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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]

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.