Modern English biography

MUIR, JAMES (son of William Muir, presbyterian minister). _b._ Glasgow 31 May 1817; articled to J. and G. Rennie, London 1835–41; assistant engineer to New River co. 1841, and engineer 1859–82, during which time he greatly improved and extended the company’s works, consulting engineer 1882, and then a director until 1888; designed a new water meter; M.I.C.E. 1 May 1866. _d._ Bournemouth 4 Jany. 1889. _Min. of Proc. of I.C.E. xcvi_ 323–6 (1889). MUIR, JOHN. _b._ Glasgow 1778; presbyterian minister of Lecroft, Stirlingshire 1803–21, and of St. James’s, Glasgow 1820 to death; D.D. 1831; author of Popery makes void the laws of God 1836; The doctrines and practices of popery examined 1851; Discourses delivered in the Scottish National church, Crown court, London 1856. _d._ Glasgow 1 Feb. 1857. _Our Scottish clergy, by J. Smith_ (1848) 45–56; _Scott’s Fasti ii, pt. 1, p._ 31 (1868). MUIR, JOHN (eld. son of Wm. Muir, magistrate of Glasgow). _b._ Glasgow 5 Feb. 1810; ed. at Glasgow univ. and Haileybury college; assistant secretary to board of revenue at Allahabad 1828; principal of newly established Victoria or Queen’s college at Benares 1844–5; civil and sessions judge at Fatehpur, Bengal 1845, retired 1853; resided at Edinburgh 1853 to death; chief founder of the Association for the better endowment of Edinburgh univ.; founded in Edinb. univ. the chair of Sanskrit and comparative philology 1862, and with his brother, sir Wm. Muir, the Shaw fellowship for moral philosophy; instituted the Muir lectureship in comparative religion; author of A sketch of the argument for christianity and against Hinduism, in Sanskrit verse, Calcutta 1839, 2 ed. 1840; The course of divine revelation 1846; An examination of religions Sanskrit and English, 2 parts 1852–4; Notes of a trip to Kedarnath and parts of the snowy range of the Himalayas 1855; Original Sanskrit texts on the origin of the religion and institutions of India, 5 vols. 1858–70, 2 ed. 1868–73; Metrical translations from Sanskrit writers 1879. _d._ 10 Merchiston avenue, Edinburgh 7 March 1882. _W. Hole’s Quasi Cursores_ (1884) 103–4; _I.L.N. lxxx_ 352 (1882) _portrait_. MUIR, MATTHEW ANDREW. _b._ Glasgow 1812; managing partner of the Anderston foundry co. about 1850 to death; took out numerous patents; introduced plate moulding, which made the production much cheaper. _d._ Glasgow Jany. 1880. MUIR, MATTHEW ARNOLD. A yachtsman on the Clyde and the Thames; owner of the 60 ton cutter Mabel 1886; successfully raced in Scottish waters 5 seasons; bought the famous yacht Irex 1891, which he renamed Mabel, won seven prizes with her 1893; member of the royal Thames and 8 other clubs. _d._ 25 Gloucester terrace, Hyde park, London 27 April 1894. MUIR, WILLIAM (son of Wm. Muir of Glasgow, merchant). _b._ Glasgow, 11 Oct. 1787; matric. at Glasgow univ. 1800 LL.D., 1812 D.D.; presbyterian minister of St. George’s ch. Glasgow 1812–22; minister of New Grey Friars Edinb. 1822–9; minister of St. Stephen’s Edinb. 1829–67; moderator of general assembly 17 May 1838; consulted by the government about church patronage; dean of the order of the Thistle 9 June 1845 to death; chaplain in ordinary to the Queen 1845 to death; member of council of univ. of Glasgow 1858; author of Discourses on the epistles to the seven churches in Asia; Practical sermons on the holy spirit 1842; Metrical meditations 1870. _d._ Ormelie, Murrayfield, Edinburgh 23 June 1869. _Crombie’s Modern Athenians_ (1882) 75–7 _portrait_; _Proc. of Royal Soc. of Edinb. vii_ 22–5 (1872). MUIR, WILLIAM (2 son of Andrew Muir, farmer). _b._ Catrine, Ayrshire 17 Jany. 1806; ed. Glasgow univ.; apprentice to Thomas Morton, blacksmith, Kilmarnock to 1824; employed at Maudslay and Field’s engineering factory, London 1831–6; foreman at Bramah and Robinson’s foundry at Pimlico, London 1836–40; worked with Joseph Whitworth, engineer at Manchester 1840–2; engineer in Berwick st. Manchester June 1842; subsequently took larger premises in Miller’s lane, Salford, afterwards erected the Britannia works at Strangeways; achieved a great reputation as a maker of lathes and machine tools; took out 11 patents 1853–67, his sugar-cutting machine 1863 is much used; a great advocate of temperance. _d._ Brockley 15 June 1888. bur. Brockley cemetery. _R. Smiles’ Brief memoir of Wm. Muir_ (1888). MUIR, SIR WILLIAM MURE (son of Walter Boyd Muir). _b._ Edinburgh 24 Jany. 1818; ed. Edinb. univ., M.D. 1840, and St. George’s hospital, London; assist. surgeon in army 1842, surgeon 1854, inspector general 1861, surgeon general 1873, and director general 1 April 1874 to 1882; served in the Crimea throughout the war 1854, in the Mauritius, in India during the mutiny 1857–8, in China 1860, and again in India; hon. physician to the queen 6 May 1868; responsible for the improvement made in the position of army surgeons 1879; C.B. 28 Feb. 1861, K.C.B. 24 May 1873. _d._ Oak lodge, Blackheath park, Kent 2 June 1885. _Medical Times and Gazette i_ 800 (1885). MUIRHEAD, JAMES (son of Claud Muirhead of Gogan park, Midlothian, proprietor of the Edinburgh Advertiser). _b._ 1831; in a merchant’s office in Leith; connected with the Edinburgh Advertiser; barrister I.T. 6 June 1857; member of faculty of advocates 1857; professor of civil law in univ. of Edinb. 1862 to death; advocate depute 1874–80; sheriff in chancery 1885; sheriff of Stirling, Dumbarton and Clackmannanshire 1886; hon. LL.D. Glasgow 1885; edited The institutes of Gaius and rules of Ulpian 1880; author of Historical introduction to the private law of Rome, Edinburgh 1886, a work of authority translated into French and Italian; his law library was purchased by subscription after his death and presented to Owen’s college, Manchester. _d._ Drumsheugh gardens, Edinburgh 8 Nov. 1889. _Juridical Review Jany. 1890 pp._ 27–36 _portrait_; _W. Hole’s Quasi Cursores_ (1884) 175–80 _portrait_. MULCAHY, JOHN. ed. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1830, LL.B. 1850, LL.D. 1851; professor of mathematics Queen’s college, Galway 1849 to death; author of Principles of modern geometry, Dublin 1852, 2 ed. 1862. _d._ 1 Dec. 1853. MULCASTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1 son of captain sir William Howe Mulcaster). _b._ 29 Sept. 1820; ensign 64 Bengal N.I. 31 May 1838, major 14 Nov. 1861; major Bengal staff corps 18 Feb. 1861, lieut. col. 4 April 1863 to 1 July 1881; served in Afghanistan 1841; in Sutlej campaign 1845–6, and present at Modkee, etc.; served with 7 Irregular cavalry in second Punjab campaign 1848–9, and was present at siege of Mooltan, etc.; commander of 7 Irregular cavalry 14 Jany. 1852 to 26 May 1864, and was present in campaign on North West frontier 1853; brigadier commanding the cavalry in Sitana campaign 1857; brigadier general in Assam 1864, and commanded the Bhootan field force on the Eastern frontier; brigadier general commanding the Mooltan brigade 1865; commanded the Agra brigade to 1867; general 1 Oct. 1877; placed on unemployed supernumerary list 1 July 1881. _d._ 3 Portland place, Bath 4 Feb. 1887. MULES, HENRY CHARLES. _b._ 1816; copyhold and enclosure comr. 13 Nov. 1852 to death. _d._ Hill house, Copdock, Suffolk 4 Dec. 1862. MULHALL, EDWARD. _b._ Queen’s co. Ireland 1812; ordained R.C. priest 1835; professor of humanity at Carlow college from 1835, until his health obliged him to retire. _d._ Mountrath, Queen’s county 9 Sept. 1857. MULHOLLAND, ANDREW (son of Thomas Mulholland, cotton manufacturer). _b._ Belfast 1791; cotton manufacturer with his brother in York st. Belfast, their mill was burnt down 10 June 1828; produced flax yarns by machinery 1830, in which business he enjoyed almost a monopoly; member of Belfast corporation 1842, mayor 1845; presented the town with the organ in Ulster hall at cost of £3,000, 1845; retired from business 1860; sheriff of Down and Antrim. _d._ Springvale, Ballywalter, co. Down 24 Aug. 1866. MULL, MATTHIAS. _b._ 1820; manager of a printing establishment in India 1850; manager of Bombay gazette; on staff of Bombay times, purchased the paper, took Robert Knight into partnership, and renamed it The Times of India, when it became the representative journal of Western India, retired 1880; author of Shakespeare 1883, emendations on certain passages; Paradise lost, with notes 1884; Hamlet restored, with notes 1885; Hamlet, supplementary notes 1888; Macbeth, with preface and notes 1889. _d._ Oct. 1893. MULLANY, PATRICK FRANCIS. _b._ Tipperary 29 June 1847; ed. by the Christian Brethren at Utica, New York 1862; professor of mathematics and English literature Rock hill college, Ellicott city, Maryland 1866, president 1878, charges being made against him he was summoned to Paris and on investigation acquitted; professor of rhetoric at De La Salle institute 1889; established the summer school at Plattsburg, a catholic copy of Chautauqua; contributed to the Contemporary, Fortnightly, American Catholic and North American reviews, and The Forum; author under the name of Azarias, of The development of English literature, the old English period, New York 1879; On thinking, an address 1881; Aristotle and the christian church 1888; Phases of thought and criticism 1892; The history of education from the earliest ages 1893, left unfinished. _d._ Plattsburgh, New York state Sept. 1893. MULLEN, ROBERT. Ensign 1 foot 25 June 1802, major 8 Aug. 1833 to 16 June 1843; lieut. col. in the army 16 June 1843; K.H.