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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.

MURE, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Mure, Caldwell, Ayrshire, Lord Rector Glasgow Univ., and Anne, sister of Sir John Hunter-Blair, Bart. (qv); b. 9 Jul 1799; adm. Christmas 1811; in school list Oct 1814; Univs. of Edinburgh and Bonn; DCL Oxford 9 Jun 1833; travelled in Greece 1838; adm. advocate 5 Jun 1821; MP Renfrewshire Dec 1846 – May 1855; Lord Rector, Glasgow Univ., 1847-8; Col., Renfrewshire Militia; DL JP Ayrshire, Vice-Lieut. Renfrewshire; FSA 14 Mar 1850; a distinguished classical scholar; author, A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Ancient Greece, 1850-7, and other works; m. 17 Feb 1825 Laura, second dau. of William Markham (adm. 1767, qv); d. 1 Apr 1860. DNB.