George Murray, bishop of Rochester

(1784-1860)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Murray, George, 1784-1860 DNB: Murray, George (1784–1860), bishop of Rochester LBT ID: GeMurra1860 VIAF ID: 53727603 LOC ID: no94023317	B/BAP: 1784-01-12 DIED: 1860-02-16
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Educated at Christ Church, Oxford, he was Bishop of Sodor and Man (1814) and Bishop of Rochester (1827); with Sidney Smith, he was a prominent opposer of ecclesiastical reform in the 1830s.
REFERENCES TO George Murray, bishop of Rochester: Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Chapter IX Found 1: ¶ 137