James William Murison

1872 - 1945  (73 years)

• Name	James William Murison  [1, 2]
  Known as	"William"
  Birth	23 Mar 1872	Aberdeen   [1, 2]
  Education	bef 1891	St Olave's Grammar School, Southwark   [1]
  Education	1891 - 1894	Trinity Hall, Cambridge   [1]
  	Scholar
  Degree/Qualif.	1894	Cambridge University ; BA  [1]
  Degree/Qualif.	1895	Cambridge University ; LLB  [1]
  Degree/Qualif.	29 Apr 1896	Middle Temple, Strand ; Barrister  [1]
  Marriage	abt Aug 1904	Kensington   [3]
  	Mabel Adeline Paterson,   b. abt Nov 1876, Camberwell ,   d. 28 Sep 1938, Le Zoute, Belgium
  Occupation	1913	Zanzibar ; Assistant Judge  [4]
  Decoration	1919	KB  [5]
  	New Year Honours, Colonial Office List: Knights Bachelor: James William Murison, Esq., LL.B., Judge of his Britannic Majesty's Court for Zanzibar [The Times]
  Occupation	1925 - 1933	Straits Settlements ; Chief Justice  [1, 6]
  Residence	bef 1933	Nassim Hill, Singapore   [7]
  Residence	Sep 1935	83 Queen's Gate, Kensington   [6]
  Death	28 Aug 1945	389 Portland Rd, West Hove   [1, 2, 8]
  Probate	10 Jan 1946	Llandudno ; £5,644 18s. 10d.  [9]
  	Murison sir James William of The East India and Sports Club St. James-square London S.W.1 died 28 August 1945 at 389 Portland-road-west Hove Sussex Probate Llandudno 10 January to Anthony Bertie Logan Murison chartered accountant. Effects £5644 18s. 10d. Resealed Singapore 10 December 1946. [NPC]
  Notes	Sir William Murison, Chief Justice Straits Settlements, 1925-33, died on August 28 [1945]. James William Murison, born on March 23, 1872, youngest ons of Professor A F Murison, KC, graduated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, with honours in clssics and law. He was callled to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1896, and took silk (Straits Settlements) in 1924. He served as Chief Justice of HBM Court at Zanzibar and Judge of the Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa, and before becoming Chief Justice, Straits Settlements, had been acting Colonial Secretary and Attorney-General. In 1933 he was chairman of the commission to inquire into Arab-Jewish riots in Palestine, and in 1944 was appointed a chairman of War Pensions tribunals. Sir William Murison, who was knighted in 1919, married in 1904 Mabel, second daughter of J Paterson, and had a son and a daughter. His wife died in 1938. [The Times] James William Murison: [Youngest] s. of Alexander Falconer Murison [Professor of Roman Law at University College, London], of 24, Victoria Road, Clapham. [B. Mar. 23, 1872, at Aberdeen.] School, St Olave's Grammar, Southwark. Adm. at Trinity Hall, 1891. Matric. Michs. 1891; Scholar, 1891; B.A. 1894; LL.B. 1895. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Jan. 27, 1893. Called to the Bar, Apr. 29, 1896. Equity Draftsman and Conveyancer, 1900. Registrar, East African Protectorate, 1902-4; Town Magistrate, Mombasa, 1904; 2nd Assistant Judge, Zanzibar, 1904; Senior Judge, Zanzibar, 1905-14; Chief Justice, 1914. Member of Court of Appeal for East Africa, 1905-10, and from 1914. Knighted, 1919. Acting Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, 1920-1. Attorney-General, 1919-25. Chief Justice, 1925-33. K.C. 1924. Chairman of Commission, 1933, to enquire into Arab-Jewish riots in Palestine. Editor, Zanzibar Law Reports, 1868-1918. Author, Swahili translations. Died Aug. 28, 1945. [Brother of Alexander Logan Murison, MRCS LRCP, 1871-1948, entered Trinity Michs. 1890, BA 1894.] (Law Lists; Colonial Office List; Who's Who; The Times, Aug. 29, 1945.)[Cambridge University Alumni]
  Person ID	I2831	Tatham | Meaburn branch | Parent of spouse
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2014

  
  

  Family	Mabel Adeline Paterson,   b. abt Nov 1876, Camberwell ,   d. 28 Sep 1938, Le Zoute, Belgium  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Marriage	abt Aug 1904	Kensington   [3]
  Notes	1 son, 1 dau [2] Anthony B L Murison, birth reg Zanzibar 1906-1910 [GRO Consular Birth Indices]
  Children	+ 1. Diana Elizabeth Lily Murison,   b. 18 Jul 1913, 42 Holland Park, Kensington ,   d. 02 Nov 1978, Perpignan, France  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F0743	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Cambridge University Alumni. [S05] The Times, death notice, 01 Sep 1945. James Murison [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Kensington, 3Q1904. [S05] The Times, birth notice, 22 Jul 1913. dau Diana [S05] The Times, New Year Honours List, 01 Jan 1919. [S05] The Times, forthcoming marriages, 27 Sep 1935. dau Diana [S05] The Times, forthcoming marriages, 19 Mar 1946. dau Diana [S02] BMD Index, death reg Hove, 3Q1945. [S14] National Probate Calendar.