Lieutenant-General Thomas Murray (June 1698 – 21 November 1764) was a British Army officer. He was the seventh son of

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; his elder brothers included General

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, Brigadier-General Robert Murray, and

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. In 1713 he was a

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to Queen Anne. Murray joined the Army in 1718, and after service with the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards he was made colonel of the 46th Regiment of Foot on 23 June 1743, a post he would hold until his death. In 1745 he was present at the

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

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''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