John Maire (1703–1771) was a leading

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conveyancer. Maire was the son of Thomas Maire of

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, and an elder brother of the Roman Catholic priest William Maire. He was admitted to

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in 1727; as a Catholic, Maire could not be called to the bar, and so he built up a

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practice. He married Mary Lawson, who survived him, and had a seat at Lartington Hall.

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