MC ADAM, William (eld. son of Wm. Mc Adam d. 23 Feb. 1836 the eld. son of J. L. Mc Adam 1756–1836). b. 1803; surveyor general of turnpike roads in England to death; K.H. 1834. d. the Park, Bath 28 Aug. 1861. Observations sur les routes dites Mac Adam. Par Auguste Jones suivies d’une réponse de W. Mac Adam etc. 1861.
MACALESTER, Charles Archibald (son of colonel Archibald Macalester). b. 1790; ensign 35 foot 19 Sep. 1795, major 13 June 1811, placed on h.p. 8 June 1826; brevet lieut.-col. 12 Aug. 1819; served in the campaigns of Egypt, Calabria, Belgium and France, at the capture of Malta and the Ionian Islands; chief of civil government of Island of Cerigo 1809–12; K.H. 1833. d. Loup cottage, Axminster, Devon 25 Aug. 1869.
MACALISTER, Arthur. b. Glasgow 1818; educated for a solicitor; solicitor at Ipswich, New South Wales 1850; M.P. Ipswich in the parliament of Queensland 10 May 1860 to 1871 and 1873–6; secretary for lands and works 21 March 1862 to Feb. 1866; premier 1 Feb. to 20 July 1866, 7 Aug. 1866 to Aug. 1867 and 8 Jany. 1874 to 5 June 1876; secretary of works and goldfields 28 Jany. 1869 to 3 May 1870; speaker for session of 1870–1; colonial secretary 8 Jany. 1874 to 5 June 1876; agent general for Queensland in London 22 June 1876 to 16 Nov. 1881; C.M.G. 13 March 1876. d. at the residence of his sister, Sunnyside, Uddington near Glasgow 23 March 1883.
M’ALL, Robert Whitaker (son of Robert Stephens M’All, independent minister, d. 1838). b. 1821; independent minister Sunderland; with his wife established the Mc All non-sectarian mission in Paris for teaching the ‘lapsed masses’ Jany. 1872, which before his death had 43 meeting places in Paris, 89 in the provinces of France and 6 in Algeria and Tunis; received a medal from the Encouragement du Bien society; received a testimonial on the 20 anniversary of the mission 1892; member of legion of honour July 1892; author of Letter and symbol, a lecture on the personal reign theory, in Ebenezer chapel, Sunderland 1853. d. Auteuil near Paris 11 May 1893. The white fields of France or the story of Mr. M’All’s mission. By H. Bonar (1879); A cry from the land of Calvin and Voltaire (1887).
MC CALL, Samuel (younger son of Robert Mc All, minister of the countess of Huntingdon’s chapel). b. St. Ives, Cornwall 5 Oct. 1807; ed. Rotherham coll.; pastor of Hall Gate chapel, Doncaster 1829–43; pastor at Nottingham 1843–60; principal of Hackney coll. 1860–80; author of Lectures at the nonconformist churches in Nottingham 1850; The logic of atheism 1853, 2 ed. entitled The sceptics credulity 1870; The pastoral care, hints on the services of congregational churches 1873; Delivery, or lecture room hints on public speaking 1875. d. 2 Goulton road, Clapton, London 9 March 1888. Congregational Year book (1889) 198–201.
MC ALPIN, William. Chief engineer in service of the Viceroy of Egypt 25 years, d. 1 May 1865 aged 61. bur. Highgate cemetery.
MACAN, George. b. 1803; entered Bombay army 1819; lieut. 15 Bombay N.I. 182-, captain 9 Feb. 1829; captain 2nd Bombay European regiment 1839, lieut.-col. 15 May 1850 to 1855, of 14 N.I. 1855–7, of 3 N.I. 1857–8, of 11 N.I. 1858–60; commandant Baroda 10 June 1859 to 1860; col. of 25 Bombay light infantry 2 June 1860 to death; M.G. 20 April 1862. d. 1 Westbourne st. Hyde park gardens, London 12 Nov. 1866.
MACAN, Henry. b. 1804; entered Bombay army 1819; lieut. 17 Bombay N.I. 182-, captain 27 Nov. 1834, lieut.-col. 29 Dec. 1846 to 1852; lieut.-col. of 24 N.I. 1852 to 6 Dec. 1856; commandant Rajcote 10 April 1854 to 24 Nov. 1855; commanded Rajpootana field force 10 March 1856 to 1857; col. of 17 N.I. 6 Dec. 1856; general 24 May 1877; C.B. 28 Feb. 1861. d. 31 Craven road, Westbourne terrace, London 20 April 1885.
MACAN, John. Called to Irish bar 1815; Q.C. 13 July 1835; bencher of King’s Inns 1841 to death; comr. of court of bankruptcy 1836–57, judge of the court 1857 to death; found dead in his bed at 9 Mountjoy sq. north, Dublin 5 June 1859.
MACANDREW, James. b. Aberdeen 1820; in business in London till 1850; went to Otago, New Zealand 1850; a ship builder; a member of the N.Z. parliament from the establishment of responsible government 1854 to death; minister of lands Oct. 1877, minister of public works 1878; superintendent of the Otago province 1860–76; the first to establish steam communication between New Zealand and England; founder of Otago university; author of Address to the people of Otago. Dunedin 1875. d. from effects of a carriage accident 24 Feb. 1887. W. Gisborne’s New Zealand rulers (1886) 269–70, portrait.