Richard Lennon Murray (1840 – 13 March 1887) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born in

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...

to denominational schoolteacher Henry Murray and his wife Mary Ann. In 1861 he married Catherine McEvoy. He migrated to Australia in 1869, becoming a surveyor. In 1880 he was elected to the

New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...

for Inverell, serving until his defeat in 1885. Murray died at Leichhardt in 1887.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, Richard 1840 births 1887 deaths Colony of New South Wales politicians Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians Irish emigrants to colonial Australia Politicians from County Tipperary