Lord Henry Murray (13 June 1767 – 3 December 1805) was a soldier and administrator who served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.
Career
Born the fourth son of John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl,[1] Henry Murray was appointed Colonel of the newly formed Royal Manx Fencibles in September 1795.[2] The following year saw the regiment being deployed to Derry in anticipation of the Irish Rebellion of 1798[2] and in June 1798 he ordered the burning of Ballymoney in reprisal for the rebellion.[3] In February 1802 he went to Bath to recover from a bout of gout and later that year, following the Peace of Amiens, his regiment was disbanded at Whitehaven.[2] Murray acted from 1804 as Lieutenant Governor and Deputy to his brother, John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl, in his role as Governor of the Isle of Man.[4] Murray died in office only a year later in 1805:[4] there is a memorial to him at Old Kirk Braddan.[5]
Family
In 1786 he married Eliza Kent; they had one son and five daughters.[1] There is a memorial to his son, Lieutenant-Colonel The Hon. Richard Murray, Coldstream Guards (1787-1843), in Old Kirk Braddan.[6]
His daughter Amelia (Emily) Jane Murray married General Sir John Oswald.[7]
References
- ^ a b The Peerage.com
- ^ a b c Some notes on the Royal Manx Fencibles by A. W. Moore
- ^ The Uprising in North Antrim Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b World Statesmen
- ^ The Athol Lords of Man
- ^ Features of Old Kirk Braddan
- ^ "The Moth Fairy". Leicester Galleries. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
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