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.
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