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MURE, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Mure, Caldwell, Ayrshire, Lord Rector Glasgow Univ., and Anne, sister of Sir John Hunter-Blair, Bart. (qv); b. 9 Jul 1799; adm. Christmas 1811; in school list Oct 1814; Univs. of Edinburgh and Bonn; DCL Oxford 9 Jun 1833; travelled in Greece 1838; adm. advocate 5 Jun 1821; MP Renfrewshire Dec 1846 – May 1855; Lord Rector, Glasgow Univ., 1847-8; Col., Renfrewshire Militia; DL JP Ayrshire, Vice-Lieut. Renfrewshire; FSA 14 Mar 1850; a distinguished classical scholar; author, A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Ancient Greece, 1850-7, and other works; m. 17 Feb 1825 Laura, second dau. of William Markham (adm. 1767, qv); d. 1 Apr 1860. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.