Egerton Francis Mead MacCarthy (1838–1917)

Schoolmaster and clergyman. BA (27th wrangler), Cambridge (Emmanuel College), 1860. Ordained priest, 1863. Taught mathematics at King Edward’s School, Norwich, 1860; Bedford Grammar School, 1864–5. Second master, King Edward’s School, Birmingham, 1866; headmaster of the middle school, 1878; headmaster, King Edward’s School Five Ways, Birmingham, 1883–1916. Member of the Birmingham Philosophical Society.