Andrew Murray (Scottish politician)
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Sir Andrew Hunter Arbuthnot Murray Justice of the Peace.
The son of Alfred Alexander Arbuthnot Murray and Bethany (née Moir), Murray was educated
City Councillor of Edinburgh in 1929, and served as Hon. City Treasurer 1943–46. He was President of the Scottish Liberal Party
Organisation 1961–65.
He was also an Honorary Colonel of the
130th Light Anti-Aircraft and of the 587th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
.
Murray was awarded the
Venerable Order of Saint John, 24 June 1949, and a Knight of St John in 1954. He was Chancellor of the Priory of Scotland and Preceptor of Torphichen
.
In 1950, he received an honorary doctorate of law from the
Deputy Lieutenant of Edinburgh. He was chairman of the board of trustees of the Scottish National War Memorial
at The Castle, Edinburgh, and author of The Scottish National War Memorial: The Castle Edinburgh.
See also
- List of Lords Provost of Edinburgh
References
- Adams, T., Harvey, Wm., & Whitson, T. (editors), Edinburgh 1329 - 1929, Edinburgh, 1929, p. 140, where it is clearly stated that in the year 1794 the Sovereign was graciously pleased to constitute the Lord Provost of Edinburgh and his successors in office Lords Lieutenant of the County of the City and Liberties of Edinburgh, and has the power of raising the lieges in arms, of appointing Deputy Lieutenants, and of exercising all other powers and prerogatives of Lords Lieutenant.
- MURRAY, Sir Andrew (Hunter Arbuthnot), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
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