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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.

GB-2014-WSA-12782 · Person · 1777-1840

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.

GB-2014-WSA-12768 · Person · 1927-2011

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.

GB-2014-WSA-12767 · Person · 1904-1930

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.

GB-2014-WSA-12764 · Person · 1842-1908

MURE, REGINALD JAMES, eldest son of James Mure (adm. 1807, qv), and his second wife; b. 22 Dec 1842; adm. 22 May 1856 (James'); QS 1857; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1861, matr. 23 May 1861; BA 1866; MA 1873; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Oct 1866, called to bar 17 Nov 1869; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; Secretary to Sir Robert Joseph Phillimore, Bart. (qv) 1878-83; Treasurer, Elizabethan Club 1872-95; Busby Trustee 22 May 1900; joint editor with James Gow and John Sargeaunt of Lusus Alteri Westmonasterienses iii, 1906; m. 23 Dec 1878 Anna Charlotte, dau. of Sheffield Neave, Oakhill, Hampstead, Middlesex; d. 23 Dec 1908.

GB-2014-WSA-12763 · Person · 1802-1867

MURE, PHILIP WILLIAM, brother of Alexander James Mure (qv); b. 19 Jan 1802; adm. Midsummer 1815; KS 1815; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1819, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 May 1819; BA 1823; MA 1825; a malt distiller at Bromley-by-Bow, Middlesex; m. 5 Feb 1833 Louisa, dau. of Sir Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange (qv); d. 28 Jun 1867.

Mure, James, 1796-1876
GB-2014-WSA-12761 · Person · 1796-1876

MURE, JAMES, brother of Alexander James Mure (qv); b. 31 Jul 1796; adm. Mich. 1807; KS 1809; Capt. of the School 1813; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1814, matr. 23 May 1814, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics 1817; BA 1817; MA 1820; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 2 Jul 1824; gave evidence before the public Schools Commission 23 Jun 1862 (Parliamentary Papers 1864, xxi, 424-8); Busby Trustee 14 May 1859; President, Elizabethan Club, from 1867; author of a number of epilogues and epigrams; joint editor with Henry Bull (qv) and Charles Brodrick Scott of Lusus Alteri Westmonasterienses i-ii, 1863-7; m. 12 Nov 1834 Harriet, dau. of Brice Pearse, Munkham, Essex; m. 2nd, c. 1842 Emily, dau. of Richard Heatley, Woodford, Essex; d. 20 Jul 1876.

GB-2014-WSA-12757 · Person · 1847-1931

MURE, ARTHUR HENRY, son of James Mure (adm. 1807, qv), and his second wife; b. 22 Jul 1847; adm. 30 May 1861 (James'); QS 1862; left May 1866; a brewer at Hampstead, firm Mure, Warner, & Co.; m. 4 Feb 1875 Georgina Frederica, dau. of Capt. George Frederick Dawson, Royal Engineers; d. 12 Feb 1931.

GB-2014-WSA-12756 · Person · 1793-1828

MURE, ALEXANDER JAMES, eldest son of James Mure, Great George Street, Westminster, and Frederica Sophia, dau. of Christopher Metcalfe, Hawsted, Suffolk; b. 23 Nov 1793; adm.; KS 1806; Capt. of the School 1810; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1811, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1811; BA 1814; BCL 1820; Fellow of All Souls Coll., Oxford 1816; m. 20 Feb 1821 Elizabeth, widow of William Markham (adm. 1767, qv), and fifth dau. of Charles Oldfield Bowles, North Aston, Oxfordshire; d. at Interlaken, Switzerland 27 Jul 1828.

GB-2014-WSA-12752 · Person · 1907-1965

Murison, Anthony Bertie Logan, son of Sir James William Murison, Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements, and Mabel Adeline, d. of John Paterson of Kensington; b. 23 Apr. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (KS); left July 1926; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1926, BA 1929, MA 1933; a chartered accountant, ACA 1932, FCA 1943; practised in London; m. 20 Sept. 1944 Constance, d. of Charles Codling of Leicestershire and widow of Lieut. Reginald Jutsum RA; d. 10 Sept. 1965.