Andrew Graham Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin

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Andrew Graham Murray

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Death: August 21, 1942 (92)
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Son of Thomas Graham Murray of Stenton, WS and Caroline Jane Tod
Husband of Mary Clementina Murray and Jean Findlay
Father of Major Hon. Ronald Thomas Graham Murray; Hon. Gladys Esme Murray and Hon. Marjorie Feilden

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About Andrew Graham Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin

Wikipedia Biographical Summary

"Andrew Graham Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin GCVO, PC, QC (21 November 1849 – 21 August 1942) was a Scottish politician and judge. He served as Secretary for Scotland between 1903 and 1905, as Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session between 1905 and 1913 and as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary between 1913 and 1932.

Murray was the son of Thomas Graham Murray and Caroline Jane, daughter of John Tod. His father and grandfather were solicitors, and founding partners of the Edinburgh firm Tods Murray & Jamieson. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge...

...Lord Dunedin was twice married. He married firstly Mary Clementina, daughter of Admiral Sir William Edmonstone, 4th Baronet, in 1874. They had one son and two daughters. After Mary's death in December 1922 he married secondly Jean, daughter of George Findlay, in 1923. They had no children. His only son the Hon. Ronald Thomas Graham Murray (1875–1934) was a Major in the Black Watch and fought in the First World War. However, he died married but childless in September 1934, aged 59, predeceasing his father by eight years. Lord Dunedin died in August 1942, aged 92. As he had no surviving male issue both his titles became extinct on his death."

SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'Andrew Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 16 February 2013, 10:34 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Murray,_1st_Viscou...> [accessed 6 March 2013]