See also
- Alexander MURRAY's parents: Gideon MURRAY (1710-1776) and Elizabeth MONTOLIEU DE ST. HYPPOLITE ( -1677)
- Alexander MURRAY's brother: David MURRAY (1748-1794)
Lord Alexander MURRAY (1747-1864)
1. Lord Alexander MURRAY, son of Revd. Gideon MURRAY (1710-1776) and Elizabeth MONTOLIEU DE ST. HYPPOLITE ( -1677), was born on [Julian] 24 April 1747. He was a Soldier, member of Parliament. He had the title '7th Baron Elibank'. He married Mary Clara MONTOLIEU on 20 April 1776. He married Catherine STEUART in 1804. He died on [Julian] 24 September 1864 in Portobello.
Died from injuries received acidentally from burns.
Alexander was commissioned in the third Foot Guards and was called out in 1768 to quell the Wilkes Riots. He was brought to trial but acquitted. He was MP for Peebles 1783-1784 and Lord Lieutenant of the County. In 1742 he inherited the estates of Blackbarony which had originally belonged to Sir Andrew Murray, the father of Gideon Murray who founded the Murrays of Elibank. At this time the family moved back to Darn Hall in Peebleshire.
Alexander Murray, 7th Lord Elibank (1747-1820) married twice. By his first cousin Mary Clara De Montolieu he had five children. Two years after her death in 1802, he took as his second wife Catherine, daughter of James Steuart, who bore him seven children.1 Lord Elibank, who succeeded his uncle in 1785, had been commissioned into the Third Regiment of Foot Guards in 1768, advancing to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1769. He was a Member of Parliament for Peebleshire in 1783 and 1784 and served as lord lieutenant for counry Peebles from 1794 to 1820.
According to a letter from the Duke of Buccleuch to an unnamed correspondent, dated May 28, 1798, Lord Elibank was "a very Gentleman like man, but has been unfortunately much reduced in his circumstances by living in a style far beyond his income." The duke mentioned that Elibank lived on an allowance of five hundred pounds per year.2 He and his second wife lived in rented rooms in Portobello, a watering-place about three miles cast of Edinburgh on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth.
Apart from the fact that she was still alive in 1836,3 little is known about the life of the second Lady Elibank. But whatever is lacking in documentation is more than made up for by the portrait itself, one of the best examples in America of Raeburn's work. In it, she is shown leaning against a garden wail, a livid patch of sky and the spiky branches of a tree behind her. The dramatic lighting of the sky and the strong diagonal of the wall serve to set off the serene self-possession of the sitter. The mellow, golden colors match perfectly her contented expression and pose. A date of about 1805, that is, soon after her marriage, seems probable for this portrait; perhaps the arrangement of the sitter's hands is not accidental for the wedding ring on her left hand is the only jewelry she wears. The pose was a favorite of Raeburn's (for example, Mrs. George Kinnear, c. 1805, 34 1/2 x 26 3/4, Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland).
A photograph in the Witt Library, London, of a painting that seems to be a copy after Raeburn is labeled "Baroness Elibank.'' It shows a woman who could be our Lady Elibank, standing with her left arm on a column and a dog at her feet. The picture was with Neumans in Paris in 1936, but its present location is not known. A pendant, showing the sitter's husband, Lord Eiibank, is still in the possession of his descendants.
Mary Clara MONTOLIEU, daughter of Lewis Charles MONTOLIEU ( - ), died on 19 January 1802. She and Alexander MURRAY had the following children:
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Catherine STEUART was the daughter of James STEUART ( - ). She and Alexander MURRAY had the following children:
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Second Generation
2. Lord Alexander MURRAY, son of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Mary Clara MONTOLIEU, was born on 26 February 1780. He was a Soldier. He had the title 'Master of Elibank, 8th Baron Elibank'. He married Janet OLIPHANT on 8 March 1803 in Edinburgh. He died on 9 April 1830 in Brussells.
He was an ensign in the Coldstream Guards in 1797 and promoted to Lieutenant in 1799.
Janet OLIPHANT, daughter of John OLIPHANT ( - ), was born in 1781 in Bachilton, Perthshire. She died on 9 June 1836. She and Alexander MURRAY had the following children:
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3. Gideon MURRAY, son of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Mary Clara MONTOLIEU, was born in 1781. He died on 25 February 1784 in Woolmet.
4. George MURRAY, son of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Mary Clara MONTOLIEU, was born on 10 October 1787 in Darn Hall. He was an Auditor of the Exchequer, Scotland. He died on 29 September 1862.
Became Auditor of the Exchequer (Scotland).
5. Elizabeth Ann MURRAY, daughter of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Mary Clara MONTOLIEU, was born in 1788. She died on 17 May 1846. She married William BUCHANAN on 14 September 1893.
William BUCHANAN, son of Thomas BUCHANAN of Ardoch, County Dumbarton ( - ), was a Writer to the Signet.
6. Mary (May) MURRAY, daughter of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Mary Clara MONTOLIEU, was born in 1789. She married Augustus Frederick LINDLEY on 12 July 1830. She died on 23 October 1854.
7. James MURRAY, son of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Catherine STEUART, was born on 4 May 1810. He was an Advocate. He married Isabella ERSKINE on 3 May 1832. He died on 17 February 1844 in Borneo.
He became an advocate 19th November 1831 and was killed in Borneo in 1844.
Isabella ERSKINE, daughter of James ERSKINE of Aberdona ( - ), died on 11 March 1875. She and James MURRAY had the following children:
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8. Charles Henry MURRAY, son of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Catherine STEUART, was born on 18 August 1812 in Portobello. He died in 1833.
9. Robert Dundas MURRAY, son of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Catherine STEUART, was born on 9 December 1816 in Portobello. He died on 8 September 1856.
10. Catherine MURRAY, daughter of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Catherine STEUART, was born in 1818. She died in 1828.
11. Helen Anne MURRAY, daughter of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Catherine STEUART, was born in 1819. She died in 1824.
12. Harriot Buccleuch MURRAY, daughter of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Catherine STEUART, was born in 1819. She died in 1837.
13. Clare Melville MURRAY, daughter of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Catherine STEUART, was born on 13 March 1819. She died in 1825.
Third Generation
14. Lord Alexander Oliphant MURRAY, son of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Janet OLIPHANT, was born on 23 April 1804. He had the title '9th Baron Elibank'. He died on 31 May 1871. He married Emily Maria MONTGOMERY.
Emily Maria MONTGOMERY and Alexander Oliphant MURRAY had the following children:
| 28 | Florence Emily MURRAY ( -1902). Florence died on 24 December 1902. |
| 29 | Montolieu Fox OLIPHANT-MURRAY (1840-1927). Montolieu was born on 27 April 1840. He had the title '10th Baron Elibank (Scottish Peerage), 1st Viscount Elibank (U.K. Peerage)'. He was a Lord Lieutenant, Peebles 1896-1908. He died on 20 February 1927. |
15. The Hon. Janet Oliphant MURRAY, daughter of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Janet OLIPHANT, was born on 15 May 1805. She married John STEUART on 5 April 1829. She died on 9 August 1871.
John STEUART and Janet Oliphant MURRAY had the following children:
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16. John Oliphant MURRAY, son of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Janet OLIPHANT, was born on 3 July 1808. He was a Courtier. He died on 11 December 1865 in Dresden.
He was Chamberlain to the King of Bavaria and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael of Merit.
17. Charlotte MURRAY, daughter of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Janet OLIPHANT, was born on 20 September 1809. She married William Henry OLIPHANT on 9 October 1849. She died on 5 November 1883.
18. Thomas Montolieu MURRAY, son of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Janet OLIPHANT, was born on 6 April 1811. He died on 27 December 1852 in Bingara, New South Wales.
19. Janet Ferguson MURRAY, daughter of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Janet OLIPHANT, was born on 2 February 1816. She married John Money CARTER on 5 February 1839. She died on 24 December 1904.
John Money CARTER died on 28 November 1888.
20. George MURRAY, son of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Janet OLIPHANT, was born on 18 March 1818. He died on 3 June 1833.
21. Patrick Oliphant MURRAY, son of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Janet OLIPHANT, was born on 3 November 1819. He was a Soldier. He married Harriet Philips COLLOM on 28 October 1852 in Marham Church, Conrwall. He died on 22 February 1877.
He was a Captain in the Madras Military Service.
Harriet Philips COLLOM, daughter of James COLLOM of Hale Bridge Villa, Stratton, Cornwall ( - ), died on 22 November 1898. She and Patrick Oliphant MURRAY had the following children:
| 31 | Alexander William Oliphant MURRAY (1853- ). Alexander was born on 16 October 1853. He was a Priest. |
| 32 | Janet Oliphant MURRAY (1855-1931). Janet was born on 20 July 1855. She married Thomas Leonard LEADER on 12 August 1886. She died in 1931. |
22. Henry Augustus MURRAY, son of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Janet OLIPHANT, was born on 3 September 1822. He died on 20 December 1824.
23. Marianne Oliphant MURRAY, daughter of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Janet OLIPHANT, was born on 20 December 1823 in Ballencrief House. She married Peter Hay PATERSON on 11 April 1848.
"Memoir of the Hon. Mrs. Hay Paterson" (by Charlotte Oliphant,
> Piccadilly: Hatchards, 1880, pp. 104), from which I quote; "The
> Honourable Marianne Oliphant Murray, youngest daughter of the eighth
> Baron Elibank, was born on the 20th of December, 1823, at Ballencrief
> House, Haddingtonshire, and married, in 1848, Peter Hay Paterson, Esq.,
> of Carpow, Perthshire-the issue of that marriage being five children.".
24. Alexander ERSKINE-MURRAY of Aberdona, son of James MURRAY and Isabella ERSKINE, was born on 9 December 1832. He married Helen PRINGLE on 26 April 1866. He died on 17 December 1907.
Helen PRINGLE died on 3 August 1913. She and Alexander ERSKINE-MURRAY had the following children:
| 33 | James Robert ERSKINE-MURRAY (1868- ). James was born on 24 October 1868. He was an Airman. |
| 34 | Walter Pringle ERSKINE-MURRAY (1872- ). Walter was born on 18 April 1872. |
| 35 | Robert Alan ERSKINE-MURRAY (1874- ). Robert was born on 24 October 1874. He married Eileen Mary MACMANUS on 16 January 1922. |
| 36 | Arthur ERSKINE-MURRAY (1877- ). Arthur was born on 9 October 1877. |
| 37 | Elizabeth MacFarlane ERSKINE-MURRAY (1878-1960). Elizabeth was born in 1878. She married John LEWIS on 26 September 1916. She died on 28 February 1960. |
25. James Hyppolite ERSKINE-MURRAY, son of James MURRAY and Isabella ERSKINE, was born on 16 July 1835. He died on 14 August 1853.
26. Jane Isabella Erskine ERSKINE-MURRAY, daughter of James MURRAY and Isabella ERSKINE, was born in 1836. She died on 20 October 1864.
27. Edith Catherine ERSKINE-MURRAY, daughter of James MURRAY and Isabella ERSKINE, was born in 1837. She married Joseph BELL on 20 October 1864.