Charles Murray, Lord Murray

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Charles Murray
Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South
In office
1918-1922
Sheriff of Renfrewshire and Buteshire
In office
1918
Personal details
Born(1866-10-20)20 October 1866
London, England
Died9 June 1936(1936-06-09) (aged 69)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Political partyScottish Tory
Spouse
Annie Nicolson
(m. 1896)
Children4, including Keith
EducationUniversity of Edinburgh
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Engineers
RankMajor
AwardsOrder of St Michael and St George

Charles David Murray, Lord Murray,

FRSE (20 October 1866 – 9 June 1936) was a Scottish Tory politician, lawyer and judge. He became Lord Advocate
in 1922.

Life

62 Great King Street, Edinburgh

He was born in London the son of David William Murray, a merchant.[citation needed]

Murray was educated at

Lieutenant Colonel and Director of National Service for Scotland in 1917. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (Military Division) in 1918. He became Sheriff of Renfrewshire and Buteshire in 1918, and was awarded an LLD by the University of Edinburgh in 1919.[citation needed
]

Murray was an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate in

Privy Council[3] and promoted to Lord Advocate in March 1922,[4] holding office until October of that year. He was then raised to the bench with the judicial title Lord Murray, where he served until his death in 1936.[citation needed
]

In 1923 he was elected a Fellow of the

In later life he is listed as living at 62 Great King Street in Edinburgh's New Town, a large and impressive Georgian townhouse.[6]

He became a deputy lieutenant of Fife in 1922.[7]

He died in Edinburgh on 9 June 1936 and is buried in the central roundel in Warriston Cemetery.[citation needed]

Family

In 1896 he was married to Annie Florence Nicolson (1873–1968), and together they had four sons. Their eldest son, David Charles Graeme Murray, married the Comtesse Elena Maia Sollohub. Their second son, Crichton Gavin Murray died while a child, their third son, Keith Anderson Hope Murray (1903–1993), became Baron Murray of Newhaven, and his youngest son, Charles Dean Leslie Murray (1906–1972) was an advocate.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "No. 12130". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 April 1909. p. 341.
  2. ^ "No. 13583". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 April 1920. p. 1008.
  3. ^ "No. 32642". The London Gazette. 17 March 1922. p. 2221.
  4. ^ "No. 13794". The Edinburgh Gazette. 10 March 1922. p. 456.
  5. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  6. ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1911–12
  7. ^ "No. 13791". The Edinburgh Gazette. 28 February 1922. p. 382.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South
19181922
Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by
Thomas Brash Morison
Solicitor General for Scotland
1920–1922
Succeeded by
Andrew Constable
Preceded by
Thomas Brash Morison
Lord Advocate
March–October 1922
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