{{Short description|British politician and lawyer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)|Weymouth and Melcombe Regis]] | term_start = 9 June 1813 | predecessor = [[Henry Trail]] | successor = Sir [[Sir Frederick Johnstone, 7th Baronet|Frederick Johnstone]] and [[Fowell Buxton]] | term_end = 3 December 1832 | birth_date = {{birth date|1777|4|3|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1863|3|10|1777|4|3|df=y}} | 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 (British political grouping)|Tory]] politician, serving as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)|Weymouth and Melcombe Regis]].
== Early life == Ure was born to the Rev. Robert Ure, a minister in [[Airth]], [[Stirling]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Thorne|first=R. G.|url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/ure-masterton-1777-1863|title=The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1790-1820|publisher=Secker and Warburg|year=1986|location=London|archive-date=1 April 2024|access-date=20 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401233257/https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/ure-masterton-1777-1863|url-status=dead}}</ref> He attended the [[University of Glasgow]].
== Political career == Ure made his [[maiden speech]] on the topic of the [[West Indies]] on 9 March 1818.<ref>{{Cite web|title=West Indies Indemnity Bill - Monday 9 March 1818 - Hansard - UK Parliament|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1818-03-09/debates/288ba8a0-7410-4f2e-8c3d-486f0fe0c930/WestIndiesIndemnityBill|access-date=2021-09-20|website=hansard.parliament.uk|language=en}}</ref>
Ure was opposed to [[Catholic emancipation]], [[Jewish emancipation in the United Kingdom|Jewish emancipation]], parliamentary reform and was a supporter of [[Slavery in the United Kingdom|slavery]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Masterton Ure - Summary of Individual|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146658313|access-date=2021-09-20|website=University College London}}</ref>
== Death == Ure died on 10 March 1863, aged 85, in [[Middlesex]], [[London]] leaving his estate divided up between his nephews and nieces.<ref name=":1" />
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