James Wolfe Murray of Cringletie, Lord Cringletie

Darryl Lundy's Peerage

Biographical Summary

"James Wolfe Murray, Lord Cringletie, a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, godson of Gen. Wolfe, b. 5 Jan. 1759; m. 7 April, Isabella Katherine, only dau. of James Charles Edward Stuart Strange, Esq. (godson of Prince Charles Edward Stuart), H.E.I.C., by Margaret his wife, dau. of James Durham, of Largo, Fife, and by her (who d. 25 Dec. 1847) had issue...

...Lord Cringletie d. 29 May, 1836."

SOURCE: A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Vol. II, page 1144

"(352) James Wolfe Murray of Cringletie, bom 5th January 1759; died 29th May 1836. He was named after the hero of Quebec, and became a Lord of Session as Lord Cringletie. He married, 7th April 1807, Isabella, daughter of J. C. E. S. Strange, who died 25th December 1847. They had issue :-

• James (No. 353).
• Colonel Alexander Murray, died s.p. 24th December 1865. Married, 1853, Eugenia, daughter of Colonel Curtis.
• Major-General Thomas Andrew Lumsden Murray, born 1st March 1825 ; died 3rd October 1893. He married, 1849, Elizabeth, daughter of John Charlton Fisher, LL.D., Canada, who died 10th November 1906, having had:
  • Thomas Murray, died s.p.
  • Dennistoun Murray, died s.p.
• Philip Charles Murray, died 1842."

SOURCE: The heraldry of the Murrays: with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees, by G. Harvey Johnston, 1910, page 84, paragraph 352