 One of his great uncles, Boyle Meredith (1788–1873), married Eliza Gough Vincent (1797–1870), a niece of General John Vincent and a cousin of Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough.It was after her family that he was given his middle name, which he chose to use as his first.He was one of a group of brothers collectively referred to as 'The Eight London Merediths'.