MURRAY, WILLIAM DAVID, 3RD EARL OF MANSFIELD (cr. 1776) and 4TH EARL OF MANSFIELD (cr. 1792), eldest son of David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield (qv); b. 21 Feb 1806; styled Viscount Stormont 1806-40; adm. 19 Sep 1816 (Packharness'); left Christmas 1822; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Apr 1823; MP (Cons) Aldborough 1830-1 New Woodstock 1831-2 Norwich 1832-7 Perthshire 1837 – 18 Feb 1840; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1834-5; succ. father as 4th Earl of Mansfield (cr. 1792) 18 Feb 1840, and grandmother as 3rd Earl of Mansfield (cr. 1776) 11 Jul 1843; took Conservative whip, House of Lords; Lord High Commissioner to General Assembly, Church of Scotland 1852, 1858-9; Lord Lieut., Clackmannanshire, from 1852; KT 13 Jun 1843; “father” of the House of Lords; m. 8 Apr 1829 Louisa, dau. of Cuthbert Ellison MP, Hepburn Hall, co. Durham; d. 2 Aug 1898.
Murray, Thomas Aird Burnley, son of Thomas Aird Murray, consult. civil engineer, of Toronto, and Alice, d. of Frank Hancock of Ripon, Yorks; b. 16 Mar. 1912; adm. Jan. 1926 (R); left Dec. 1929; City & Guilds Coll., BSc 1933; AMICE 1935; AuxAF 1938 (PO 616 Sqdn); test pilot Min. of Supply 1941-6 (Flt Lieut. RAF), AFC AEA; farming 1949-62; m. 1935 Anne, d. of F. W. Buckham of Alton, Hants; d. 4 June 1984.
MURRAY, SAMUEL REGINALD GLANVILLE, son of Thomas Hamilton Murray MD, Rajputana, India, and Caroline Emma, dau. of Thomas Glanville MD, Melbourne, Australia; b. 24 Jan 1869; adm. 31 May 1883 (H); left Dec 1884; King’s Coll. London; Hatfield Hall, Durham; BA 1890; MA 1901; ordained 1892; Curate, Bromsgrove, Worcs. , 1892-4, Ewell, Surrey 1894-8; Vicar of Davidstowe, Cornwall 1898-1901; Assistant Chaplain, Wormwood Scrubs Prison 1901-2; Chaplain, Warwick Prison 1902-6, Lewes Prison 1906-9, Holloway Prison 1909-.
Murray, Ronald James, son of Surgeon Lieut.-Col. John Murray, M.D., of Kensington, by Mary, daughter of William Smithers, of Canada; b. July 31, 1879; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (H); left April 1897; an artist in Paris; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 13th Batt. Middlesex Regt. Sept. 26, 1917; m. Feb. 7, 1923, Blanche, daughter of Jules Xavier Lemercier, of Rouen, France.
MURRAY, ROBERT WILLIAM FELTON LATHROP, supposed son of Robert Lathrop, West Felton, Shropshire, and Ann Williams, but understood to be a natural son of George III; bapt. St. Marylebone parish church 12 Mar 1780; adm. 13 Mar 1786 (as Robert Lathrop); left 1793; assumed additional surname of Murray; served with Royal Manx Fencibles 1797; assumed surname of Brown-Clarke 31 Mar 1802, but change of name cancelled by royal command 13 Apr 1802; banker, Portland Place, London Jun 1802; entered Army; Lieut., unattached 4 Feb 1807; 1st Foot 12 Feb 1807; Capt., 15 Mar 1810; Royal Waggon Train 15 Aug 1811; served in Peninsular War; convicted of bigamy Jan 1815 and sentenced to transportation (Parliamentary Debates xx, 317, 464, 653); arrived at Sydney, New South Wales 1816; living in Hobart, Tasmania, by 1821; editor, Hobart Town Gazette 8 Jul 1825, Colonial Times 19 Aug 1825 – 4 Aug 1826, Murray’s Anglo-Australian Review (later Tasmanian and Anglo-Australian Review) 6 Feb 1829 – 26 Jun 1845; returned to England Nov 1847, settling at West Felton Hall, near Shrewsbury; m. 1st, 1797 Alicia Marshall, Londonderry, Ireland; m. 2nd (bigamously) 1801 Katherine, only child of Thomas Clarke, Hailsham, Sussex, and sister of Richard Brown Clarke (qv); m. 3rd, 1806 Lydia, widow of William Marriott, EICS Madras, and dau. of Rev. John Mogridge, Vicar of Pershore, Worcs.; m. 4th, 1 Dec 1827 Eleanor, dau. of Thomas Dixon, Ralph’s Bay, Tasmania; d. 2 Nov 1850.
Murray, Robert Howson, eldest son of Robert Cunninghame Murray, of Kenley, Surrey; b. April 14, 1882; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (A); left July 1900; an architect; Asst. District Resident, Nyasaland, 1910; Administrative Officer 1st grade, Feb. 1923; Provincial Commissioner Jan. 1928; C.M.G. 1934; m. April 19, 1917, Rosamond Elsie, youngest daughter of -- Marsland, of Colchester, Essex; d. Dec. 1960.
Murray, Reginald Edward, son of Edward Digby Murray, of Old Charlton, Kent, by Eleanor Bellas, daughter of Robert Chapman, of Old Charlton, Kent; b. Oct. 24, 1878; adm. Sept. 22, 1892 (H); left July 1896; a journalist; m. Nov. 10, 1914, Beatrice Adelaide, daughter of George Richardson, of Southwark; d. Feb. 22, 1927.
Murray, Kenneth Desmond, brother of Robert Howson Murray (q.v.); b. June 30, 1892; adm. as K.S. Sept. 28, 1905; Mure Scholar 1908; Captain of the School 1909; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1911, matric. Michaelmas 1911; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1912; 2nd Lieut. 9th (Serv.) Batt. East Surrey Regt. Dec. 22, 1914; went out to the western front Aug. 1915; killed in action at Loos Sept. 25, 1915.