Office: | Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis |
Termstart: | 9 June 1813 |
Predecessor: | Henry Trail |
Successor: | Sir Frederick Johnstone and Fowell Buxton |
Termend: | 3 December 1832 |
Birth Date: | 3 April 1777 |
Alma Mater: | University of Glasgow |
Occupation: | Lawyer and politician |
Party: | Tory |
Death Place: | Middlesex, London |
Masterton Ure (3 April 1777 – 10 March 1863) was a Scottish lawyer and Tory politician, serving as the Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.
Ure was born to the Rev. Robert Ure, a minister in Airth, Stirling.[1] He attended the University of Glasgow.
Ure made his maiden speech on the topic of the West Indies on 9 March 1818.[2]
Ure was opposed to Catholic emancipation, Jewish emancipation, parliamentary reform and was a supporter of slavery.[3]
Ure died on 10 March 1863, aged 85, in Middlesex, London leaving his estate divided up between his nephews and nieces.