin. Educ. at St. Macarten's College, Monaghan. and Clongowes, and at Catholic Univ. Med. School, Cecilia Street, Dublin; Professor and Examiner in Hygiene and Med. Jurisp. at Univ. Coll., Dublin, since 1909; Physician to St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin. Recn.: golf; son of Patrick Meenan, of Corbally House, Fintona, Co. Tyrone; b. 1879; m. 1909, Mary E. Cleary, B.A., and has issue one son. Res.: 66 St. Stephen's Green, South, Dublin.

MEGAW, Robert Dick (M.P. for Co. Antrim, Northern Parliament, Ireland, from 1921), M.A.; LL.B. (Q.U.B.), Barrister King's Inns, 1893; K.C., 1921; Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Northern Ireland, 1921. Res.: University Road, Belfast.

MELDON, Sir Albert, Knt. (1910); son of the late James Dillon Meldon, J.P., 24 Merrion Square, Dublin, and of Coolarne, Athenry, Co. Galway; called to the Bar, 1868: Resident Magistrate, 1881-1910, and 1915-18: Law Adviser to Gen. Sir Redvers Buller, G.C.B., 1886-7; is a D.L., J.P. for Co. Wicklow; County Director R.C.S. for Co. Wicklow, and Chairman of Princess Patricia Hospital, 1914-18; m. 1873, Mary (d. 1914), dau. of late Bernard Doherty, of Buncrana, Co. Donegal; m. 2nd, Lily, dau. of late Andrew Moore, J.P., of Ashton, Co. Dublin. Res.: Vevey House, Bray, Co. Wicklow. Stephen's Green Club, Dublin; Royal Automobile Club, Dublin.<section end="Meldon, Sir Albert" />

<section begin="Meldon, Lieut.-Col. James Austin" />'''MELDON, Lieut.-Col. James Austin''', C.B.E. (1921); Barrister King's Inns, 1920. Educ. at Brussels, Clongowes Wood College, and Trinity College, Dublin; served in 16th Lancers, King's African Rifles, and Royal Dublin Fusiliers; served in Uganda Mutiny, 1897; South African War, 1900; European War, 1914-19 Comd. 1st Batt Herefordshire Regt., and subsequently 1st Batt. Royal Dublin Fus. in France, 1918; Chief of Police St. Vincent and Grenada, W. Indies, 1913; Resident Magistrate in Ireland from 1914; son of late Austin Meldon, D.L., of Merrion Square, Dublin; b. 13th July, 1869. Res.: Rossraailley, Westport, Co. Mayo. Clubs: Windham, London; Sackville Street, Dublin.<section end="Meldon, Lieut.-Col. James Austin" />

<section begin="Meldon, Philip Albert" />MELDON, Philip Albert, Major R.F.A. Educ. Stonyhurst and Beaumont, and Dublin University (B.A., 1900); served throughout last S. African War, and late European War, mentioned in despatches, awarded D.S.O., thrice wounded: adjutant 3rd London Brigade R.F.A. (T), 1908-11; Professor of Artillery and Tactics at R. Mil. Coll., Kingston, Canada, 1913 and 14. Represented Ireland at football and cricket: serving on Military Control Commission in Germany since 1918; eldest son of Sir, D.L., of Vevay House, Bray, Co. Wicklow. Clubs: Naval and Military, 94 Piccadilly, London; and Junior Naval and Military 96 Piccadilly, London.<section end="Meldon, Philip Albert" />