Macready, Sir (Cecil Frederick) Nevil (1862–1946), 1st baronet, soldier, was born 7 May 1862 in Cheltenham, England, youngest child (of three who survived infancy) of William Charles Macready, actor, and only child of William's second wife, Cecile Louise Frederica Macready (née…
Jeffery, Keith
Mansergh, (Philip) Nicholas Seton
Mansergh, (Philip) Nicholas Seton (1910–91), historian, was born 27 June 1910 at his family home, Greenane House, Tipperary, the younger son of Philip St George Mansergh, railway engineer (in Australia and east Africa) and farmer, and his wife, Ethel Marguerite Otway Louise Mansergh…
Maxwell, Sir John Grenfell
Maxwell, Sir John Grenfell (1859–1929), soldier, was born 12 July 1859 at Aigburth, Liverpool, second son of Robert Maxwell, merchant, and his wife, Maria Emma Maxwell, daughter of Vice-Admiral John Pascoe Grenfell. He was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College,…
Wilson, Sir Henry Hughes
Wilson, Sir Henry Hughes (1864–1922), 1st baronet, soldier, and politician, was born 5 May 1864 at his family home at Currygrane, near Ballinalee, Co. Longford, the second son of four sons and three daughters of James Wilson, a landowner, and his wife, Constance Grace Martha Wilson…