The Life of Samuel Johnson - James Boswell [784]
Morris, Miss (fl. 1748), daughter of Valentine Morris (d. 1789), governor of St Vincent: 998
Moser, George Michael (1704–83), chaser and enameller; the finest gold-chaser of his generation; named as a directorinthe Charter of Incorporation of the Society of Artists (1765); keeper of the Royal Academy (1768); designed the great seal of George III, in use from 1764 to1784: 398, 887, 1038n. 395
Moses: 340, 341
Moss, Dr: 804
Motteux, Mr (fl. 1775): 476
Mounsey, Dr Messenger, see Monsey, Dr Messenger
Mountstuart, John Stuart, Viscount, later 4th Earl and 1st MarquisofBute(1744– 1814), diplomatist; eldest son of the 3rd Earl of Bute; supported ministries after Rockingham’s;LordLieutenantofGlamorgan(1772–93);Sworn to Privy Council (1779); auditor of the imprest (1781); ambassador to Spain (1795–6); fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (1776): 274, 568, 745, 834
Mudge, Dr John (1721–93), surgeon and physician; fellow of the Royal Society (1777); long-standing family friendship with Reynolds; hosted S.J. in Plymouth (1762), later becoming firm friends: 201, 255, 894
Mudge, Revd Zachariah (1694–1769), divine, Church of England clergyman; lifelong friend of Reynolds; prebendary of Exeter (1736); author of Liberty: A Sermon (1731) and An Essay towards a New English Version of the Book of Psalms (1744); father of Dr John Mudge and met S.J. through his son: 15, 201, 806–7
Mudge, William (1762–1820), Major-General; son of Dr John Mudge and S.J.’s godson: 667
Mulgrave, Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron (1744–92), captain, RN: 523
Muller, John (1699–1784), professor of fortification and mathematics in Woolwich: 187 n. b
Mulso, Miss, see Chapone, Hester
Munsey, Dr Messenger, see Monsey, Dr Messenger
Murdoch, Dr Patrick (d. 1774), Church of England clergyman and writer; fellow of the Royal Society (1745); vicar of Great Thurlow (1760); friend and biographer of the poet James Thomson; abandoned project for complete works of Isaac Newton: 584, 594, 718
Murphy, Arthur (1727–1805), playwright and actor; acquainted with Johnson from c.1754; ran the political weekly The Test (from 1756); author of the plays Know Your Own Mind (1778) and The Grecian Daughter (1772); rented Drury Lane for the summer season with Samuel Foote (1761); edited the works of Fielding (1762); introduced S.J. to Henry and Hester Thrale; translated Tacitus (1793); wrote Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson (1792) and a biography of Garrick (1801); successful lawyer: 167, 176, 189, 190, 199–200, 208 n. a, 259, 304–6, 322, 327, 398, 407, 462, 533–6, 646, 903, 914, 989 n. a
Murray, Alexander, Lord Henderland (1736–95), judge; Solicitor-General for Scotland (1775); MP for Peeblesshire (1780); ordinary Lord of Session and a commissioner of the Court of Justiciary (1783): 523–6
Murray, Dr Richard (c.i 727–99), fellow, later provost, of Trinity College, Dublin: 256–7
Murray, John (1745–93), bookseller and publisher; exploited the market for reprinting after the House of Lords decision on literary property (1774); published and edited the English Review (est. 1783); made most of his money through reprints of the likes of Shakespeare, Milton, Defoe and Fielding from his shop in Fleet Street: 117n. a, 682
Murray, William, see Mansfield, William Murray, ist Earl of
Musgrave, Dr Samuel (1732–80), physician and classical scholar; fellow of the Royal Society (1760); physician to the Devon and Exeter Hospital (1766); fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1777); Greek scholar, specializing in the study and annotation of the works of Euripides; notes on Sophocles incorporated by the Clarendon Press edition (1800): 695–6
Musgrave, Sir William (1735–1800), 6th Baronet, of Hayton Castle: 88
Mylne, Robert (1734–1811), architect and engineer; winner of the competition to design the new bridge over the Thames at Blackfriars (1760); Johnson critical of his design during this campaign in favour of