See also

Revd. Gideon MURRAY (1710-1776)

1. Revd. Gideon MURRAY, son of Alexander MURRAY 4th Lord Elibank (1677-1735) and Elizabeth STIRLING (bef1683-1756), was born on 5 February 1710 in Ballencrieff. He was a Priest. He married Elizabeth MONTOLIEU DE ST. HYPPOLITE on [Julian] 30 June 1746 in London. He died on [Julian] 21 June 1776 in Wandsworth.

 

Appointed Chaplain-General to the Army, and Prebendary of the 3rd stall in Durham Cathedral. Was present with George II at the battle of Dettingen in 1743. Chaplain of 43rd (afterwards 42nd) Highlanders.

 

Elizabeth MONTOLIEU DE ST. HYPPOLITE, daughter of Sieur David Montolieu de St. HYPPOLITE ( - ), died on [Julian] 21 November 1677. She and Gideon MURRAY had the following children:

 

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Alexander MURRAY (1747-1864)

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David MURRAY (1748-1794)

Second Generation

2. Lord Alexander MURRAY, son of Revd. Gideon MURRAY and Elizabeth MONTOLIEU DE ST. HYPPOLITE, 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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Alexander MURRAY (1780-1830)

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Gideon MURRAY (1781-1784)

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George MURRAY (1787-1862)

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Elizabeth Ann MURRAY (1788-1846)

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Mary (May) MURRAY (1789-1854)

 

Catherine STEUART was the daughter of James STEUART ( - ). She and Alexander MURRAY had the following children:

 

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James MURRAY (1810-1844)

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Charles Henry MURRAY (1812-1833)

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Robert Dundas MURRAY (1816-1856)

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Catherine MURRAY (1818-1828)

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Helen Anne MURRAY (1819-1824)

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Harriot Buccleuch MURRAY (1819-1837)

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Clare Melville MURRAY (1819-1825)

 

3. David MURRAY, son of Revd. Gideon MURRAY and Elizabeth MONTOLIEU DE ST. HYPPOLITE, was born on [Julian] 10 May 1748. He was a MP for Peebles and New Radnor in 1790. He married Elizabeth HARLEY on 8 October 1783. He died on [Julian] 8 May 1794 in London.

 

... of Hattenknows.

 

Elizabeth HARLEY was born in Oxford. She died on 9 July 1824. She and David MURRAY had the following children:

 

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Elizabeth Ann MURRAY ( - )

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Maria Clara MURRAY ( -1865)

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Louise MURRAY ( -1821)

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David Rodney MURRAY (1791- )

Third Generation

4. 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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Alexander Oliphant MURRAY (1804-1871). Alexander was born on 23 April 1804. He had the title '9th Baron Elibank'. He died on 31 May 1871.

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Janet Oliphant MURRAY (1805-1871). Janet was born on 15 May 1805. She married John STEUART on 5 April 1829. She died on 9 August 1871.

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John Oliphant MURRAY (1808-1865). John was born on 3 July 1808. He was a Courtier. He died on 11 December 1865 in Dresden.

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Charlotte MURRAY (1809-1883). Charlotte was born on 20 September 1809. She married William Henry OLIPHANT on 9 October 1849. She died on 5 November 1883.

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Thomas Montolieu MURRAY (1811-1852). Thomas was born on 6 April 1811. He died on 27 December 1852 in Bingara, New South Wales.

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Janet Ferguson MURRAY (1816-1904). Janet was born on 2 February 1816. She married John Money CARTER on 5 February 1839. She died on 24 December 1904.

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George MURRAY (1818-1833). George was born on 18 March 1818. He died on 3 June 1833.

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Patrick Oliphant MURRAY (1819-1877). Patrick 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.

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Henry Augustus MURRAY (1822-1824). Henry was born on 3 September 1822. He died on 20 December 1824.

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Marianne Oliphant MURRAY (1823- ). Marianne was born on 20 December 1823 in Ballencrief House. She married Peter Hay PATERSON on 11 April 1848.

 

5. Gideon MURRAY, son of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Mary Clara MONTOLIEU, was born in 1781. He died on 25 February 1784 in Woolmet.

 

6. 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).

 

7. 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.

 

8. 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.

 

9. 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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Alexander ERSKINE-MURRAY (1832-1907). Alexander was born on 9 December 1832. He married Helen PRINGLE on 26 April 1866. He died on 17 December 1907.

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James Hyppolite ERSKINE-MURRAY (1835-1853). James was born on 16 July 1835. He died on 14 August 1853.

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Jane Isabella Erskine ERSKINE-MURRAY (1836-1864). Jane was born in 1836. She died on 20 October 1864.

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Edith Catherine ERSKINE-MURRAY (1837- ). Edith was born in 1837. She married Joseph BELL on 20 October 1864.

 

10. Charles Henry MURRAY, son of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Catherine STEUART, was born on 18 August 1812 in Portobello. He died in 1833.

 

11. 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.

 

12. Catherine MURRAY, daughter of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Catherine STEUART, was born in 1818. She died in 1828.

 

13. Helen Anne MURRAY, daughter of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Catherine STEUART, was born in 1819. She died in 1824.

 

14. Harriot Buccleuch MURRAY, daughter of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Catherine STEUART, was born in 1819. She died in 1837.

 

15. Clare Melville MURRAY, daughter of Lord Alexander MURRAY and Catherine STEUART, was born on 13 March 1819. She died in 1825.

 

16. Elizabeth Ann MURRAY, daughter of David MURRAY and Elizabeth HARLEY, married William SHIRRIF in 1810.

 

17. Maria Clara MURRAY, daughter of David MURRAY and Elizabeth HARLEY, married Edward Hungerford LECHMERE in 1819. She died on 29 January 1865.

 

Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria.

 

Edward Hungerford LECHMERE died on 2 April 1856.

 

18. Louise MURRAY, daughter of David MURRAY and Elizabeth HARLEY, married Lohn Chandos John READE on 6 January 1814. She died on 6 February 1821.

 

Lohn Chandos John READE died on 14 January 1868.

 

19. David Rodney MURRAY, son of David MURRAY and Elizabeth HARLEY, was born on 12 April 1791. He was a Priest. He married Frances PORTAL on 4 December 1828.

 

Frances PORTAL and David Rodney MURRAY had the following children:

 

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Elizabeth Clara MURRAY ( -1903). Elizabeth married Robert John HOPKINS on 10 August 1853. She died on 1 May 1903.

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Louisa Sophia MURRAY ( -1893). Louisa married Reginald Whitehall MARGESSON on 3 May 1860. She died on 2 January 1893.

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David Mortimer MURRAY (1832- ). David was born on 11 May 1832. He married Ida FENTON on 3 January 1861.

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Elibank Harley MURRAY (1833-1901). Elibank was born on 26 September 1833. He was a Sailor. He died on 27 September 1901.

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Francis Rodney MURRAY (1838-1919). Francis was born on 9 March 1838. He married Jane Celeste HOARE on 1 June 1865. He died on 3 March 1919.

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Mortimer Evelyn MURRAY (1843-1888). Mortimer was born on 5 May 1843. He died on 29 January 1888.