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GB-2014-WSA-12792 · Person · 1782-1834

MURRAY, JAMES PATRICK, only son of Gen. Hon. James Murray, Governor of Quebec, and his second wife Anne, dau. of Abraham Witham, Consul-Gen., Minorca; b. 21 Jan 1782; adm. 7 Jul 1794 (Clapham); in school list 1797; left Bartholomewtide 1797; Ensign, 44th Foot 1 Nov 1797; Lieut., 15 Mar 1798; Capt. -Lieut. and Capt., 9th Foot 26 Dec 1799; 66th Foot 9 Jul 1803; Maj., 9 Feb 1804; Lieut. -Col., 25 May 1809; 5th Garrison Bn., 2 Nov 1809; half-pay 6 Feb 1815; Brevet Col., 12 Aug 1819; Major-Gen., 22 Jul 1830; served in Netherlands and at the passage of the river Douro in Portugal; CB 8 Dec 1815; MP Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1802 – Feb 1803; m. 31 Jan 1803 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Edward Rushworth MP, Freshwater House, isle of Wight; d. 5 Dec 1834.

Murray, Henry, 1784-1860
GB-2014-WSA-12791 · Person · 1784-1860

MURRAY, HON. SIR HENRY, son of David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (qv); b. 6 Aug 1784; in school list 1797; Min. Can. 1798; Cornet, 16th Light Dragoons 16 May 1800; Lieut., 60th Foot 11 Jun 1801; Capt., 54th Foot 24 Aug 1802; Maj., 20th Light Dragoons 5 Nov 1802; 26th Foot 26 Mar 1807; 18th Light Dragoons 2 Aug 1810; Lieut. -Col., 2 Jan 1812; half-pay 10 Nov 1821; Brevet Col., 22 Jul 1830; Major-Gen., 28 Jun 1838; Lieut. -Gen., 11 Nov 1851; Gen., 6 Feb 1855; Col., 14th Light Dragoons, from 18 Mar 1853; served in Peninsular War and at battle of Waterloo; CB 22 Jun 1815; KCB 18 May 1860; m. 28 Jun 1810 Emily, dau. of Gerard De Visme; d. 29 Jul 1860.

GB-2014-WSA-12790 · Person · 1929-2003

Murray, Hamish Laurie, son of Harry Leonard Murray, tea planter, of Nugagalla, Sri Lanka, and Alison Katherine Lee, d. of Thomas Cameron Temple FRCS, of Shefford, Beds; b. 22 July 1929; adm. Sept. 1945 (G); left July 1947; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1949, BA 1952, MA 1956; Bombay Co. Ltd. 1952-5; asst. sec. Brit. Aluminium Co. Quebec, Canada 1955-63; man. ITADCO divn. of Aerojet-General Corpn., Washington DC, USA, 1963-5; dir. and gen. man. Carter-Wallace (Pakistan) Ltd. Karachi 1967-74; budget specialist (Education and Labor Committee) US House of Representatives 1975, afterwards dir., House Information, House of Representatives, retd. 1994; m. 15 Apr. 1965 Catharine Jane, d. of Ray Fletcher Farquharson MBE, Prof. of Medicine, Univ. of Toronto, Canada; d. 5 June 2003.

Murray, George, 1787-1862
GB-2014-WSA-12789 · Person · 1787-1862

MURRAY, HON. GEORGE, third son of Alexander Murray, 7th Baron Elibank (S), officer 3rd Foot Guards, Lord Lieut. Peeblesshire, and his first wife Mary Clara Montolieu, dau. of Lewis Charles Montolieu, Baron de St. Hypolite; b. 10 Oct 1787; adm. 15 Feb 1800; Auditor of the Exchequer (S) (under a reversionary grant made in 1794); d. unm. 29 Sep 1862.

Murray, George, 1780-1848
GB-2014-WSA-12788 · Person · 1780-1848

MURRAY, HON. GEORGE, son of David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (qv); b. 8 Apr 1780; adm. from Edinburgh High School Jun 1791; KS 1793; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 May 1797; Cornet, 2nd Life Guards 2 Dec 1795; Lieut., 24 Jan 1798; Capt., 4 Mar 1800; Maj. and Brevet Lieut. -Col., 20 Aug 1807; Col., 4 Jun 1814; Major-Gen., 19 Jul 1821; Lieut. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; served in Peninsular War; commanded 2nd Life Guards in campaigns of 1813-4; d. unm. 30 Sep 1848.

GB-2014-WSA-12787 · Person · 1885-1966

Murray, George William Welsh, son of George Robert Milne Murray, F.R.S., of Ealing, by Helen Jane Welsh; b. Sept. 9, 1885; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (H); left July 1904; engaged on Survey of Egypt since Feb. 21, 1907; served in Great War I; political officer attached Northern Red Sea Patrol R.N. 1915; Capt. 7th Field Survey Co. R.E. Sinai and Palestine 1915-9; M.C. June 3, 1918 author of A Nubian-English Dictionary (1923); acting director, Egyptian Desert Surveys June 1, 1932; Founder's Medal, R.G.S., 1936; director, Topographical Survey of Egypt, 1937-47; technical adviser 1947-51; Membre de l'Institut d'Egypte 1938; m. July 22, 1926, Edith Agnes, daughter of William Douglas Cairney, of Glasgow; d. 1966.

GB-2014-WSA-12786 · Person · 1905-1987

Murray, George Andrew, son of George Alexander Murray of Hampstead and Jane Mildred, d. of George Crooks Baskett of Leeds; b. 15 Nov. 1905; adm. Jan. 1920 (A); left Dec. 1922; an elec­trical engineer, GIEE 1933, AMIEE 1942, FIEE 1960; Admiralty Mining Establishment 1939- 46; dir. Murray Munro & Co. 1946-70; m. Nov. 1933 Edna Almurta, d. of Thomas Bradshaw of Alice Springs, Australia; d. 23 Aug. 1987.

Murray, Edward, 1798-1852
GB-2014-WSA-12785 · Person · 1798-1852

MURRAY, EDWARD, fourth son of Right Rev. Lord George Murray DD, Bishop of St. David’s, and Anne Charlotte, dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Francis Grant MP; nephew of John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl (qv); b. 5 Nov 1798; adm. Christmas 1811; KS 1812; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1816, adm. pens. 27 May 1816, scholar 1817; BA 1820; MA 1829; an Usher at the School 1820-1; Vicar of Stinsford, Dorset 1823-38; Rector of Winterborne Monkton, Dorset 5 Jul 1831-7; Vicar of Northolt, Middlesex, from 13 Oct 1837; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 21 Dec 1848; an ingenious mechanic and electrician; m. 14 Feb 1822 Ruperta Catherine, only child of Sir George Wright, Bart.; d. 1 Jul 1852.

GB-2014-WSA-12784 · Person · 1905-1976

Murray, Douglas Vivian, brother of Kenneth Andrew Silver Murray (qv); b. 2 Dec. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (H); left Apr. 1924; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1924, BA 1927, MA 1960; DO For­estry Commn; Min. of Supply (projectile development) 1940-4; sen. classical master Greenways Sch. Warminster, Wilts; m 1st 17 Aug. 1932 Isabel Mary Farquhar, d. of Andrew Grierson Fausset-Farquhar of St Cyrus, Kincardineshire; 2nd 16 July 1958 Beryl Violet, d. of Lieut.-Col. John Henry Wybergh of Farnham, Surrey; d. 27 June 1976.

Murray, David, 1727-1796
GB-2014-WSA-12783 · Person · 1727-1796

MURRAY, DAVID, 2ND EARL OF MANSFIELD, eldest son of David Murray, 6th Viscount Stormont (S), and Anne, only dau. of John Stewart, Invernytie; b. 9 Oct 1727; adm. Jun 1739 (Hawkins'); KS (Capt. ) 1740; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1744, matr. 28 May 1744, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1744 – void 1756; BA 1748; DCL 3 Jul 1793; succ. father as 7th Viscount Stormont (S) 23 Jul 1748; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1751-2; attaché, British Embassy, Paris 1751; Scottish Representative Peer from May 1754; Envoy Extraordinary to Elector of Saxony Jun 1756 - Oct 1763; Ambassador to Vienna Nov 1763 – Dec 1772, Paris Dec 1772 - Mar 1778; Lord Justice-Gen., Scotland 1778-95; Secretary of State, Southern Dept., 27 Oct 1779 – Jul 1782; Lord President of the Council 2 Apr – 19 Dec 1783, and from 17 Dec 1794; succ. uncle as 2nd Earl of Mansfield 20 Mar 1793, by special remainder under creation of 1792; Privy Councillor 20 Jul 1763; KT 30 Nov 1768; Chancellor, Mareschall Coll., Aberdeen 1793; Busby Trustee 20 Mar 1775; m. 1st, 16 Aug 1759 Henrietta Frederica, widow of M. de Berargaard, and dau. of Graf Heinrich von Bünau, Privy Councillor to Elector of Saxony; m. 2nd, 5 May 1776 Hon. Louisa Cathcart, Countess of Mansfield (under creation of 1776), third dau. of Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Baron Cathcart (S) (qv); d. 1 Sep 1796. Buried North Transept, Westminster Abbey. DNB.