Simon Murray, Baron Murray of Blidworth

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Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
Simon Peregrine Gauvain Murray

(1974-08-02) 2 August 1974 (age 49)
London, England
NationalityBritish and Irish
Political partyConservative
Alma materUniversity of St Andrews

Simon Peregrine Gauvain Murray, Baron Murray of Blidworth (born 2 August 1974), is a British

government minister, who since 2022 sits on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords.[1]

Early life and education

The only son of Nigel Ormiston Gauvain Murray (1944–2002) and his wife Shirley née Arbuthnot (born 1949), a descendant of the

FRCPE,[4] a kinsman of the Duke of Atholl
.

After graduating from the

called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 2000.[5] He practises public law at 39 Essex Chambers.[6]

In 2011 he appeared on the BBC show, Fake or Fortune? for his family who claim ownership of the painting; even though the family did not remember owning the painting and presumably because they had realised its worth, Children Under a Palm by Winslow Homer, which had been found by a skip over 23 years earlier;[7] although determined to be genuine, who owns this work of art is still a matter of dispute.

Political career

Murray served as a Conservative

Gedling Borough Council, representing Newstead Abbey Ward from the 2019 election until he stood down in November 2022.[8]

Under the premiership of

member of the House of Lords[10] thereby being answerable to parliament.[11]

Lord Murray made his

British Passports for those born the Republic of Ireland but living in Northern Ireland.[12] He served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Home Office from 30 October 2022 until 14 November 2023.[11]

Family and personal life

Murray married Amelia May Beaumont (born 1983), a granddaughter of the Baron Beaumont of Whitley and a great-granddaughter of Lady May Abel Smith,[13] at Temple Church London, on 4 October 2007. Lord and Lady Murray have two children.

A member of

liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Scriveners.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ www.gov.uk
  2. ^ www.dib.ie
  3. ^ www.burkespeerage.com
  4. ^ www.rcpe.ac.uk
  5. ^ www.innertemple.org.uk
  6. ^ www.39essex.com
  7. ^ English, Eoin (5 July 2011). "Row over €150k painting found in dump to be settled". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  8. ^ Council, Gedling Borough (8 October 2022). "Councillor details - Councillor Simon Murray". democracy.gedling.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Minister of State - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Lord Murray of Blidworth". MPs and Lords. UK Parliament. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  12. ^ Lord Murray of Blidworth, Minister of State, Home Office (26 October 2022). "Republic of Ireland: British Passports". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 824. United Kingdom: House of Lords. col. 1540–1544.
  13. ^ www.debretts.com
  14. ^ www.thegazette.co.uk
  15. ^ www.scriveners.org.uk

Notes

  1. Home Affairs
    until 30 October 2022
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Gentlemen
Baron Murray of Blidworth 		Followed by
Political offices
Preceded by
Minister of State for Home Affairs
2022 		Vacant
Preceded by Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Office
2022–2023 		Succeeded by
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