MURRAY, JOHN; b.; adm. 14 Oct 1778; left 1784. [note John Murray, son of Donald Murray, St. George’s, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 May 1784, aged 18, BA 1788, MA 1791]
MURRAY, JOHN, 4TH DUKE OF ATHOLL (S), eldest son of John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl (S) KT, and his cousin Lady Charlotte Murray, Baroness Strange, dau. of James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl (S); b. 30 Jun 1755; in school lists 1764; at Eton Coll. 1767-70; succ. father as 4th Duke of Atholl (S) 5 Nov 1774; raised the Atholl Highlanders in 1777; a Representative Peer for Scotland 1780-6; created Earl Strange (GB) 18 Aug 1786; Capt. -Gen. and Commander in Chief, Isle of Man 4 Feb 1793; Lord Lieut., Perthshire, from 1798; succ. mother as Baron Strange (E) 13 Oct 1805; FRS 9 Nov 1780; Privy Councillor 28 Jun 1797; KT 3 Apr 1800; m. 1st, 26 Dec 1774 Hon. Jane Cathcart, Maid of Honour to Queen Charlotte, dau. of Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Baron Cathcart (S) (qv); m. 2nd, 11 Mar 1794 Hon. Margery Forbes, widow of John, Lord Macleod, and eldest dau. of James Forbes, 16th Baron Forbes (S); d. 29 Sep 1830.
MURRAY, JOHN MURRAY, eldest son of Maj. Adolphus Murray (formerly Cottin), [check regt. ?], Ardeley Bury, Herts., Gentleman Usher to Queen Adelaide, and Susannah Catherine Saunders, dau. of John Murray, Ardeley Bury, Herts.; b. 22 Jan 1834; adm. 22 Sep 1848 (G); Cadet, EICS Bengal 1853; Cornet, 4 Dec 1853; 6th Light Cavalry 15 May 1854; Lieut., 24 Dec 1855; d. at Nynee Tal, India 14 Apr 1856.
MURRAY, JOHN ARCHIBALD, LORD MURRAY, brother of William Murray (adm. 1786, qv); b. 8 Jun 1778; at Edinburgh High School; in school list 1795 (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1825, 1843); Edinburgh Univ. ; at university a member of Juvenile Literary Society and of the Speculative Society; adm. advocate 14 Jan 1800; took a prominent part in agitation for the Reform Bill of 1832; MP (Whig) Leith District 1832 – Apr 1839; Lord Advocate May – Nov 1834, Apr 1835 –Apr 1839; an Ordinary Lord of Session, with judicial title of Lord Murray, from Apr 1839; knighted 24 Apr 1839; a contributor to Edinburgh Review from its commencement; m. 23 Dec 1826 Mary, eldest dau. of William Rigby, Oldfield Hall, Cheshire; d. 7 Mar 1859. DNB.
Murray, John Alan Colin, son of Capt. George Shirley Kilby and Gladys Grace, d. of Keith William Murray, Portcullis Poursuivant, and grand-daughter of William Powell Murray (qv); b. 19 Apr. 1920; assumed the name of Murray in lieu of Kilby 1932; adm. Jan. 1933 (R); left Dec. 1934; HLI 1940-2 (Lieut.), attd Army Film Unit; killed in action (Middle East) June 1942.
John Alan Colin Kilby was born at Kensington, London on the 19th of April 1920 the only son of Captain George Shirley Kilby, 11th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles), and Gladys Grace (nee Murray) Kilby of 1, Winchester Court, Kensington in London. He assumed his mother’s maiden name of Murray in 1932, presumably because of his parent’s divorce in 1927. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from January 1933 to December 1934.
He attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry on the 20th of April 1940. He was later attached to the Army Film and Photographic Unit where he served with No. 1 Section.
On the 27th of May 1942, the Afrika Corps launched an attack on the left flank of the British held Gazala Line at Bir Hacheim. This was the first time the Army Film and Photographic Unit had found the opportunity to film a major battle. On the 30th of May, John Murray visited the Headquarters of 50th Division and when he returned to the unit he wrote the following: - “It is indeed most depressing to make every effort to take good filmic photographs and to go into places where it is by no means healthy, and know that with a “dual” camera the efforts may be worthless. Sgts. Travis and Berman both seemed in good spirits, though sorry that they could not be in the attack.”
By the 8th of June, he and his men were with the South African Division where they were taking both still photographs and cine film. On the 9th of June 1942, John Murray and Lieutenant Graham had been filming during heavy fighting in the area of the Knightsbridge Box when they returned to their jeep. While travelling in the rear area of the British lines they entered an unmarked minefield and their jeep ran over a mine. Lieutenant Graham was unhurt but John Murray had received a wound to his neck and was bleeding profusely. Graham tried to stem the bleeding but the wound was too deep and John Murray died a few minutes later from loss of blood.
He is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial Column 69.
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, 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.
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, 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.