Brief Life History of John
When John Murray 4th Earl of Dunmore was born about 1731, in Garmouth, Elginshire, Scotland, his father, Lord William Murray, was 36 and his mother, Catherine Murray of Nairne, was 30. He married Lady Charlotte Stewart Countess of Dunmore on 21 February 1759, in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 25 February 1809, in Ramsgate, Kent, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 79, and was buried in Isle of Thanet, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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- John Earl Of Dunmore Murray, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- John Murray, "Find A Grave Index"
- Earl Of Dunmore nel documento di Edward Bouverie, “British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices”
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Moray in northeastern Scotland, which derives from Celtic mori- ‘sea’ + treb- ‘settlement’. The founder of the Scottish house of Murray was a Fleming named Freskin who was granted Strathbrock in West Lothian and Duffus in Moray by David I. The family took its name from the region in the late 12th century.
Irish and Scottish: shortened form of McMurray .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muireadhaigh ‘descendant of Muireadhach’ a personal name meaning ‘mariner’. Occasionally it may be a shortened form of McMurray .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Lord Dunmore John Murray, the Earl of Dunmore was the last Royal Governor of the colony of Virginia. He was born in 1732, appointed Governor of New York in 1770 and of Virginia in 1771 and arrived in …
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