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PEARSON, CHARLES JAMES, brother of George Pearson (qv); b. 31 Oct 1814; adm. 17 Jun 1829 (Stelfox's); left Christmas 1831; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1834; BA 1838; MA 1842; ordained deacon 19 Jul 1840, priest 25 Jul 1841 (both Ripon); Curate, St. Thomas, Birmingham, and later of Easebourne, Sussex; m. 8 Nov 1845 Mary Charlotte, eldest dau. of Rev. James Hoare Christopher Moor, Vicar of Clifton upon Dunsmore, Warwicks.; d. 10 Jun 1881.

PACK, JOHN CHRISTOPHER, eldest son of Richard Pack, Flore Hall, Northants, and Mary Freeman (IGI); b. 22 Jul 1807; adm. 19 Jan 1821 (Stelfox's); left Bartholomewtide 1823; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Dec 1825; BA 1829; adm. Middle Temple 23 Feb 1825; d. 17 Feb 1879.

MURRAY, HON. DAVID HENRY, third son of David William Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (qv); b. 9 Feb 1811; adm. 18 Mar 1822 (Stelfox's); Min. Can. 1825; left 1825; Ensign, unattached 20 Mar 1827; 42nd Foot 26 Apr 1828; Lieut., 7th Foot 9 Nov 1830; 60th Foot 23 Nov 1832; Capt., half-pay, unattached 15 May 1835; 25th Foot 24 Jul 1835; Lieut. and Capt., 3rd Foot Guards 23 Mar 1838; Brevet Maj., 9 Nov 1846; retd. 4 Feb 1848; m. 5 Nov 1840 Margaret Grant, Baroness Gray (S), eldest dau. of John Grant, Kilgraston, Perthshire; d. 5 Sep 1862.

MURE, DAVID, LORD MURE, brother of William Mure (qv); b. 21 Nov 1810; adm. 28 Feb 1825 (Stelfox's); Edinburgh Univ.; adm. advocate 23 Dec 1831; Advocate Depute 1843-6; Sheriff of Perthshire 1853-8; MP (Cons) Buteshire 1859- Jan 1865; Solicitor-Gen. for Scotland 12 Jul 1858 – Apr 1859, Lord Advocate 15 Apr – Jun 1859; an Ordinary Lord of Session, with judicial title of Lord Mure, 11 Jan 1865- Oct 1889; a Commissioner of Justiciary 1 Apr 1874-89; DL Midlothian, Buteshire; m. 20 Jul 1841 Helen, eldest dau. of John Tod, Kirkhill, Midlothian, Writer to the Signet; d. 11 Apr 1891.

MOWBRAY, SIR JOHN ROBERT, BART., only son of Robert Stribling Cornish, Exeter, Devon, architect, Mayor and Alderman of Exeter, and Marianne, only dau. of John Powning, Hill’s Court, near Exeter, Devon, architect and builder; b. 3 Jun 1815; adm. 16 Sep 1829 (Stelfox's); left Christmas 1832; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 May 1833, Canoneer Student 1835-47, Honorary Student 1877; President, Oxford Union 1836; BA 1837; MA 1839; DCL 30 Nov 1868; Hon. Fellow, Hertford Coll., 1875; adm. Inner Temple 15 Oct 1834, called to bar 19 Nov 1841; Western Circuit; assumed surname of Mowbray in lieu of Cornish 26 Jul 1847; MP (Cons) Durham Jun 1853-68, Oxford University from 1868; “Father” of House of Commons from 1898; Judge Advocate-Gen., 1858-9, 1866-8; Privy Councillor 6 Apr 1858; a Church Estates Commissioner 1866-8, 1871-92; created baronet 3 May 1880; DL JP co. Durham, JP Berkshire 1858; a Governor of the School from 1877; Busby Trustee 19 May 1885; m. 19 Aug 1847 Elizabeth Gray, only surviving child of George Isaac Mowbray, Bishopwearmouth, co. Durham; d. 22 Apr 1899. DNB.

MORGAN, CHARLES OCTAVIUS SWINNERTON, fourth son of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart. (adm. 1771, qv); b. 15 Sep 1803; adm. 19 Jun 1816 (Packharness', later Stelfox's, head of house 1821); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Jun 1822; BA 1825; MA 1832; MP (Conservative) Monmouthshire Feb 1841-74; FSA 1830, Vice-Pres.; FRS 2 Feb 1832; a well-known antiquary and collector of gold and silver plate; DL Monmouthshire, JP Monmouthshire 1830; d. unm. 5 Aug 1888. DNB.

MAYNE, SIMON WILLIAM, eldest son of William Mayne (qv); b. 18 Dec 1805; adm. 28 Jun 1819 (Stelfox's); Ensign, 99th Foot 1 Apr 1821; Lieut., 7 Jul 1825; Capt., 1 Feb 1827; half-pay, 27th Foot 25 Nov 1831; 40th Foot 5 Apr 1833; 19th Light Dragoons 12 Apr 1839; m. 1829 Charlotte, widow of R. Balland; d. at Brussels 25 Dec 1843.

MAYNE, JOHN, second son of William Mayne (qv); b. 9 Dec 1807; adm. 28 Jun 1819 (Stelfox's); Ensign, 1st Foot 22 Jun 1826; Lieut., 12 Apr 1827; Capt., 5 Feb 1836; Brevet Maj., 9 Nov 1846; retd. 3 Sep 1847; m. 1st, 25 Mar 1829 Mary, dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Sir Richard Armstrong KCB, Commander-in-Chief, Madras; m. 2nd, 19 Oct 1841 Lucy, dau. of J. Ives, Norwich; m. 3rd, 22 Jan 1866 Amelia, dau. of Thomas Fielder; d. 12 Jan 1872.

MAYNE, HENRY OTWAY, eldest son of Capt. Charles Otway Mayne, EIC Maritime Service, and Emma, dau. of Harry Vansittart Taylor, EICS Madras; nephew of William Mayne (qv); b. 11 Mar 1819; adm. 21 Jan 1833 (Stelfox's); KS 1833; left Dec 1835; Addiscombe Coll. 1836-7; Cadet, EICS Madras 1838; Cornet, 6th Light Cavalry 14 Jul 1838; Lieut., 23 Nov 1841; entered Nizam of Hyderabad’s service 1 Mar 1850; Brevet Capt., 11 Mar 1853; Capt., 31 Dec 1855; Brevet Maj., 24 Mar 1858; raised Mayne’s Horse and served with it 1859-60; m. 12 Jan 1850 Mary Ewer, youngest dau. of Thomas Jacob Turner, EICS Bengal; d. at Allahabad, Bengal, India 2 Nov 1861. Memorial tablet, North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

MAYNE, HENRY BLAIR, son of Robert Mayne (qv); b. 23 Aug 1813; adm. 5 Jul 1826 (Stelfox's); KS 1827; rowed v. Eton 27 Jul 1829, 12 May 1831; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1831, matr. 21 May 1831, Westminster Student; BA 1835; MA 1838; Clerk, House of Commons 1836, Third Clerk, Private Bill Office 1848, Assistant Clerk 1849, Senior Clerk 1862, Principal Clerk, Table Office 1870-86; adm. Middle Temple 16 Nov 1838, called to bar 21 Nov 1845; member Marylebone, I Zingari and West Kent Cricket Clubs; played cricket for Kent 1835, 1844; one of the committee which framed the rules for short whist at the Arlington Club 1863; d. unm. 17 Jan 1892.