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MURRAY, DAVID WILLIAM, 3rd EARL OF MANSFIELD, eldest son of David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (qv); b. 7 Mar 1777; adm. 9 Nov 1786; Min. Can. 1789; KS (Capt. ) 1790; lost his watch out of College dormitory (Sessions Papers lxx, pt. ii, 1176-9); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Jun 1794; succ. father as 3rd Earl of Mansfield (under creation of 1792) 1 Sep 1796; took Tory/Conservative whip in House of Lords; Lieut., 7th Foot 25 Jan 1798; Capt., 44th Foot 24 Jul 1802; half-pay; retd. 1826; FRS 20 May 1802; Lord Lieut., Clackmannanshire, from 1803; Hereditary Keeper of Scone Palace; KT 4 Mar 1835; Busby Trustee 23 May 1799; m. 16 Sep 1797 Frederica, dau. of William Markham (adm. 1733, qv); d. 18 Feb 1840.

MURRAY, DAVID RODNEY, eldest son of Hon. David Murray MP, and Elizabeth, dau. of Right Hon. Thomas Harley (qv); b. 12 Apr 1791; adm. 1801 (Clapham); in school list 1801; left 1806; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1810; BA 1813; MA 1816; Serjeant of Arms to Treasury 10 Aug 1810 to abolition of office 27 Jan 1832; ordained deacon (Salisbury, lit. dim. from Winchester) Dec 1816, priest (Hereford, lit. dim. From Winchester) Dec 1818; Rector of Brampton Bryan, Herefs., from 30 Jun 1826; Vicar of Beedon, Berks., 1828-74; Rector of Cusop, Herefs., from 25 Feb 1835; DL JP Radnorshire, JP Herefordshire; m. 4 Dec 1828 Frances, dau. of John Portal, Freefolk and Laverstoke, Hampshire; d. 4 Nov 1878.

MURRAY, HON. DAVID HENRY, third son of David William Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (qv); b. 9 Feb 1811; adm. 18 Mar 1822 (Stelfox's); Min. Can. 1825; left 1825; Ensign, unattached 20 Mar 1827; 42nd Foot 26 Apr 1828; Lieut., 7th Foot 9 Nov 1830; 60th Foot 23 Nov 1832; Capt., half-pay, unattached 15 May 1835; 25th Foot 24 Jul 1835; Lieut. and Capt., 3rd Foot Guards 23 Mar 1838; Brevet Maj., 9 Nov 1846; retd. 4 Feb 1848; m. 5 Nov 1840 Margaret Grant, Baroness Gray (S), eldest dau. of John Grant, Kilgraston, Perthshire; d. 5 Sep 1862.

Murray, David George, son of William Murray MB, of Chelsea, and Mary Duthie Williams, d. of David Angus Macdonald; b. 25 Feb. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (H); left Apr. 1934; Worcester Coll. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1940, MA 1942; RAC 1940-2, Intell. Corps 1942-6.

Murray, Colin Andrew, son of Colin Hay Murray FRIBA, of Eastbourne, Sussex, and Joan Pamela, d. of Stanley Tooth, engineer, of Buxted, Sussex; b. 7 Jan. 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left July 1944; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1944, BA 1947, MA 1951; Roy. Greenwich Observatory 1950-85, SPSO 1965-85; Roy. Astronomical Soc., Fellow 1952, Council 1965-8 and 1974-7, Vice-Pres. 1975-7; gave 1988 Halley lecture on "The Distances to the Stars"; m. 27 Feb. 1954 Frances Mary, d. of Rev. George Stephen Nason, Vicar of Greenwich and Dean of Gibraltar; d. 8 Nov. 2012.

MURRAY, HON. CHARLES, son of David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (qv); b. 22 Aug 1781; adm.; in school list 1795; Min. Can. 1796; Cornet, 2nd Dragoons 3 Oct 1798; Lieut., 3 Apr 1801; Capt., 28th Light Dragoons 22 May 1802; half-pay 1802; Capt., Royal Horse Guards 1 Oct 1812; Brevet Maj., 4 Jun 1813; Capt., half-pay, 17th Lancers 4 May 1815; m. 21 Sep 1802 Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Law DD; d. at Paris 17 Sep 1859.

MURRAY, CHARLES ROBERT, eldest son of Hon. Charles Murray (qv); b. 7 Jun 1804; adm. 11 Jan 1819 (Best's); left Whitsun 1822; Ensign, 36th Foot 1 Aug 1822; Lieut., 56th Foot, half-pay, 13 Apr 1825; Brevet Capt., 8 Apr 1826; Capt., 53rd Foot 25 May 1826; half-pay 25 Nov 1828; d. 5 Mar 1872.

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]