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Murray, John Archibald, 1778-1859
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1778-1859
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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.