The elder brother of his grandfather's grandfather, Sir John Meux, MP for Newtown, had been created a baronet in 1641; but the title became extinct with Sir John's grandson in 1705.

[8] His father built in 1795 the largest recorded vat, that held 20,000 barrels and cost £10,000.

In 1814, his brewery was the site of the London Beer Flood, which killed eight people after a porter vat burst.

[7] Through his daughter Marianne, he was a grandfather of diplomat Sir William Bowyer-Smijth, 12th Baronet, who died unmarried.

[13] Through his youngest daughter Emma, he was a grandfather of George Capell, 7th Earl of Essex,[16] who married American heiress Adele Beach Grant.