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Authorised form of nameMurray; James (c 1722 - 1794)
Datesc 1722 - 1794
Place of birthTullibardine, Perthshire, Scotland
Date of birthc 1722
Place of deathGreat George Street, Westminster
Date of death19 April 1794
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
St Margaret's Church, Westminster
OccupationSoldier
ActivityCareer:
Lieutenant, Saxon Grenadiers (1749-1757); joined British Army, Captain 42nd Highlanders (1757); Colonel, 77th (Atholl) Highlanders (1777-1783); Major-General (1782); MP for Perth (1773-1777, 1774-1780, 1784-his death)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election24/06/1779
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Notes:
The DNB entry for a 'James Murray' does not, according to DNB itself, correspond with this James Murray, even although DNB is cited as a source in index to BR.
CodeNA2711
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1779/16Murray, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CB/1/5/76Letter from James Murray, London to Charles Blagden15 July 1782
CB/1/5/78Letter from James Murray, Atholl House to Charles Blagden, at Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, London[1783]
CB/1/5/77Draft of a letter from Charles Blagden to James Murray23 July 1782
L&P/13/11Paper, 'The case of John McIntosh, late a soldier in the Atholl Highlanders' by Colonel James Murrayc.1777
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