Notable and distinguished Merediths and related families in various spheres:
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Arts
| Charles Richard Martin Meredith | (1933-2013) | Irish jazz musician and saxophonist, performing as Rock Fox (a pun on Foxrock in Dublin, a childhood home) |
| Thomas Perry | (ca. 1744-1818) | Renowned violin maker of Dublin, the ‘Irish Stradivarius’. Formed a partnership with his son-in-law William Wilkinson. |
Church
| Rev. James Edmund Burton | (ca. 1776-1850) | A missionary who established and led the Anglican Mission of Christ Church in Rawdon, Québec Province, from 1821-1834, before retiring back to Ireland |
| Most Rev. Dr. John Joseph Clancy | (1855-1912) | Consecrated as Bishop of Elphin at the early age of 39, he was a skilled orator, devoted to the poor and to their education. |
| Ven. William Albany Macourt | (1919-2014) | Archdeacon of Down from 1980 to 1989. |
| Richard (Bishop Of Leighlin) Meredith | (ca. 1550-1597) | Came to Ireland in 1584 as the chaplain to Sir John Perrott. Appointed Bishop of Leighlin in 1589. He is the earliest Irish Meredith for whom there is a documented lineage. |
| Rev. Robert Rhoden Meredith | (1836-1919) | A pastor at the Tompkins Avenue church in Brooklyn, which he grew to become one of the largest Congregational churches in the country. |
| Rev. Thomas Meredith | (ca. 1775-1819) | Rector of Ardtrea in Co. Tyrone and a mathematician. Associated with the poet Charles Wolfe, and the curious subject of a ghost story linking his death to shooting a ghost with a silver bullet. |
| Right Rev. Harry Vere Dawson White | (1853-1941) | Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghaboe from 1921 to 1933. |
Education
| Hugh Owen Meredith | (1878-1964) | Professor of Economics at Queen’s University, Belfast. He was the dedicatee of E.M. Forster’s novel ‘A Room with a View’. |
| Sir James Creed Meredith | (1842-1912) | Joint secretary of the Royal University of Ireland (1880-1909), then secretary of the National University of Ireland. Knighted in 1899 for services to Education. |
| Kathleen Eileen Meredith | (1887-1973) | An inspirational teacher and headmistress who established Pembroke School in Dublin in 1929, known universally as “Miss Meredith’s”. She was from Dicksgrove, Co. Kerry. |
| William Campbell James Meredith | (1904-1960) | Dean of McGill University Faculty of Law (1950-1960), Macdonald Professor of Law in 1955, and director of the Institute of Air and Space Law in 1958. |
| Dr William Edward (’Ted’) Nevill | (1925-2006) | Professor of Geology at the University of Cork and founder of the Department. The annual Ted Nevill Lecture Series was established in his memory in 2008 |
Finance
| Charles Theodore Bauer | (1919-2004) | An educational philanthropist and co-founder of the Houston-based Aim Management Group, which he built to be the 7th largest company of its kind. |
| Charles Meredith | (1854-1928) | President of the Montreal Stock Exchange from 1901 to 1905. |
| Sir Henry Vincent Meredith | (1850-1929) | Elected President of the Bank of Montreal in 1913. Created a Baronet of the United Kingdom in 1916. |
Government
| Henry Meredith | (ca. 1777-1812) | Governor of Winneba in the former Gold Coast, murdered by natives in 1812. Author of “An Account of the Gold Coast of Africa” |
| Sir John Meredith, 1st Bart | (1742-1799) | High Sheriff of Co. Meath and knighted in 1783. Created Baronet of Carlanstown in 1795 |
| Sir Robert Meredith | (aft. 1576-1668) | Member of the Irish Parliament at various times between 1613 and 1661. Appointed Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer in 1661. Son of Richard, Bishop of Leighlin. |
| William Meredith | (1772-1849) | Lived at Dicksgrove. Appointed High Sheriff of Co. Kerry in 1803 for the year. |
Law
| Kenneth Elliott Meredith | (1922-2012) | Served for over 20 years as a Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia. |
| Sir Herbert Ribton Meredith | (1890-1959) | Chief Justice of the Patna High Court in India. |
| James Creed Meredith | (1875-1942) | President of the Supreme Court of the Irish Republic, Chief Judicial Commissioner of Ireland and a Judge of the High Court and the Supreme Court of Ireland. |
| Richard Edmund Meredith | (1855-1916) | Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland in 1896 and Master of the Rolls in Ireland in 1906. |
| Hon. Richard Martin Meredith | (1847-1934) | President of the High Court of the Supreme Court of Ontario from 1905 and Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Common Pleas from 1912. |
| Sir William Ralph Meredith | (1840-1923) | Chancellor of the University of Toronto from 1900 and Chief Justice of Ontario from 1913 until his death in 1923. |
| Sir William Collis Meredith | (1812-1894) | Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Québec from 1866 till 1884. Knighted in 1886. |
Medicine
| Sir Frederick Grant Banting | (1891-1941) | Awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for the co-discovery of insulin and its therapeutic properties. His name is commemorated in Toronto's Banting Institute, the Banting Research Foundation and the annual Banting Lectures. |
| Sarah Gray | (1859-1941) | Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Ireland) in 1900. Elected the first woman president of the Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Society in 1921/2. |
Military
| Charles Geoffrey Meredith | (1922-1977) | He was awarded the Military Medal in 1945 for "acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire” during the WW2 Italian campaign |
| Sir Charles Warburton Meredith | (1896-1977) | Air Officer Commanding of the Rhodesian Air Training Group and Air Vice-Marshal during WW2. Appointed KBE in 1947. |
| Thomas Meredith | (ca. 1665-1719) | MP in both Irish and English Parliaments. Lieutenant General in the army serving under the Duke of Marlborough. Great-grandson of Richard, Bishop of Leighlin. |
Police
| George Willoughby | (ca. 1867-1947) | Chief Superintendent in the Dublin Metropolitan Police and the Civic Guard |
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
| Carew Arthur Meredith | (1904-1976) | A mathematician and influential logician, known for his work on condensed detachment, a method of finding the most general possible conclusion given two formal logical statements. |
| Francis Matthew Peter Meredith | (1923-1978) | A research chemist at Aluminium Labs., Banbury, who worked on surface coatings and recycling. Inventor of a patent ‘Recovery of coated aluminium scrap’. |
| Frederick William Meredith | (1895-1980) | A renowned research scientist who was also a Soviet spy. His discovery of the 'Meredith Effect' and invention of the electric autopilot were important in the development of aviation, through WW2 and subsequently. |
Sport
| Henry William ('Harry') Dowd | (1938-2015) | Goalkeeper and FA Cup winner who made 181 appearances during a nine-year career with Manchester City Football Club. |
| Mathew Wilson Alphonso Meredith | (1894-1973) | Riding Master, Horse Breaker and Horse Dealer, once described as “a poem on a horse” |
| Rice Meredith | (ca. 1850-1897) | Racehorse breeder and outstanding flat race trainer, a thrice winner of the Irish Derby |