Notable South Australians/Charles Mortimer Muirhead, J.P.
Charles Mortimer Muirhead, J.P.,
SON of the above, and a rising and prominent member of the South Australian Bar; born in Adelaide in 1857, but spent several years in England, and was educated partly at St. Peter's College and by private tuition. Was articled,, and completed his profession at 21 years of age; admitted to the Bar in 1878, since which period he has worked up a large and successful practice. Appointed to the Commission of the Peace in 1882, and is one of the youngest Magistrates in the colony. Mr. Muirhead occupies a leading position in yachting circles, and held office respectively as Treasurer and Secretary of the Glenelg Yacht Club. He is also Vice-Commodore of the Holdfast Bay Yacht Club. Elected at the head of the poll a Director of the South Australian Insurance Company, one of the oldest companies in the colony. Mr. Muirhead resides at Glenelg, and, as will be surmised, takes an active interest in all that concerns the prosperity of that popular watering-place. He was lately requested to stand for the District of Sturt; and is in partnership with Mr. P. F. Bonnin, Solicitor, of Adelaide.