Background
Meyrick was born in Towcester, Northamptonshire, the eldest son of Colonel Sir Thomas Meyrick, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Ivy (née Pilkington).
Meyrick was born in Towcester, Northamptonshire, the eldest son of Colonel Sir Thomas Meyrick, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Ivy (née Pilkington).
He was educated at Eton, where he was an excellent rower, and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
He rowed for Trinity Hall in the Head of the River race. Most of the Cambridge crew of 1948 also rowed for Leander Club and Meyrick stroked the eight at Henley Royal Regatta. After university, Meyrick became resident land agent on the Earl of Coventry"s Croome Estate in Worcestershire.
Seven years later he moved to Pembrokeshire and began farming.
The family had lived in Pembrokeshire since the 16th century. He succeeded in the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1983 and inherited the family home at Gumfreston.
Meyrick suffered a stroke at the age of 60 and died at Pembroke at the age of 77.
In 1947 and 1948, he was a member of the victorious Cambridge crews in the Boat Races. He was on the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society, as the South Wales representative, a steward at the Royal Show at Stoneleigh, and a member of the National Farmers Union and the Country Landowners" and Rural Business Association in Pembrokeshire.