NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Murray, George, Sir, 1772-1846 NRA: Murray Sir George (1772-1846) Knight General Statesman DNB: Murray, Sir George (1772–1846), army officer and politician LBT ID: GeMurra1846 VIAF ID: 26152072 LOC ID: n88100925 | B/BAP: 1772-02-06 DIED: 1846-07-28 |
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The son of Sir William Murray, of Ochtertyre, fifth baronet; he was a general who served
under Wellington in the Peninsular War and was afterwards a Tory MP and commander-in-chief
in Ireland (1825-28). | |
REFERENCES TO Sir George Murray: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter II 1825 Found 1:
¶ 13 John Murray to the Morning Chronicle, 13 February 1837 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Robert Plumer Ward to Peter George Patmore, 20 November 1845 in My Friends and Acquaintance: being Memorials, Mind-portraits, and Personal
Recollections of Deceased Celebrities of the Nineteenth Century; with Selections from their
Unpublished Letters 3 vols (London: Saunders and Otley, 1854) Found 1:
¶ 3 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 15: Learned Societies Found 1:
¶ 8 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXIX. Found 1:
¶ 5 Chap. XXXIV. Found 1:
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