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Murphy, Matthew Stanley, son of Matthew Alexander Murphy CBE MICE, Dir. of Public Works Trinidad and Tobago, and Elizabeth Cunningham Murphy of Buchden, Barbados; b. 1 Apr. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (G); left Mar. 1924; Colonial Customs Service, Collector Gold Coast 1929, sen. Collector 1945, principal Collector 1952; m. 8 Aug. 1934 Ruth Mary Eileen, d. of Leo Centeno of Felixstowe; d. 1 Mar. 1987.

Murphy, John Neville, son of Thomas Frederick Murphy, HM Customs & Excise, and Constance Alice, d. of James Arthur Parish of Dagenham, Essex; b. 19 Apr. 1927; adm. Sept. 1940 (KS); left July 1945; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1945, BA 1949, MA 1952; advertising agent J. Walter Thompson Co. 1949-63; gen. man. Booker McConnell Plc 1963-81; a man. consult. 1981-; dir. Madame Tussaud’s Ltd. 1981-; m. 29 Jan. 1962 Tessa Renee, d. of Richard Diamond, med. practitioner, of Hull, Yorks; d. 1 Apr. 2011.

Murphy, Denis Brownell, son of Richard Yoakley Murphy, of Ealing, by Beatrice, daughter of Henry Crosland, of Ealing; b. April 15, 1904; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1918; left Aug. 1922; joined the Indian Police Nov. 20, 1923; murdered by Red Shirts at Mardan, near Peshawar, May 25, 1930.

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.

MURE, REGINALD JAMES, eldest son of James Mure (adm. 1807, qv), and his second wife; b. 22 Dec 1842; adm. 22 May 1856 (James'); QS 1857; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1861, matr. 23 May 1861; BA 1866; MA 1873; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Oct 1866, called to bar 17 Nov 1869; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; Secretary to Sir Robert Joseph Phillimore, Bart. (qv) 1878-83; Treasurer, Elizabethan Club 1872-95; Busby Trustee 22 May 1900; joint editor with James Gow and John Sargeaunt of Lusus Alteri Westmonasterienses iii, 1906; m. 23 Dec 1878 Anna Charlotte, dau. of Sheffield Neave, Oakhill, Hampstead, Middlesex; d. 23 Dec 1908.

MURE, PHILIP WILLIAM, brother of Alexander James Mure (qv); b. 19 Jan 1802; adm. Midsummer 1815; KS 1815; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1819, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 May 1819; BA 1823; MA 1825; a malt distiller at Bromley-by-Bow, Middlesex; m. 5 Feb 1833 Louisa, dau. of Sir Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange (qv); d. 28 Jun 1867.

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, JAMES, brother of Alexander James Mure (qv); b. 31 Jul 1796; adm. Mich. 1807; KS 1809; Capt. of the School 1813; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1814, matr. 23 May 1814, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics 1817; BA 1817; MA 1820; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 2 Jul 1824; gave evidence before the public Schools Commission 23 Jun 1862 (Parliamentary Papers 1864, xxi, 424-8); Busby Trustee 14 May 1859; President, Elizabethan Club, from 1867; author of a number of epilogues and epigrams; joint editor with Henry Bull (qv) and Charles Brodrick Scott of Lusus Alteri Westmonasterienses i-ii, 1863-7; m. 12 Nov 1834 Harriet, dau. of Brice Pearse, Munkham, Essex; m. 2nd, c. 1842 Emily, dau. of Richard Heatley, Woodford, Essex; d. 20 Jul 1876.

MURE, ERNEST WILLIAM, son of James Mure (adm. 1807, qv), and his second wife; b. 18 Oct 1848; adm. 19 Jun 1862 (James'); Min. Can. 1863; left Christmas 1864; clerk, Bank of England (but not in employment by time of 1881 Census); d. 3 Apr 1930.