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19-1546: Alexander Murray may refer to: Public figures [ edit ] Scotland [ edit ] Earl of Dunmore Alexander Murray, 6th Earl of Dunmore (1804–1845) Alexander Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore (1872–1962), Scottish soldier, politician and Victoria Cross recipient Lord Elibank Alexander Murray, 4th Lord Elibank (1677–1736), see Lord Elibank Alexander Murray, 7th Lord Elibank (1747–1820), Scottish peer Alexander Murray, 8th Lord Elibank (1780–1830), see Lord Elibank Alexander Oliphant-Murray, 9th Lord Elibank (1804–1871), father of Montolieu Oliphant-Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank Alexander Murray of Drumdewan (died 1599), Scottish soldier Alexander Murray of Elibank (1712–1778), Scottish Jacobite, fourth son of Alexander Murray, 4th Lord Elibank Alexander Murray, 1st Baron Murray of Elibank (1870–1920), Scottish nobleman and Liberal politician Alexander Murray (knight) , Lord of Culbin and Newton Alexander Murray, Lord Henderland (1736–1795), Scottish judge and politician Sir Alexander Murray, 3rd Baronet (died 1743), Scottish politician, MP for Peeblesshire 1710–13 Alexander Murray (1789–1845) , Scottish politician, MP for Kirkcudbright Stewartry 1838–45 Alexander Murray (died 1750) , Scottish politician Canada [ edit ] Alexander Murray (British Army officer, died 1762) (c. 1715–1762) Alexander Murray (Manitoba politician) (1839–1913), Canadian politician in

38-612: A character in Madeleine L'Engle's novel A Wrinkle in Time [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Murray&oldid=1241110624 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

57-552: A pardon from King George II and succeeded to the peerages when his brother died unmarried six years later. The third Earl was succeeded by his son. The fourth Earl was a Scottish Representative Peer in the House of Lords from 1761 to 1774 and from 1776 to 1790 and served as colonial governor of New York , Virginia and the Bahamas . His tenure as governor of the New York and Virginia colonies

76-509: Is a well respected Freemason . As a male-line descendant of the first Marquess of Atholl he is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles and by special remainder to the Dukedom, which are now held by his kinsman Bruce Murray, 12th Duke of Atholl . The family seat was Amhuinnsuidhe Castle , on the Isle of Harris and Dunmore Tower , near Airth , Falkirk . The heir presumptive

95-586: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Earl of Dunmore Earl of Dunmore is a title in the Peerage of Scotland . The title Earl of Dunmore was created in 1686 for Lord Charles Murray , son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl . The title passed down through generations, with various earls serving in the House of Lords as Scottish Representative Peers and holding other political positions. The 4th Earl

114-860: Is the present holder's brother Hon. Geoffrey Charles Murray (b. 1949). The heir presumptive's heir presumptive is his first cousin Stephen Alexander Murray (b. 1953). The heir presumptive's heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son, Anthony Victor Murray (b. 1989). Alexander Hunter Murray According to the Parish Registers at the General Register Office in Edinburgh four brothers were registered at Crawfordjohn, Lanarkshire: Alexander, William and Ebenezer were all in Canada by 1841, but found steady work very difficult to find. Alex joined

133-490: The 6th Earl's death on 14 July 1845. Thus the 6th Earl was about halfway through his proprietorship of the island when he was providing a pound per person for those electing to leave. The seventh Earl of Dunmore served as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in the second Conservative administration of Benjamin Disraeli and was also Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire . The 7th Earl relinquished ownership of

152-594: The American Fur Company in 1842 and Hudson's Bay Company in 1846. Alexander Hunter Murray was married to Anne Campbell, and they had eight children together, the eldest, Helen, being born at Fort Yukon. According to the Government of Manitoba, via the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives of Winnipeg, Alexander Hunter Murray was in the employ of the American Fur Company prior to 1845, when he was hired by

171-551: The Estate of Harris from Alexander Norman Macleod for £60,000 in 1834. In 1839, the people of South Harris were ejected from their homes by armed soldiers and a posse of Glasgow policemen acting on orders from the government, at the behest of the Earl of Dunmore. The 6th Earl of Dunmore, Alexander Edward Murray, had inherited Harris upon the death of his father on 11 November 1836 and would in turn be succeeded by his son, Charles Adolphus, following

190-735: The Hudson's Bay Company continued to trade there until expelled by the US government in 1869 following the Alaska Purchase . He drew numerous sketches of fur trade posts and of people and wrote Journal of the Yukon, 1847–48 , which give valuable insight into the culture of local First Nation people at the time. On 4 April 1975 Canada Post issued 'Dance of the Kutcha-Kutchin' in the Indians of Canada, Indians of

209-563: The Hudson’s Bay Company. The last of his employment information on the document states “1864-1865     allowed furlough.” This document also lays out his myriad of jobs under the Hudson’s Bay Company. In 1847, he established the trading post at Fort Yukon at the juncture of the Yukon and Porcupine rivers in the land of the Gwichʼin people. Originally part of Russian Alaska ,

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228-643: The North Harris Estate to his bankers, in particular the Scott family. He was succeeded by his son, the eighth Earl. He was a soldier and was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1897. Lord Dunmore later held political office as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (government chief whip in the House of Lords). On the death in 1980 of his grandson, the ninth Earl, the line of the fifth Earl failed and

247-519: The University of Edinburgh Alexander Hunter Murray (died 1874/9–1874), Hudson's Bay Company fur trader and artist Alexander Stuart Murray (1841–1904), archaeologist Alexander Robertson Murray (1872–1956), president of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce Alexander Murray (flautist) (born 1929); British flautist See also [ edit ] Alex Murray (disambiguation) Alex Murry,

266-557: The barony of Dunmore became extinct. The late Earl was succeeded by his distant relative (his fourth cousin once removed), the tenth Earl. He was the great-great-grandson of the Hon. Alexander Murray, second son of the fourth Earl, and lived in Tasmania , Australia. As of 2017 the titles are held by his nephew, the twelfth Earl, who succeeded his father in 1995. He also lives in Tasmania, Australia and

285-403: The other titles passed to his distant relatives in Tasmania , Australia . The family seat was located at Amhuinnsuidhe Castle on the Isle of Harris and Dunmore Tower near Falkirk . The title was created in 1686 for Lord Charles Murray , second son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl . He was made Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillimet (or Tullimet) and Viscount of Fincastle at

304-914: The province of Manitoba Alexander Clark Murray (politician) (1900–1983), Canadian Member of Parliament for Oxford Australia [ edit ] Alexander Murray (manufacturer) (1803–1880), manufacturer of biscuits and jam; South Australian politician Alexander Borthwick Murray (1816–1903), South Australian sheep breeder and parliamentarian United States [ edit ] Alexander Murray (1755–1821) , U.S. Navy officer, Revolutionary War Alexander Murray (1816–1884) , U.S. Navy officer, Mexican-American and American Civil Wars Alexander C. Murray , American mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts Alexander W. Murray (1864–1927), Los Angeles Police Department commander Others [ edit ] Alexander Murray (geologist) (1810–1884), Scottish geologist Alexander Murray (linguist) (1775–1813), Scottish linguist and professor of Oriental languages at

323-522: The same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland . He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He was a General in the Army and sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish representative peer from 1713 to 1715 and from 1727 to 1752. His younger brother, William Murray, later to become the third Earl, was involved in the Jacobite rising of 1745 and was tried for high treason in 1746. Murray pleaded guilty but received

342-481: Was a colonial governor in New York, Virginia, and the Bahamas, while the 5th Earl bought the Estate of Harris in 1834. The 7th Earl served under Benjamin Disraeli and was the Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire . The 8th Earl received the Victoria Cross and held political office as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms . The barony of Dunmore became extinct after the 9th Earl's death in 1980, but

361-631: Was to end with the start of the American Revolution . Lord Dunmore's eldest son, the fifth Earl, briefly represented Liskeard in the House of Commons . In 1831 he was created Baron Dunmore , of Dunmore in the Forest of Athole in the County of Perth, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , which gave him and his descendants a permanent seat in the House of Lords. George Murray, 5th Earl of Dunmore, bought

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