George Murray (12 January 1784 – 16 February 1860) was an

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bishop. He was

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from 1827 until his death in 1860. He was previously the Archdeacon of Man,

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and

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Background and education

Murray was born in

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, the second son of George Murray,

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, himself the second son of

John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl, Order of the Thistle, KT, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (6 May 1729 – 5 November 1774), known as John Murray until 1764, was a Scottish peer and Tory (political faction), Tory politician. Backgrou ...

, Chief of

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. Murray's mother, Anne Charlotte (d.1844), was the daughter of Francis Grant (MP and general); she served as

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Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Sophia Charlotte; 19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was List of British royal consorts, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland as the wife of King George III from their marriage on 8 September 1761 until her ...

(wife of George III). Murray's youngest sister was Amelia was also a courtier, and a writer. Murray attended Harrow before matriculating at

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, on 22 December 1801, graduating

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(BA) in 1806, proceeding Oxford Master of Arts (MA Oxon) in 1810, and

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(DD) by diploma on 13 March 1814.

Ministry

On 29 September 1808, Murray was installed, like his father, as the Archdeacon of Man; on 22 May 1813 he was nominated as

by his cousin

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and consecrated on 6 March 1814. On 24 November 1827 he was elected

, receiving back the temporalities on 14 December 1827, and on 19 March 1828 was appointed

, being succeeded in 1845 by

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. While commending the character of the leaders of the

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, Murray attacked some of the ''

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'', especially Nos. 81 and 90, in his episcopal charge of October 1843. Several of his

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s and charges were published.

Family

Murray married, on 5 May 1811, Sarah Hay-Drummond, second daughter of

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(by his wife Sarah Harley, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Harley, Lord Mayor of London), by whom he had five sons and six daughters, including: * Rev. George Edward Murray (1818–1854), Rector of

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, who was the great-great grandfather of the 10th duke, and the great-grandfather of the 11th duke, John Murray. * Canon Francis Henry Murray (1820–1902), rector of

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from 1846 to his death in 1902, rural Dean of

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from 1887 to 1902, and honorary canon of

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. * Herbert Harley Murray (1829–1904), Governor of Newfoundland and Chairman of England's Board of Customs. * Rev. Frederick William Murray (1831-1913) was the grandfather of Sir Francis Ralph Hay Murray. * Harriet Murray who married

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* Eleanor Margaret Murray (youngest daughter), married John Jolliffe Tufnell of Langleys in Essex. They had 10 children and he already had 7 children from his previous marriage; their daughter, Louisa Tufnell, married the Hon Edward Strutt, co-founder of

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(

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). After a protracted illness, Murray died at his town residence in Chester Square,

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, on 16 February 1860, aged 76. He was buried in the family vault at

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, George 1784 births 1860 deaths People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Bishops of Rochester Bishops of Sodor and Man Deans of Worcester Archdeacons of Man George 19th-century Church of England bishops

Background and education

Ministry

Family

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