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James Murray (British Army officer, born 1721)

James Murray
General James Murray, 1722 - 1794. Governor of Quebec and Minorca.jpg
Portrait of James Murray as a young man by Allan Ramsay (1742) (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh)
Born (1721-01-21)21 January 1721
Ballencrieff, East Lothian Scotland
Died 18 June 1794(1794-06-18) (aged 73)
Battle, East Sussex, England
Allegiance  Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch  British Army
Years of service 1736–1789?
Rank General
Unit 3rd Scots Regiment; Wynyard's Marines
Commands held 15th Regiment of Foot (1749–
Battles/wars

War of the Austrian Succession:

(War of Jenkins' Ear),

French and Indian War:

Relations
Other work

War of the Austrian Succession:

(War of Jenkins' Ear),

French and Indian War:

General James Murray (21 January 1721, Ballencrieff, East Lothian, Scotland – 18 June 1794, Battle, East Sussex) FRS was a British soldier, whose lengthy career included service as colonial administrator and governor of the Province of Quebec and later as Governor of Minorca from 1778 to 1782. His term in Quebec was notably successful, and marked with excellent relationships with the conquered French-Canadians, who were reassured of their traditional rights and customs.

He was a younger son of Alexander Murray, 4th Lord Elibank, and his wife Elizabeth(Betty) Stirling. His brother was Alexander Murray who served in Nova Scotia. Educated in Haddington and Selkirk, he began his military career in 1736 in the 3rd Scots Regiment in Dutch service. In 1740 he served as a second lieutenant in Wynyard’s Marines, under his brother Patrick Murray, 5th Lord Elibank, in the unsuccessful attack on Cartagena. He returned as a captain in 1742. He served as Captain of the grenadier company of the 15th Regiment of Foot during the War of the Austrian Succession, being severely wounded during the Siege of Ostend in 1745, and distinguishing himself in the Raid on Lorient in 1746. In December 1748, he married Cordelia Collier, of Hastings.


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