Sir David Murray, 4th Baronet (died 1769) was a Scottish Jacobite soldier.

Biography

Murray was the son of David Murray, a merchant, and Frances Macclesfield. He was the nephew of

Sir Alexander Murray, 3rd Baronet Sir Alexander Murray, 3rd Baronet (after 1684 – 18 May 1743) was a Scottish baronet and politician. He was a son of Sir David Murray (1659–1729) and his first wife, Anne Bruce. Alexander Murray was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Peebl ...

, and succeeded to his uncle's

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on 18 May 1743. He was the captain of a regiment of

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and was active in the

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in the army of

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. He was taken prisoner,

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of his lands and title and sentenced to death at

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in 1746, but was pardoned on the condition that he left Scotland for life. Murray left the British Isles to live in exile with Charles Edward Stuart in France, where he was granted a pension of 1,000

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. He was in Paris with the Prince in 1749. His estates at Stobo, Stanhope and Broughton in

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were sold in 1767. He died in Leghorn in 1769.Cokayne, George E, ''Complete baronetage'' (1903), Vol. III, p.343.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, David, 4th Baronet Year of birth unknown 1769 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia Jacobite military personnel of the Jacobite rising of 1745 People convicted under a bill of attainder Military personnel from the Scottish Borders Nobility from the Scottish Borders Scottish Jacobites