George Murray
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George Murray may refer to:
- George Mosley MurrayGeorge Mosley MurrayGeorge Mosley Murray was a bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States. He was born 1919 in Baltimore, Maryland. His mother's name was Emma Eareckson. She was a registered nurse and head of pediatric nursing in the United States Steel Corporation's villages. His Father's name was Gerald...
(1919-2006), Bishop - Lord George Murray (general)Lord George Murray (general)Lord George Murray was a Scottish Jacobite general, most noted for his 1745 campaign under Bonnie Prince Charlie into England...
(1694–1760), Jacobite general - George Murray (MP)George Murray (MP)Vice Admiral George Murray was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He was the third son of the Jacobite general Lord George Murray.-Naval career:...
(1741–1797), Royal Navy officer and MP for Perth Burghs - George Murray (Royal Navy officer)George Murray (Royal Navy officer)Vice-Admiral Sir George Murray KCB was an officer in the Royal Navy who saw service in a wide range of theatres and campaigns. His active naval career spanned the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars...
(1759–1819), Royal Navy admiral - Lord George Murray (bishop)Lord George Murray (bishop)Lord George Murray was an Anglican cleric best remembered for his work developing Britain's first optical telegraph, which began relaying messages from London to Deal in 1796, a few years after Claude Chappe's system began operation in France...
(1761–1803), Bishop of St David's, grandson of the general - George Murray, 5th Earl of DunmoreGeorge Murray, 5th Earl of DunmoreGeorge Murray, 5th Earl of Dunmore , known as Viscount of Fincastle until 1809, was a Scottish peer....
(1762–1836), Scottish politician and peer - George Murray (British Army officer) (1772–1846), Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada
- George Murray (bishop of Rochester)George Murray (bishop of Rochester)George Murray was a British churchman, Archdeacon of Man, Dean of Worcester, Bishop of Sodor and Man and Bishop of Rochester.-Background and education:...
(1784–1860), Bishop of Sodor and Man, 1814–1827, and Rochester, 1827–1860, son of the Bishop of St David's - George Murray (Nova Scotia politician)George Murray (Nova Scotia politician)George Murray was a physician and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Pictou County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1867 to 1871 as an Anti-Confederation Party member....
(1828–1888), physician and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada - George Murray, 6th Duke of AthollGeorge Murray, 6th Duke of AthollGeorge Augustus Frederick John Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl KT, DL was a Scottish peer and freemason....
(1814–1864), Scottish peer who formed the Atholl Highlanders - Sir George Murray (civil servant)George Murray (civil servant)Sir George Herbert Murray GCB GCVO ISO PC was a British civil servant.Murray was born in Southfleet, Kent, England, the son of the village's rector. He was educated at Harrow School and Christ Church, Oxford. He entered the Foreign Office in 1873 and transferred to HM Treasury in 1880...
(1849–1936), British civil servant - George W. MurrayGeorge W. MurrayGeorge Washington Murray was born a slave and served as a Congressman from South Carolina.He was born a slave near Rembert, Sumter County, South Carolina on September 22, 1853. Murray attended the public schools and the University of South Carolina at Columbia for two years...
(1853–1926), US Congressman from South Carolina - George Robert Milne MurrayGeorge Robert Milne MurrayGeorge Robert Milne Murray FRS was a Scottish botanist.Murray was born and educated in Arbroath. In 1875 he studied cryptogamic botany at the University of Strasbourg under Anton de Bary. He became an assistant in the Department of Botany at the Natural History Museum, succeeding William...
(1858–1911), Scottish botanist - George Henry MurrayGeorge Henry MurrayGeorge Henry Murray was a Nova Scotia politician who served as the province's ninth Premier for twenty-seven years, the longest unbroken tenure for a head of government in Canadian history. He was born in Grand Narrows, Nova ScotiaDespite his later political longevity, Murray's early political...
(1861–1929), Premier of Nova Scotia - George Belcher MurrayGeorge Belcher MurrayGeorge Belcher Murray was a political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cape Breton North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1937 to 1941 as a Liberal member....
(1895–1941), politician from Nova Scotia, Canada - George John Robert MurrayGeorge John Robert MurraySir George John Robert Murray KCMG was a judge from 2 April 1913 until 18 February 1942 on the Supreme Court of South Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of South Australia...
(1863–1942), Chief Justice of South Australia - George Redmayne MurrayGeorge Redmayne MurrayGeorge Redmayne Murray was an English physician who pioneered in the treatment of endocrine disorders. In 1891, he introduced the successful treatment of myxedema, with injections of sheep thyroid extract....
(1865–1939), British doctor - Gilbert MurrayGilbert MurrayGeorge Gilbert Aimé Murray, OM was an Australian born British classical scholar and public intellectual, with connections in many spheres. He was an outstanding scholar of the language and culture of Ancient Greece, perhaps the leading authority in the first half of the twentieth century...
(1866–1957), in full George Gilbert Aime Murray, British classical scholar - George Dominic Murray (1889–1956), American admiral in World War II
- George Matheson MurrayGeorge Matheson MurrayGeorge Matheson Murray, known publicly as George Murray, was a publisher and politician in British Columbia in the first half of the 20th century. Originally a reporter for the Ottawa Citizen he was schooled informally in politics by Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier, with whom he rode the...
(1889–1961), Canadian editor, journalist and politician - George Murray, 10th Duke of AthollGeorge Murray, 10th Duke of AthollGeorge Iain Murray, 10th Duke of Atholl DL , known as Wee Iain, was a Scottish peer and landowner.Murray was the only surviving child of Lieutenant-Colonel George Anthony Murray , who was killed in action in the Second World War, and the Honourable Angela, daughter of Weetman Pearson, 2nd Viscount...
(1931–1996), Scottish peer and forestry expert - George Murray (baseball)George Murray (baseball)George King "Smiler" Murray was a baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, and Chicago White Sox.-Biography:...
, former pitcher, nicknamed "Smiler" - George Murray (musician)George Murray (musician)George Murray is an American bass guitarist best known for his work with David Bowie as a part of his regular ensemble , on a number of Bowie's albums released in the 1970s.-Selective Discography:Weldon Irvine...
, bass guitarist - George Murray (poet)George Murray (poet)George Murray is a Canadian poet. Born 1971.Murray is the editor of the literary blog Bookninja.com , an associate editor at Maisonneuve magazine, and a contributing editor at several literary magazines and journals. After several years abroad in rural Italy and New York City, in 2005 he returned...
(born 1971), Canadian poet - George Murray (rugby union)George Murray (rugby union)George Murray was a Scottish international rugby union player.He was capped twice for in 1921 and 1926. He also played for Glasgow Academicals RFC.His brother Ronald was also capped for Scotland.-References:...
, Scottish rugby player - George Murray (golfer)George Murray (golfer)George Murray is a Scottish professional golfer.Murray was born in Anstruther, Fife and having had a successful amateur career turned professional in 2006 when he reached the final stage of the European Tour Qualifying School. That qualified him for the Challenge Tour where he won for the first...
(born 1983), Scottish professional golfer