758 William Mure

Constituency : Renfrewshire  1874-80

William  reversed  the  by-election  defeat  of  1873  when  Henry  Bruce  was  elevated  to  the  peerage. His  father  was  a  former  Peelite   MP  for  the  seat.

William  went  into  the  Scots  Fusilier  Guards  and  rose  to  the  rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel.

William  spoke  against  the  exploitation  of  pregnant  women  in  factories  in  1874.

He  died  in  1880  shortly  after  being  re-elected. He  was  50.