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of physicians_, _iii_ 243–4 (1878). MACLEOD, RODERICK. _b._ 1786; M.P. Cromarty and Nairn 1818–20; M.P. co. Sutherland 1831–7 and M.P. Inverness district of burghs 1837–40; lord lieutenant of Cromarty 8 May 1833 to death. _d._ Invergordon castle, Rossshire 13 March 1853. M’LEOD, RODERICK (son of the minister of Snizort). _b._ Glen-Haltin, Isle of Skye 1794; presbyterian minister at Lynedale, Skye to 1823, at Bracadale 1823–38 and at Snizort 1838–43; minister of the Free church, often preaching on hill sides and in snow storms 1843, itinerated in Skye to his death; moderator of Free ch. general assembly 1863; author of Report of the proceedings of the general assembly in the case of the suspension of R. M’Leod 1826. _d._ 1868. _Wylie’s Disruption Worthies_ (1881) 383–8, _portrait_. MACLEOD, RODERICK BANNATYNE. _b._ 18 Feb. 1823; entered Bengal army; cornet 4 European light cavalry 27 Sep. 1843, captain 6 Sep. 1851; captain 3 European light cavalry to 1862; major 21 hussars 30 July 1862, lieut.-col. 4 March 1868 to 8 Dec. 1877 when he retired as M.G. _d._ Golden manor court near Hanwell, Middlesex 24 Feb. 1881. MACLEOD, WILLIAM COUPERUS. Entered Madras army 1821; lieut. 30 Madras N.I. 8 Sep. 1826, lieut.-col. 14 May 1853 to 1856; lieut.-col. of 29 N.I. 1856–7, of 14 N.I. 1857–9, of 40 N.I. 1859–60, of 14 N.I. 1860–3 and of 1 N.I. 1863 to 1 Aug. 1864; commandant at Jaulnah 16 Aug. 1859 to 9 July 1861; commandant at Malabar and Canara 9 July 1861 to 15 Jany. 1862; commandant of Nagpore subsidiary force 15 Jany. 1862 to 2 June 1863; commanded Pegu division 2 June 1863 to 27 April 1864; commanded Ceded district 27 April 1864 to 30 May 1868; col. of 30 Madras N.I. 12 March 1865 to 1869; general 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ 62 Gloucester gardens, London 4 April 1880. M’LERIE, JOHN. _b._ Ayrshire 1809; private in fusilier guards; an orderly clerk in war office; ensign 58 foot 28 Dec. 1838, adjutant 1838–48, lieut. 27 June 1841, sold out 7 June 1850; served in Tasmania and N.S.W.; was in Maori war of 1845; paymaster and adjutant of the mounted patrol, Sydney; principal gaoler at Darlinghurst; police magistrate and superintendent of police, Sydney 1850; inspector general of police 1856 when he suppressed bush-ranging. _d._ 6 Oct. 1874. _Heaton’s Australian Dict. of dates_ (1879) 140. M’LETCHIE, JAMES. _b._ Maybole, Ayrshire 24 Dec. 1800; apprentice to a surgeon at Maybole; ed. Glasgow univ., D.D.; presbyterian minister at Larkhall 1837, at Gartsherrie to 1841, at St. Thomas’, Leith 1841, at Blackfriars’ parish, Glasgow 1842; minister of the second charge, High ch. Edinb. 1843 to death. _d._ Edinburgh 18 Sep. 1866. _bur._ Grange cemetery 24 Sep. _Sermons by J. M’Letchie_ (1871) _memoir pp. vii–xxvii_, _portrait_. MACLISE, DANIEL (2 child of Alexander Mc Lish of Cork, tanner). _baptized_ in presbyterian ch. Princes st. Cork 2 Feb. 1806 but he always said he was _b._ 25 Jany. 1811; student at Cork academy opened 1822; opened a studio in Patrick st. 1825; entered schools of the R.A. London 20 April 1828, gained the gold medal for historical composition 1829; contributed 80 character portraits to Fraser’s Mag. latterly under nom de plume of Alfred Croquis, June 1830 to 1838; exhibited 83 pictures at R.A., 20 at B.I. and 21 at Suffolk st. 1829–71; altered spelling of his name to Maclise 1835; A.R.A. 1835, R.A. 1840; for his great mural paintings of Wellington and Blucher 1858–61 and The death of Nelson on board the Victory 1861–4, in the royal gallery Westminster, he was paid £7,000; designed the Swiney cup for the Society of arts, the medal for International Exhibition 1862, and the Turner medal for the R.A.; illustrated The princess by A. Tennyson 1860 and took part in illustrating many other works. _d._ 4 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea 25 April 1870. _bur._ Kensal Green cemetery in his father’s vault, portrait by E. M. Ward in National portrait gallery. _W. J. O’Driscoll’s Memoir of D. Maclise_ (1871), _portrait_; _The Mask_ (1868) 100, _portrait_; _J. Sherer’s Gallery of British artists_, _ii_ 15–19; _Sandby’s History of royal academy_, _ii_ 161–64 (1862); _Walford’s Photographic portraits of living celebrities_ (1859), _portrait_; _Fine art. By W. M. Rossetti_ (1867) 245–54; _Maclise Portrait gallery_ (1883) 448–63, _portrait_; _I.L.N. vi_ 293 (1845) _portrait_, _iii_ 169, 170 (1868), _portrait_; _Illust. Times 4 May 1870 p._ 313, _portrait_; _Dublin univ. mag. May 1847 p._ 594, _portrait_. MACLIVER, PETER STEWART (son of David Macliver of Kilchoman, Islay, Scotland). _b._ Edinburgh 1820; ed. High sch. and univ. of Glasgow; on staff of Tyne mercury at Newcastle 1845; started the Newcastle Guardian; founder and proprietor of Western Daily Press, Bristol 29 June 1858, built at great cost new offices 1889; M.P. Plymouth 1880–85; great advocate of cause of post office officials; liberal candidate for Doncaster division of Yorkshire 1890. _d._ Cotham park, Brighton 19 April 1891. _Michell’s Newspaper Press directory_ (1892) 78, _portrait_; _Congregationalist_, _Dec. 1881 pp._ 977–82, _portrait_. MACLOUGHLIN, DAVID. _b._ 1784; ed. Edinb. univ., M.D. 1810; L.R.C.S. 1809; assistant surgeon in the army 22 June 1815; served during Peninsular war, taken prisoner; in charge of a French hospital; Napoleon made him a member of the Legion of honour, the first Englishman so honoured; M.R.C.P. Lond. 1859; in practice at 36 Bruton st. London; author of Result of an enquiry into the existence of premonitory diarrhœa in cholera 1854; Consultation médico-légale sur paralysies vraies. Paris 1841, 2 ed. 1845; Result of an enquiry whether cholera can be conveyed by intercourse 1856; Proofs of the non existence of a specific enthetic disease 1863; Letter to the duke of Somerset relative to the question, Is there a syphilitic virus 1864; Pathological facts as to the means for the prevention of contagious disease 1864. _d._ 22 Maddox st. London 26 Feb. 1870. MACLURE, ROBERT. Ed. Edinb. acad.; head classical and mathematical master of a district sch. in connection with King’s coll. London; a candidate for Greek chair in Edinb. univ. Dec. 1851; professor of humanity Marischal coll. and univ. Aberdeen 1852 to 15 Sep. 1860; professor of humanity in Aberdeen univ. 15 Sep. 1860 to 1881. _Testimonials of Dr. Maclure, candidate for the Greek chair_ (1852). MACMAHON, SIR CHARLES (3 son of sir Wm. Macmahon, master of the rolls in Ireland). _b._ Fortfield, co. Dublin 10 July 1824; ensign 71 Highlanders 4 Aug. 1843; cornet 10 hussars 3 April 1846, lieut. 2 Feb. 1847, sold out 8 Aug. 1851; a member of the police force, Melbourne, Australia, Jany. 1853, assist. commissioner 1856, then chief commissioner, resigned 1858; member of legislative assembly West Bourke 1861, a member of the cabinet 1861–63; contested West Bourke 1863; member legislative assembly, West Melbourne 1866–78 and 1880–86; speaker of the assembly 1871–4, 1874–7 and 1880; knighted by patent 29 Sep.