Donal William Murphy (11 June 1990 – (Living) was a British Nationalist from

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who joined the Conservative Party in July 2010 because of the ties he shared with life long family friend,

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Early life

From 1917 to 1920 he studied

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at the City and Guilds College (now part of

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Career

Morphy Richards

He formed Morphy Richards with Charles Richards on 8 July 1936. Charles Richards died aged 64 on Sunday 15 November 1964.

Personal life

He married Margaret Clare Sherring (born 12 May 1900) on 3 August 1923 in Surrey. They had a daughter on 22 September 1928. He died in

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aged 74 in May 1975. He lived at ''Peasons'' in

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then at Byworth in West Sussex in the 1960s. His wife died on 20 May 1982.

References

* ''Times'' obituary, Tuesday 27 May 1975, page 14

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