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COMPANION AGE. State Railway, Secunderabad ; is Traffic Sup. of Punjab Section of North-Western State Railway: cr. C.I.E. 1882. Beaconsfield Club. MATHEWS, Brig -Gen. Lloyd William, C.M.G., son of William Mathews, Esq. Capt. and one of the first movers in Vol. Force) ; b. 1850 ; entered R.N. 1863, and retired as Lieut. 1881 ; served during Ashantee War 1873-4 (pro- moted Lieut., medal), and on E. Coast of Africa in suppression of Slave Trade (thanked by Admiralty); joined, with sanction of British Govt., the service of H.H. the Sultan of Zanzi- bar, 1878 ; organised Zanzibar Force, of which he was for many years Brig. -Gen., and carried out several expeditions into Africa ; arrested Capt. Brownrigg's murderers 1881 ; has been engaged in suppressing the slave trade, and in active service against the rebel chief Mburuk in Rashia, bringing him under the Sultan of Zan- zibar (2nd class brilliant star) ; annexed to the Sultan's dominions the country of Taveta Charga ; administered Govt. of Zanzibar during illness of the late Sultan 1888 (ist class brilliant ! star) ; received 2nd class of the Prussian Order J of the Crown 1889; is Prime Minister to H.H. the Sultan of Zanzibar ; C.M.G. 1880. Zan- zibar. MATTEI, Richard, C.M.G.; cr. C.M.G. 1886. MATTHEWS, Henry Montagu, C.I.E. ; i>. 18 ; is Ch. Engineer and Manager of Ran- goon and Irrawaddy State Railway ; cr. C.I.E. 1887. MAUDE, Col. Francis Cornwallis, C.B., V.C. [see E. De Montalt, colls.]. MAUNSELL, Gen. Frederick Richard, i C.B., son of the late Rev. D. H. Maunsell, of ' Balbriggan ; b. 1828; entered Bengal Engineers j 1846, became Capt. and Major R.E. 1858, Lieut.-Col. 1869, Col. 1874, Maj.-Gen. 1878, Lieut.-Gen. 1884, and Gen. 1887 ; served in j Punjab Campaign 1848-9, present at siege of , Mooltan and battle of Googerat (medal with j two clasps), in Indian Mutiny Campaign 1857-8, | present at sieges of Delhi and Lucknow, in Oude 1859 (dangerously wounded, medal with two i clasps, mentioned in despatches, C. B.), and in I Afghan Campaign 1878-9 (mentioned in de- j spatches, medal with clasp) : m. 1862, Maria Alexandrine, who d. 1883, da. of Don Manuel Velez, of New Granada; cr. C.B. 1873. 15, j The Grove, Boltons, S. W. ; United Service, East India United Service, and Primrose Cinbs. MAUNSELL, Maj.-Gen. Thomas, C.S., son of the late George Meares Maunsell, Esq. b. 1822; entered Army 1842, became Capt. 1850, Major 1855, Lieut.-Col. 1864, Col. 1873 (h. p. 1879), and Maj.-Gen. (retired) 1881 ; served with 32nd Regt. in Punjab Campaign 1848-9 (medal with two clasps), in Crimean Campaign, with 28th Regt., 1854-5-6 (thrice wounded, honourably mentioned in Div. Orders and despatches, medal with three clasps, sth class Medjidie, and Turkish and Sardinian medals), and during latter part of Indian Mutiny: m. 1865, Amy Louisa Elizabeth, da. of Col. Burrowes, K.H., of Bourton Court, Somerset; cr. C.B. 1875. The Cottage, Biirghclere, near Newbury; Army and Navy Club. MAURICE, Col. John Frederick, C.B., son of the late Rev. Frederick Denison Maurice ; b. 1841 ; ed. at Addiscombe, and at Roy. Mil, Acacl., Woolwich ; entered R.A. 1861, became Capt. 1875, Major 1880, Lieut.-Col. 1882, and Col. 1885 ; served during Ashanti War 1873-4 (mentioned in despatches, medal with clasp),in S. African War (severely wounded, mentioned in despatches, medal with clasp, Brevet Major), with Egyptian Expedition 1882, as D.A.A.G. Head Quarters (mentioned in despatches, medal with clasp, bronze star, 4th class Osmanieh, Brevet Lt.-Col.), and with Soudan Expedition 1884-5 (mentioned in despatches, clasp, pro- moted Col.) ; was an Instructor at Sandhurst Mil. Coll. 1869-73, D.A.Q.M.G. at Head Quarters 1884, and Professor of Mil. Art at Staff Coll. i88v92 ; author of various military and other works: ;. 1869, Anne Frances, da. of the late R. A. Fitz-Gerald, Esq. ; cr. C.B. 1891. Aiiny and Navy Club. MAXWELL, Major Henry St. Patrick, C.S.I., son of Gen. William Maxwell, R.A. ; b. 1850 ; entered io6th Regt. 1869, and B.S.C. 1871, became Capt. 1881, and Major 1889 ; served with Duffla Expedition 1874-5 (men- tioned in despatches), with Naga Hills Expe- dition 1879-80 (severely wounded, mentioned in despatches, medal with clasp), with Akba Ex- pedition 1883-4 (mentioned in despatches), and with Manipur Expedition 1891 (mentioned by Govt. of India, and in despatches); is a Dep. Commr. Assam, and Political Agent and Supt. of the Manipur State ; cr. C.S.I. 1892. British Agency, Manipur, India. MAXWELL, Major John Grenfell, D.S.O., son of the late Robert Maxwell, Esq. ; b. 1859 ; ed. at Cheltenham Coll. ; entered Army 1879, and became Capt. Black Watch (Roy. High- landers) 1888, and Brevet Major 1889; served in Egyptian Expedition 1882, being present at battle of Tel-el-Kebir (medal with clasp, bronze star), in Soudan Expedition 1884-5. as Head Quarters Comdt. and Provost Marshal (men- tioned in despatches, clasp), in Nile Expedition 1885, and at actions of Gmnis 1886 (mentioned in despatches, D.S.O.), of Gemaizah 1888 (men- tioned in despatches, 3rd class Osmanieh, clasp), and of Toski 1889 (mentioned in despatches, clasp, Brevet Major) ; was Staff-Capt. of Mil. Police in Egypt 1883-5; is serving with Egyptian Army : m. 1892, Louise Selina, da. of Charles William Bonynge, Esq., of 42, Prince's Gate, S.W. ; cr. D.S.O. 1886. MAXWELL, William Edward, C.M.G., son of Sir Peter Benson Maxwell ; b. 1846 : ed. at Repton ; Bar. Inner Temple 1881 ; was suc- cessively employed in Registrar's Depart. Su- preme Court Penang and Singapore 1865-9^ Police Magistrate and Commr. of Court of Re- quests at Penang 1869-70, at Malacca 1870-1, and at Singapore 1871-2, and for Wellesley Prov. 1872-3, temporary Judge of Supreme Court Penang 1874, Assist. Govt. -Agent Wellesley 1874-5, Dep. Commr. with Larut Field Force 1875, in Expedition to Perak to punish murderers of British Resident (medal, and mentioned in despatches), Acting Assist. Resident Larut 1876, Acting Assist. Col. Sec. Singapore 1877, Acting Senior Magistrate Singapore 1877, Assist. Resi- dent Perak and Member of State Council 1878-82, and Land Titles Registration Commr., Straits Settlements 1882 ; employed 1882-3 on a special mission to Australian Colonies to report on the Torrens' system of Regi- stration of Titles; in 1884 went on a joint mission despatched by British and Netherlands Govts. to W. Coast of Atchin, and procured the release of 18 of the crew of the ss. " Nisero," who had for 10 months been detained as prisoners by the Rajah of Tenom (thanked by H.M.'s Govt.) ; was Acting Resident Councillor, Penang i887-9,and Resident of Selangor 1889-92, since when he has been Colonial Sec. of Straits Settlements : m. 1870, Lilias Grant, da. of the Rev. J. Aberigh-Mackay, D.D. ; cr. C.M.G. 1885. Singapore, Straits Settlements; Con- sen-atlve Club. MAY, Capt. Henry John, C.B., son of