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Murray, Athole Montague, son of Hubert Montague Murray, M.D., of St. Marylebone, by his first wife, Florence, daughter of John Matthew Voss; b. June 29, 1890; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (H); left July 1909; Exeter Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1913; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 17th Batt. Middlesex Regt. Jan. 4, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917.

MURRAY, SIR ARCHIBALD JOHN, BART., elder son of Sir John Murray, Bart., Capt., 46th Foot, and Anne, dau. of John Digby, Sandy Lane, co. Limerick; b. 3 Aug 1792; in school list 1803; left 1805; RMC Great Marlow; Ensign, 3rd Foot 21 Apr 1808; Lieut. and Capt., 10 Dec 1812; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 28 Dec 1820; retd. 9 Aug 1833; served in Peninsular War; succ. father as 9th baronet 30 Aug 1809; m. 6 Nov 1856 Eliza Hope, only dau. of Samuel Unwin, Manchester; d. 22 May 1860.

MURRAY, HON. ALEXANDER, second son of John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (S), a Representative Peer for Scotland, and Lady Charlotte Stewart, dau. of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway (S); b. 12 Oct 1764; adm. 3 Feb 1778; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 13 Jul 1797 [but he seems too old to have been an Ensign at this date]; Lieut. and Capt., 25 Nov 1799; half-pay 25 May 1802; Lieut. -Col. in Army [check]; m. 18 May 1811 Deborah, dau. of Robert Hunt, Commander-in-Chief [sic, check], Bahamas; d. Jul 1842 (will proved PCC 6 Aug 1842). [Identified by Whitmore thus]

MURRAY, ---; b.; in under school list 1721.

Murray Hill, Peter Auriol, son of George Murray Hill (qv); b. 20 Apr. 1908; adm. Sept. 1922 (R); left July 1926; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1926, BA 1929; an actor and antiquarian bookseller; Pres. Antiquarian Booksellers' Assn 1956-7; m. 14 June 1941 Phyllis Calvert, actress, d. of Frederick Bickle of Chelsea; d. 25 Nov. 1957.

Murphy, Vernon Leslie, son of Sir Leslie Frederick Murphy, chmn. Nat. Enterprise Board, and Marjorie Iris, d. of Charles Cowell of Southall, Middlesex; b. 28 July 1944; adm. Sept. 1957 (B); left Dec. 1962; Gonville & Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1963, BA 1966, MA 1972; Brit. Airports Authority 1966-; chmn. Scottish Airports Ltd.; chmn. British Airports Authority International; chmn. Heathrow Express; retd. 2006; m. 7 Sept. 1974 Joan Bridget, d. of Thomas Anthony Leonard, of Dublin, Ireland; d. 14 July 2014.

MURPHY, ROBERT GEORGE FITZGERALD, second son of Rev. Robert Murphy LLD, Senior Chaplain and Registrar, Diocese of Madras; b. 5 Feb 1854; adm. 26 Sep 1867 (G); QS 28 Jan 1870; left Oct 1872; clerk, London and Westminster Bank; d. 29 Oct 1918.

Murphy, Matthew Stanley, son of Matthew Alexander Murphy CBE MICE, Dir. of Public Works Trinidad and Tobago, and Elizabeth Cunningham Murphy of Buchden, Barbados; b. 1 Apr. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (G); left Mar. 1924; Colonial Customs Service, Collector Gold Coast 1929, sen. Collector 1945, principal Collector 1952; m. 8 Aug. 1934 Ruth Mary Eileen, d. of Leo Centeno of Felixstowe; d. 1 Mar. 1987.

Murphy, John Neville, son of Thomas Frederick Murphy, HM Customs & Excise, and Constance Alice, d. of James Arthur Parish of Dagenham, Essex; b. 19 Apr. 1927; adm. Sept. 1940 (KS); left July 1945; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1945, BA 1949, MA 1952; advertising agent J. Walter Thompson Co. 1949-63; gen. man. Booker McConnell Plc 1963-81; a man. consult. 1981-; dir. Madame Tussaud’s Ltd. 1981-; m. 29 Jan. 1962 Tessa Renee, d. of Richard Diamond, med. practitioner, of Hull, Yorks; d. 1 Apr. 2011.

Murphy, Denis Brownell, son of Richard Yoakley Murphy, of Ealing, by Beatrice, daughter of Henry Crosland, of Ealing; b. April 15, 1904; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1918; left Aug. 1922; joined the Indian Police Nov. 20, 1923; murdered by Red Shirts at Mardan, near Peshawar, May 25, 1930.