<P>... every District officer would be held personally responsible that no deaths occurred from starvation which could have been avoided by any exertion or arrangement on his part or that of his subordinates . </P> <P> In 1874 Muir was appointed financial member of the Viceroy's Council, and retired in 1876, when he became a member of the Council of India in London . James Thomason served as Muir's mentor with respect to Imperial administration; Muir later wrote an influential biography of Thomason . </P> <P> Muir had always taken an interest in educational matters, and it was chiefly through his exertions that the central college at Allahabad, known as Muir Central College, was built and endowed . Muir College later became a part of the Allahabad University . In 1884 Muir was elected president of the Royal Asiatic Society . In 1885 he was elected principal of Edinburgh University in succession to Sir Alexander Grant, and held the post till 1903, when he retired . </P> <P> Muir was married to Elizabeth Huntly Wemyss (1822 - 1897). He died in Edinburgh, and is buried in Dean Cemetery . The grave lies in the concealed lower southern terrace . </P>

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