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James Murray (Canadian Architect)
James, Jim, or Jimmy Murray may refer to: Arts and entertainment * James Murray (American actor) (1901–1936), American actor * James Murray (director), director of films and programs such as '' The National Dream'' * James Murray (English actor) (born 1975), English actor born in Manchester * James Murray (puppeteer), American actor and puppeteer * James Murray (comedian) (born 1976), American comedian, television star and member of The Tenderloins * James Murray (speed painter), British speed painter * James Ramsey Murray (1841–1905), American composer of "Away in a Manger" * Jim Murray (comics), British comics artist, see ''Sláine'' * Jim Murray (musician) (1942–2013), San Francisco musician of the 1960s * James Murray, half of photographer duo James and Karla Murray Military * James Murray (Polish navy), Scottish shipbuilder in the Polish service, counter-admiral during the Battle of Oliwa (1627) * James Wolfe Murray (1853–1919), British military officer and Chief o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Murray (American Actor)
James T. Murray (February 9, 1901 – July 11, 1936) was an American film actor best known for starring in the 1928 film ''The Crowd (1928 film), The Crowd''. Early life Born in The Bronx, Murray was the second of seven children of Mary (née Casserly) and Christopher Murray."Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910" original enumeration page, April 21, 1910, Borough of the Bronx, New York City, New York. FamilySearch; retrieved October 23, 2017. His mother was a native of Ireland, as was his father, who by 1910 was employed in New York as an insurance inspector for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Career In 1923, Murray made his film debut as Captain John Alden in the ''Pilgrims'', a Film reel, three-reel ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Pulteney
General Sir James Murray Pulteney, 7th Baronet, PC ( – 26 April 1811) was a British Army officer and politician who served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Background and education Born James Murray, he was the eldest son of Colonel Sir Robert Murray, 6th Baronet and his first wife Janet Murray, a younger sister of Patrick Murray, 5th Lord Elibank. Murray succeeded his father as baronet in 1771, while still a minor. He was educated at Westminster School and joined then the British Army. Military career Murray had had his first commission purchased in his mid-teens, as lieutenant in the 19th Regiment of Foot in 1770. Already a year later, he became captain in the 57th Regiment of Foot. He left for Europe in 1772 and having spent the time travelling, he returned to his regiment in Ireland in November 1775. At the beginning of the next year, Murray embarked for The Colonies to serve in the American War of Independence. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon
Lieutenant-General James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon (29 May 1782 – 12 October 1837), styled as Lord James Murray until 1821, was a Scottish-born British Army officer, Member of Parliament and peer. Life Murray was born in 1782 at Dunkeld, Perthshire, the second son and fifth child of John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl and his wife, the Hon. Jane Cathcart. He was first commissioned into the British Army in 1798 and rose to the rank of Major-General by 1819. In 1807, he was elected Member of Parliament for Perthshire, holding the seat until 1812. He served as a Gentleman of the Bedchamber from 1812 to 1832 and from 1813 to 1819 was also aide-de-camp to the Prince Regent. He was created Baron Glenlyon, of Glenlyon, Perthshire, on 17 July 1821, and was promoted Lieutenant-General in 1837. He also managed family affairs on behalf of his older brother John Murray, 5th Duke of Atholl, who had been declared insane at age 20. According to the '' Legacies of British Slave-Ownersh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Murray (Liberal Politician)
Sir James Murray (19 September 1850 – 12 April 1933) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician. He was elected unopposed as the Member of Parliament for East Aberdeenshire at a by-election in 1906, following the death of the Liberal MP James Annand, who had held the seat for only 16 days. He held the seat until the January 1910 general election, when he did not stand again. He was knight A knight is a person granted an honorary title of a knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church, or the country, especially in a military capacity. The concept of a knighthood ...ed in 1915. References External links * 1850 births 1933 deaths Scottish Liberal Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1906–1910 Knights Bachelor {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Murray (1727–1799)
James Murray (1727 – 30 April 1799) was a landowner and politician. He was a member of parliament (MP) from 1762 to 1774. Early life and family Murray was the first-born son of Alexander Murray of Broughton in Wigtownshire and his wife Lady Euphemia Stewart, daughter of the 5th Earl of Galloway. He was educated at the University of Glasgow, and then went on the Grand Tour. On his father's death, Murray inherited extensive estates in Scotland and Ireland. They included Broughton House in Kirkcudbright, Killybegs in County Donegal, and Cally House near Gatehouse of Fleet, which Murray rebuilt to the designs of Robert Mylne. In 1726 he had married his first cousin Lady Catherine Stewart, daughter of his mother's brother the 6th Earl of Galloway. They had only one child, Alicia, who fell ill and died while on a holiday in Rome. However, Murray had already fathered an illegitimate daughter, Ann, born in 1725. Ann was raised at the Murray's Cally estate, with support of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Murray (Jacobite Earl Of Dunbar)
James Murray ( – 1770), titular Earl of Dunbar from 1721, was a Scottish Tories (British political party), Tory politician who became a leading Jacobitism, Jacobite agent and courtier. After representing two Scottish constituencies in the House of Commons of Great Britain, House of Commons between 1711 and 1715, he moved to France and became Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Viscount Bolingbroke's private secretary. He later served as the Jacobite Secretary of State (Jacobite), secretary of state in exile in Rome from 1728 to 1747, and as governor and tutor to Charles Edward Stuart. Early life and family Murray was the second child of David Murray, 5th Viscount of Stormont and Marjory Scott. His brothers included David Murray, 6th Viscount of Stormont and the William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, First Earl of Mansfield. Despite being Protestants, Murray's family were Jacobites and his father had been declared a rebel by the Privy Council of Scotland in 1689 after he fai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Murray, 2nd Duke Of Atholl
James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl, (28 September 16908 January 1764), styled Marquess of Tullibardine between 1715 and 1746, was the Lord of Mann, a Scottish peer, and Lord Privy Seal. Life Atholl was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and was the third son of John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl and Lady Katherine Hamilton. In 1712, he was made captain of the grenadier company of the 1st Foot Guards. On the attainder in 1715 of his elder brother, William Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine, for taking part in the Jacobite rising, an act was passed by Parliament, the ( 1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. ''34'' ) vesting the family honours and estates in him as the next heir. After the conclusion of the rebellion, he appears to have gone to Edinburgh to represent in as favourable a light as possible to the government the services of his father, in order to procure for him a sum of money in name of compensation. At the election of 1715, he was chosen MP for Perth, and he was re-elected in 1722. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord James Murray
Lord James Murray (8 May 1663 – 30 December 1719), was a Scottish Member of Parliament. Murray was the third son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, by Lady Amelia Anne Sophia, daughter of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, and was born at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, the seat of the Stanley family. John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl and Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore, were his elder brothers. Lord James was actively involved in the conflict between the Murrays and the Frasers of Beaufort over the Lovat succession. In 1697, after his sister Lady Amelia Murray escaped from her forced marriage to Simon Fraser (later 11th Lord Lovat), he and his brother Lord Mungo Murray commanded the troops sent to harry Fraser lands. After Simon Fraser was declared an outlaw in September 1698, the Murray brothers led around 600 Athollmen and Lowland soldiers into Stratherrick with a view to capturing him. They were ambushed by the Frasers and forced to surrender after their retreat to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Murray, Lord Philiphaugh
Sir James Murray, Lord Philiphaugh PC (11 July 1655 – 1 July 1708) was a Scottish judge and politician who twice served as Lord Clerk Register from November 1702 to June 1704 and from April 1705 to July 1708, when he died in office. Serving as a political advisor to the prominent statesman James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Murray assisted him in passing the 1707 Union with England Act through a divided Parliament of Scotland. Born in Eddleston, Peeblesshire, Murray graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1674 before being elected to the Scottish Parliament after the death of his father in the previous year. Murray also served as the Sheriff of Selkirk until a dispute with a Scots Army officer led to the Privy Council of Scotland to remove him from the office in October 1681. During this period, he married twice, having eight children with his second wife Margaret. In 1684, Murray was arrested following the discovery of the Rye House Plot; confessing to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Murray (Newfoundland Politician)
James Murray (April 29, 1842 – January 16, 1900) was a merchant and politician Newfoundland. He represented Burgeo-LaPoile in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1889 to 1894 as an independent. Early life and business career Murray was born in St. John's, the son of James Murray and Elizabeth Stacey. Murray married Jennie Ritchie. He formed a commission agency and importing company in partnership with his brother. Murray became sole owner after his brother died in 1874. He later expanded into the fishery supply business. Politics and later life Murray ran unsuccessfully for the district of Burgeo and La Poile in 1882, where he campaigned as "the Fisherman's Friend." In a series of subsequent articles published in the Evening Telegram, Murray blamed his defeat on the undue influence of merchants and clergyman in using threats to sway the vote. He was eventually elected in 1889 after the introduction of the secret ballot The secret ballot, also k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Alexander Murray
James Alexander Murray (9 November 1864 in Moncton, New Brunswick – 16 February 1960) was a Conservative politician and the 16th premier of New Brunswick. Murray was first elected to the legislature A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial power ... in 1908 and served as Minister of Agriculture before becoming Premier in 1917 only to have his government defeated in the general election weeks later. External linksGovernment of New Brunswick biography {{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, James Alexander 1864 births 1960 deaths Leaders of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Politicians from Moncton Premiers of New Brunswick 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fitzgerald Murray
James Fitzgerald Murray (1805 – 24 June 1856) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born at Limerick to Captain Terence Murray and Ellen Fitzgerald. He attended Trinity College, Dublin and the Edinburgh College of Surgeons, and migrated to New South Wales in 1828. He was a surgeon at Sydney Hospital and acquired extensive property. On 4 June 1856 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. Along with the New South Wales Legislative As ..., but he died 21 days later at Lake George. References 1805 births 1856 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council Colony of New South Wales politicians Murray family {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
