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.