John Walsingham Cooke Meredith (1809–1881), J.P., an Irish-Canadian office holder and businessman, best remembered as the father of the Eight London Merediths. He previously practised as a barrister and was a member of the first Eccentric Club in London.
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But John, unhappily, thought fit
To publish it to all the nation:
Sure John and I are more than quit.”
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Graunt me to frame
Bitter plaints to rue thy wrong,
Bitter woe for thy name.”
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