MOZLEY, Harriet Elizabeth (elder sister of John Henry Newman, cardinal, d. 11 Aug. 1890). m. at St. Werburgh’s, Derby 27 Sept. 1836 Thomas Mozley, divine and journalist 1806–93; author of The fairy bower or the history of a month 1841; The lost brooch 1841; Louisa, or the bride 1842; Family adventures 1852. d. 71 Guilford st. Russell sq. London 17 July 1852.
MOZLEY, James Bowling (brother of Anne Mozley 1809–91). b. Gainsborough 15 Sept. 1813; ed. at Grantham gr. sch. 1822–8; matric. from Oriel coll. Oxf. 1 July 1830; B.A. 1834, M.A. 1838, B.D. 1846, D.D. 1871; fellow of Magdalen coll. 1840–56; joint editor of the Christian Remembrancer, the organ of the high church party about 1845–55; V. of Old Shoreham, Sussex 1856 to death; select university preacher 1869; canon of Worcester 1869–71; regius professor of divinity at Oxford and canon of Ch. Ch. 7 Oct. 1871 to death; author of On the Augustinian doctrine of predestination 1855, 2 ed. 1878; The primitive doctrine of baptismal regeneration 1856; A review of the baptismal controversy 1862, 2 ed. 1883; Eight lectures on miracles; Bampton lectures 1865, 6 ed. 1883; Ruling ideas in early ages and their relation to the Old Testament faith 1877, 4 ed. 1889; The theory of development, a criticism of Dr. Newman’s essay 1878; Sermons, parochial and occasional 1879, 2 ed. 1882; Lectures and other theological papers 1883. d. Old Shoreham vicarage 4 Jany. 1878. J. B. Mozley’s Essays, 2 vols. (1884) introduction pp. xi–xlvii; J. B. Mozley’s Letters (1885) introduction pp. 1–30; I.L.N. lxxii 108 (1878) portrait.
MOZLEY, Thomas (brother of the preceding). b. Gainsborough 1806; ed. at Charterhouse and Oriel coll. Oxf.; pupil of John Henry Newman; B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831; fellow of Oriel April 1829 to 27 Sept. 1836, junior treasurer 1835; C. of Buckland near Oxford 1831; P.C. of Moreton-Pinkney, Northamptonshire 1831–6; R. of Cholderton, Wiltshire 1836–47, rebuilt the church; advocated the tractarian movement from 1833; edited the British Critic 1841–3; wrote leading articles for The Times from 1844 for more than 40 years; R. of Plymtree, Devon 1868–80; rural dean of Plymtree 1874, and of Ottery St. Mary 1876; author of Reminiscences, chiefly of Oriel college and the Oxford movement, 2 vols. 1882, 2 ed. 1882; Reminiscenses, chiefly of towns, villages and schools, 2 vols. 1885; The Word 1889; The Son 1891; Letters from Rome on the occasion of the Œcumenical council 1869–70, 2 vols. 1891; The creed, or a philosophy 1893, with autobiographical preface. d. 7 Lansdowne terrace, Cheltenham 17 June 1893.
MUDGE, Henry (son of Thomas Mudge). b. Tower Hill house, Bodmin 29 July 1806; ed. at St. Bartholomew’s hospital, London; L.S.A. 1828, M.R.C.S. 1829; practised at Bodmin to his death; advocated strict temperance principles; mayor of Bodmin twice; edited The Western temperance luminary, 12 numbers 1838; The Bodmin temperance luminary, 12 numbers 1840–1; The Cornwall and Devon temperance journal, 8 vols. 1851–8; author of An exposure of Odd-fellowship 1845; Rescued texts or teetotalism put under the protection of the gospel 1853, 3 ed. 1856; Alcoholics, a letter to practitioners in medicine By one of themselves 1856; Dialogues against the use of tobacco 1861. d. Fore st. Bodmin 27 June 1874. Boase & Courteney’s Bibl. Cornub. i 377–8 (1874), iii 1290 (1882).
MUDGE, Richard Zachariah (eld. son of major general Wm. Mudge, col. R.A. 1762–1820). b. Plymouth 6 Sept. 1790; ed. at Blackheath and R.M. academy, Woolwich; 2 lieut. R.E. 4 May 1807, lieut. col. 10 Jany. 1837, retired on full pay 7 Sept. 1840; in charge of the drawing department, Tower of London, some years; superintended the ordnance survey of Lincolnshire 1818; appointed comr. by the British government to examine the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick 1838, the survey was made by Mr. Featherstonehaugh and himself Aug. to Oct. 1839, the boundary was settled by the treaty of Washington 1842; author of Observations on railways with reference to utility, profit and the obvious necessity of a national system 1837. d. Teignmouth, Devon 25 Sept. 1854. bur. Denbury. S. R. Flint’s Mudge memoirs (Truro 1883) 177–239.
MUDGE, Zachary (son of John Mudge, physician 1721–93). b. Plymouth 22 Jany. 1770; entered navy 1 Nov. 1780; captain 15 Nov. 1800; captain of Blanche 32 gun frigate 23 Sept. 1802 in the West Indies, where he captured many French merchant ships and privateers; lost his ship in an action with a French squadron 19 July 1805, tried by court martial 14 Oct. when acquitted of all blame; commanded the Phœnix in the Bay of Biscay 1805–10, and the Valiant, 74 guns 1814–5; admiral 15 Sept. 1849. d. Sydney near Plympton 26 Oct. 1852. bur. Newton Ferrers. Memorial window in St. Andrew’s church, Plymouth.
MUDIE, Charles Edward (son of Thomas Mudie, second-hand bookseller). b. Cheyne Walk, Chelsea 18 Oct. 1818; assisted his father until 1840; stationer and bookseller at 28 Upper King st. (now Southampton row), Bloomsbury; published Poems by James Russell Lowell 1844, and R. W. Emerson’s Man thinking, an oration 1844; commenced lending books 1842; removed to 510 New Oxford st. 1852, where he opened a large new hall and library 17 Dec. 1860; established branches in London, Birmingham and Manchester; made over the library to a limited company 1864, in which he held half the shares and remained manager, there were over 25,000 subscribers to his library; member of London school board for Westminster 1870–3; author of Stray Leaves 1872, a vol. of poems, 2 ed. 1872. d. 31 Maresfield gardens, Hampstead 28 Oct. 1890. Curwen’s Booksellers (1873) 421–32 portrait; Cartoon portraits (1873) 72–3 portrait; I.L.N. 3 Nov. 1890 p. 583 portrait.
MUDIE, Charles Henry (son of the preceding). b. Adelaide road, Haverstock hill 26 Jany. 1850; ed. at Univ. college school, London; took part in management of his father’s business 1871 to death; a good musician, an amateur actor, and a lecturer; he devoted much time to improvement of the poorer classes. d. 13 Jany. 1879. C. H. Mudie [by Mary Mudie his sister] (1879) portrait; Athenæum i 90 (1879).
MUDIE, James. Second lieutenant royal marines 10 May 1799, first lieut. 18 Aug. 1804 to 1810 or 1811; manufactured medals of principal persons engaged in Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns; became insolvent 22 Aug. 1821; in New South Wales July 1822 to March 1836; owner of Castle Forbes station near Maitland, N.S.W. where there was an insurrection of the convicts in 1833, when he was removed from the commission of the peace together with 32 other magistrates; gave evidence in London before select committee appointed to inquire into the system of transportation, April and May 1837; author of An historical and critical account of a grand series of national medals, published under the direction of J. Mudie 1820; The felonry of New South Wales being a picture of the real romance of life in Botany bay 1837. R. Therry’s Reminiscenses (1863) 164–78; R. Flanagan’s History of New South Wales i 478–9, 524 (1862); Vindication of J. Mudie and J. Larnach from reflections on their conduct relative to treatment of convict servants 1834.
MUDIE, Thomas Mollison. b. Chelsea 30 Nov. 1809; ed. at royal academy of music from 1823, professor of the pianoforte there 1832–44; organist at Lord Monson’s seat Gatton, Surrey 1834–40; taught music in Edinburgh 1844–63 when he returned to London; his song Lungi dal caro bene was published at cost of the R.A. of music composed symphonies in C and in B flat; at the concerts of the Society of British musicians, were performed his symphony in F 1835, symphony in D 1837, a quintet in E flat for pianoforte and strings 1843, &c.; composer of Remember, a duet 1840; Six songs and two duets 1844; There be none of beauty’s daughters, a song 1845; The songs of Scotland by G. F. Graham, arranged by T. M. Mudie and others, 3 vols. 1848; Airs from Macfarren’s opera She stoops to conquer 1864, two books; Christabel waltz 1874; First Nocturne for the piano 1872; his name is attached to upwards of 40 pieces 1830–76. d. Shaftesbury terrace, London 24 July 1876. bur. Highgate cemet. 28 July.