Robert Murray (died 1719) was a Scottish
soldier
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Etymology
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He was a younger son of
Sir Robert Murray,
Lord Provost of Edinburgh. His elder brother, Alexander Murray of
Melgund, was the father of
Sir Alexander Murray, 1st Baronet.
On 8 January 1681 Murray was commissioned as
captain-lieutenant of
the Earl of Linlithgow's company in that nobleman's regiment of Foot Guards, now the
Scots Guards. He was promoted to captain on 13 September 1687 and major and lieutenant-colonel on 1 September 1691. He was granted
brevet rank as colonel on 1 June 1693 and made lieutenant-colonel of the Scots Foot Guards on 13 November 1695. He was present at the
Battle of Landen in 1693 and the
Siege of Namur in 1695.
On 30 May 1697 Murray was appointed colonel of a Scots regiment in the
Dutch States Army. He was made brigadier-general on 9 May 1702, major-general on 14 April 1704 and lieutenant-general on 1 January 1709. He served throughout the campaigns of
the Duke of Marlborough, and at the time of his death was Governor of
Tournai
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Robert Murray's only surviving son by his wife Marguerite Therese Booninck was
Sir Joseph Murray, 3rd Baronet, also a soldier, who was created a
Count of the Holy Roman Empire
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in 1761.
References
*
George Edward Cokayne, ''The Complete Baronetage'', volume IV (1904
pages 420-421* Charles Dalton, ''The Scots Army 1661-1688'' (1909
Part II, page 27, note 3
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1719 deaths
Scots Guards officers
British military personnel of the Nine Years' War
British military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession
Dutch military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession
17th-century Scottish people
17th-century soldiers
18th-century Scottish people
18th-century British Army personnel
Scottish mercenaries
Year of birth unknown