John Lamb Murray (1838–1908) was a

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active in the nineteenth century. Murray was born near

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to a family of the minor landed gentleman. He owned the estates of Heavyside and Stains. He originally trained as a landsurveyor, working for several larger landowners in the area. However he became a self-taught architect and as civil and mechanical engineer, developing specific skills water power and electric lighting. he also had a strong interest in music, buildings a large pipe organ. This was originally installed in his workshop at Heavyside but after he had water power in his house, he re-installed it there. Murray was the architect of

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, after the Lanarkshire Lunacy Board set aside the results of a competition to select an architect. The ensuing work kept Murray's business very active until 1895. In 1896 Murray became a pioneer motorist. He bought a Panhard Levassor and invested in

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which was established by his son Thomas Blackwood Murray and Norman Fulton.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, John Lamb 1838 births 1908 deaths Scottish architects