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Murray, Colin Andrew, son of Colin Hay Murray FRIBA, of Eastbourne, Sussex, and Joan Pamela, d. of Stanley Tooth, engineer, of Buxted, Sussex; b. 7 Jan. 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left July 1944; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1944, BA 1947, MA 1951; Roy. Greenwich Observatory 1950-85, SPSO 1965-85; Roy. Astronomical Soc., Fellow 1952, Council 1965-8 and 1974-7, Vice-Pres. 1975-7; gave 1988 Halley lecture on "The Distances to the Stars"; m. 27 Feb. 1954 Frances Mary, d. of Rev. George Stephen Nason, Vicar of Greenwich and Dean of Gibraltar; d. 8 Nov. 2012.

Murray Hill, Peter Auriol, son of George Murray Hill (qv); b. 20 Apr. 1908; adm. Sept. 1922 (R); left July 1926; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1926, BA 1929; an actor and antiquarian bookseller; Pres. Antiquarian Booksellers' Assn 1956-7; m. 14 June 1941 Phyllis Calvert, actress, d. of Frederick Bickle of Chelsea; d. 25 Nov. 1957.

MURE, JAMES, son of William Mure (qv); b. 25 Oct 1835; adm. 25 Sep 1847 (Rigaud's); Midshipman, Royal Navy Oct 1849 – May 1852; Glasgow Univ., matr. 1852; adm. advocate 6 Jun 1857; HBM Consul for the Balearic Islands (resident at Palma, Majorca), from 8 Jun 1877; m. 8 Feb 1862 Mary Elizabeth, divorced wife of Robert Vans Agnew MP, Barnbarroch, Wigtownshire, and dau. of Sir David Hunter-Blair, Bart.; d. at Palma 8 May 1882.

MURE, CHARLES REGINALD, son of William Mure (qv); b. 7 May 1833; adm. 25 Sep 1847 (Rigaud's); Ensign, 43rd Foot 16 Aug 1850; Lieut., 29 Jul 1853; Capt., 7th Foot 8 Jan 1856; half-pay 10 Nov 1856; 43rd Foot 10 Apr 1857; served in Kaffir War 1851-3; Adc to Maj. -Gen. Frederick Markham (qv) in Crimean War 1855; killed in action at Tauranga, New Zealand 29 Apr 1864.

Munro-Scott, Brian Munro, son of Harold Munro Scott MRCS LRCP, med. practitioner, of Walthamstow, Essex, and Gladys Grace, d. of Randall Zack Perry, of Hillingdon, Middlesex; b. 16 Sept. 1934; adm. Sept. 1948 (R); left July 1951; RAC instructor and owner of motoring Sch., later co. man. Erith, Kent; MIAM; m. 17 Dec. 1955 Muriel Liddle, PA, d. of Joseph Liddle of Swanley, Kent; d. 31 May 1998.

MUNRO, HUGH, eldest son of David Munro, Dollar, Clackmannanshire, and Hillside, Elstree, Herts., headmaster of private school, and Jane Belsham, youngest dau. of Robert Wilkinson, Totteridge Park, Herts.; b. 7 Mar 1863; adm. 5 Feb 1877 (R); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1881, matr. 14 Oct 1881; BA 1885; MA 1888; Guy’s Hospital; MD Louvain 1898; LSA 1898; Assistant Medical Officer, Claybury Asylum; Senior Assistant Medical Officer, Maudsley Hospital; d. 10 Nov 1928.

Moss, Frank Lyons, son of Matthew Lewis Moss KC (Australia), later solicitor (London), and Katherine Lyons, d. of Moss Moss of Sydney NSW; b. 19 Mar. 1898; adm. Jan. 1914 (R); left Dec. 1916; 2nd Lieut. Suffolk Regt June 1917; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1919, BA 1921, MA 1952; called to the Bar (Middle Temple) Nov. 1922; adm. a solicitor June 1928; practised in London; m. 10 Dec. 1932 Vere Kathleen, d. of Edward Walker Harkess; d. 3 Apr. 1989.

Moses, Malcolm St. John; b. Sept. 1, 1898; adm. May 2, 1913 (R); left Dec. 1914.

Mortimer, John Frederick, son of Rupert Vernon Mortimer, businessman, and Dorothy, d. of Tom Bullyment, businessman; b. 21 Jan. 1939; adm. Sept. 1952 (R); left July 1956; SOAS, Univ. of Lond., BA 1969, post-grad. res. 1970-2; European ops. man. Scholastic Internat. Travel 1972-4; administrator Chartered Inst. of Bankers 1972-96; played cricket for Durham CCC; TEFL Qing Dao, China 2006-11; m. 22 Nov. 1971 Erica Juliana Frieda Lloyd, nursery nurse, d. of Robert Lloyd, RA; d. 5 June 2023.

Morriss, Guy Rallison, son of Ernest Myddleton Morriss, of Putney, solicitor, by Edith Jessie, daughter of Frederick Bennett, of Yorkshire; b. Nov. 5, 1888; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (R); left July 1906; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. A.S.C. Nov. 8, 1915, Lieut. July 1, 1917; acting Capt. Dec. 29, 1917; admitted a solicitor April 1914, and practised in London until his retirement in 1948; d. Dec. 1952.