Lieutenant-General Thomas Murray (June 1698 – 21 November 1764) was a British Army officer. He was the seventh son of Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore; his elder brothers included General John Murray, 2nd Earl of Dunmore, Brigadier-General Robert Murray, and

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. In 1713 he was a page of honour to Queen Anne. Murray joined the Army in 1718, and after service with the

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he was made colonel of the

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on 23 June 1743, a post he would hold until his death. In 1745 he was present at the Battle of Prestonpans. On 1 April 1754 he was promoted to major-general, and on 19 January 1758 to lieutenant-general. General Murray lived at Dorney House near

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, and at Princes Street,

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, London. His wife Elizabeth (who predeceased him) was the sister of Lieutenant-General

Robert Armiger The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

; by her he had a daughter Frances Maria, who was her father's heiress.

References

* Richard Cannon
''Historical Record of the Forty-Sixth, or South Devonshire Regiment of Foot''
(1851) p. 68. * Keith W. Murray, "Murray, Earl of Dunmore" i
''The Scots Peerage'', volume III
(1906) p. 387-388. 1698 births 1764 deaths Younger sons of earls British Army lieutenant generals Scots Guards officers 46th Regiment of Foot officers British Army personnel of the Jacobite rising of 1745 {{British-Army-bio-stub