MIMPRISS, Robert (son of an official in Deptford dockyard). b. Deptford 14 Jany. 1797; ed. at Blackheath; purser on board a foreign merchantman 1813; devoted himself to development of Sunday schools from 1821; devised the Mimpriss system of graduated simultaneous instruction based on Edward Greswell’s Harmony of the gospels; engaged in writing books in connection with his system 1830–50, travelled repeatedly round the country setting forth its merits and advocating millenarian and teetotal principles; author of A pictorial, geographical, chronological and historical chart 1832; Gospel recreations for Sabbath evenings 1836; The treasury harmony of the four evangelists 2 vols. 1849–51, republished as The gospel treasury, new ed. 1884; The Mimpriss system of graduated simultaneous instruction 1855. d. Clapham, London 20 Dec. 1875. Robert Mimpriss: a memoir of his life and work (1876), portrait.
MINGAYE, William James. b. 1785; entered navy 16 Sep. 1798; served on shore at capture of Cape of Good Hope, Jany. 1806; captain 29 Jany. 1822; acting capt. of the Royal George yacht 23 July 1822; commanded the Hyperion 42 guns in Newhaven harbour 8 Jany. 1825 to 1831; pensioned 18 Dec. 1858; admiral on h.p. 27 April 1863. d. Hyperion lodge, Rosherville, Kent 30 Nov. 1865.
MINIFIE, William. b. Devonshire 14 Aug. 1805; an architect and bookseller at Baltimore, U.S. of America 1828; curator of Maryland academy of sciences; professor of drawing at Maryland institute schools of art; author of Text-book of mechanical drawing. Baltimore 1849; A text-book of geometrical drawing 3 ed. 1851; Essay on the theory and application of color 1854; Popular lectures on drawing and design 1854. d. Baltimore 24 Oct. 1880.
MINTER, John Moolenburgh. b. 1815; L.S.A. 1836; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1837, F.R.C.S. 1857; M.D. St. Andrews 1862; F.K.Q.C.P. Ireland 1868; surgeon R.N. 30 Dec. 1837, surgeon in Implacable on coast of Syria 1840; surgeon in the field during Burmese war 1851; deputy inspector general 18 April 1859, inspector general 22 March 1872; hon. physician to the queen to death; surgeon extraordinary to prince of Wales, travelled with him in Egypt and the Holy Land 1861–2; travelled with prince and princess of Wales on the continent; deputy inspector naval hospital, Malta; inspector general naval hospital, Plymouth 1 April 1873, retired 2 April 1875. d. Mount Priory, Plympton, Devon 15 Dec. 1891.
MINTO, Gilbert Elliott-Murray-Kynynmond, 2 Earl of (eld. son of sir Gilbert Elliot, 1 earl of Minto 1751–1814). b. Lyons, France 16 May or Nov. 1782; ed. Eton and univ. of Edinb.; M.P. Ashburton 1806–7; M.P. co. Roxburgh 1812 to 21 June 1814; styled viscount Melgund 1813–4; succeeded as 2 earl 21 June 1814; envoy extraord. and min. plenipo. to court of Berlin 18 July 1832 to Sep. 1834; P.C. 15 Aug. 1832; G.C.B. 20 Dec. 1834; F.R.S. 25 Feb. 1836; first lord of the admiralty 15 Sep. 1835 to 3 Sep. 1841; an elder brother of the Trinity house 5 Dec. 1837 to death; lord keeper of the privy seal 6 July 1846 to 27 Feb. 1852; envoy extraord. to Sardinia, Tuscany, Sicily and Switzerland 4 Sep. 1847 to 1848; governor of naval college, Portsmouth; assumed additional surname of Murray-Kynynmond by r.l. d. 48 Eaton square, London 31 July 1859. Doyle’s Official baronage, ii 502–3 (1886), portrait.
MINTO, William Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond, 3 Earl of. b. Minto castle, Roxburghshire 19 March 1814; styled viscount Melgund 1817–59; ed. at Trin. coll. Camb., M.A. 1836; M.P. Hythe 1837–41; contested Rochester 30 June 1841; M.P. Greenock 1847–52; contested Glasgow 10 July 1852; M.P. Clackmannan 1857–9; chairman of royal commission for survey of Scotland 1857; succeeded as 3 earl of Minto 31 July 1859; K.T. 13 May 1870. d. 2 Portman square, London 17 March 1891.
MINTO, Emma Eleanor Elizabeth Elliot-Murray-Kynymond, Countess of (only dau. of general sir Thomas Hislop, 1 baronet 1764–1843). b. 1824; m. 20 May 1844 the preceding; author of A memoir of the right honourable Hugh Elliot. Edinburgh 1868; edited Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, first Earl of Minto from 1751 to 1806, 3 vols. 1874; and Lord Minto in India: life and letters of Gilbert Elliot, first earl of Minto, from 1807 to 1814 while governor-general of India, 1880. d. Eaglescliffe, Bournemouth 21 April 1882.
MINTO, William (son of James Minto). b. near Alford, Aberdeenshire 10 Oct. 1845; entered Aberdeen univ. 1861, where he took honours in classics, mathematics and philosophy, an unprecedented feat, M.A. 1865; was at Merton coll. Oxf. 1866–7; assistant to A. Bain professor of logic and English literature Aberdeen univ. 1867–73 and professor 1880 to death; came to London 1873, edited The Examiner 1874–8 and London Opinion 1880; a leader-writer on Daily News and Pall Mall Gazette; author of A manual of English prose literature, biographical and critical 1872; Characteristics of English poets from Chaucer to Shirley 1874; The crack of doom 3 vols. 1886; The mediation of Ralph Hardelot 3 vols. 1888; Was she good or bad 1889; University extension manual on logic 1893; Plain principles of prose composition 1893; English literature under the Georges 1894. d. Aberdeen 1 March 1893. W. Minto’s Literature under the Georges (1894), memoir; Athenæum 4 March 1893 p. 282; I.L.N. 11 March 1893 p. 298, portrait.
MINTON, Herbert (2 son of Thomas Minton, potter 1765–1836). b. Stoke on-Trent 4 Feb. 1793; ed. at Audlem school, Cheshire; partner with his father at Stoke 1817–28; re-entered the business 1836 and took as partners John Boyle and Mr. Hollins; Colin Minton Campbell became a partner 1849; introduced manufacture of hard porcelain, parian, semi transparent porcelain, encaustic tiles, azulejos or coloured enamel tiles, mosaics, Delia Robbia ware, majolica and Palissy ware; employed 1500 hands in 1858; lived at Hartshill near Stoke many years, where he built and endowed a church and schools 1842; the school of art at Stoke was erected by public subscription as a memorial to Minton. d. Belmont, Torquay 1 April 1858. bur. at Hartshill. Account of a visit to the works of Minions, Stoke-upon-Trent (1884); Digby Wyatt’s On the influence exercised on ceramic manufactures by H. Minton (1858); Fortunes made in business, iii 63–115 (1887).
MIRANDA, David Myers. b. 1836; tenor singer at Drury Lane and Covent Garden; vocalist and teacher at Melbourne 1871 to death. d. Northcote, Australia 21 March 1886.