See also

Lord Alexander MURRAY (1804-1871)

1. Lord Alexander Oliphant MURRAY, son of Lord Alexander MURRAY (1780-1830) and Janet OLIPHANT (1781-1836), 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:

 

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Florence Emily MURRAY ( -1902)

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Montolieu Fox OLIPHANT-MURRAY (1840-1927)

Second Generation

2. Florence Emily MURRAY, daughter of Lord Alexander Oliphant MURRAY and Emily Maria MONTGOMERY, died on 24 December 1902. She married Edward Grenville TEMPLE-GORE-LANGTON.

 

3. Rt. Hon. Montolieu Fox OLIPHANT-MURRAY 10th Baron Elibank, son of Lord Alexander Oliphant MURRAY and Emily Maria MONTGOMERY, 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. He married Blanche Alice SCOTT.

 

He was created a viscount on 2rd July 1911.

 

Blanche Alice SCOTT and Montolieu Fox OLIPHANT-MURRAY had the following children:

 

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Evelyn Izme MURRAY ( - )

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Alexander William Charles Oliphant MURRAY (1870-1920)

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Gideon MURRAY (1877-1951)

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Arthur Cecil MURRAY (1879-1962)

Third Generation

4. Evelyn Izme MURRAY, daughter of Rt. Hon. Montolieu Fox OLIPHANT-MURRAY 10th Baron Elibank and Blanche Alice SCOTT, married George Crosfield Norris NICHOLSON. She married Bernard SEELY.

 

Sir Bernard SEELY 1st Baron Mottistone, son of Sir Charles SEELY 1st Baronet ( - ) and Emily EVANS ( - ), had the title '1st Baron Mottistone'. He and Evelyn Izme MURRAY had the following children:

 

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David Peter SEELY (1920- ). David was born on 16 December 1920. He had the title '4th Baron Mottistone'.

 

5. Baron Alexander William Charles Oliphant MURRAY, son of Rt. Hon. Montolieu Fox OLIPHANT-MURRAY 10th Baron Elibank and Blanche Alice SCOTT, was born in 1870. He had the title 'Rt. Hon. Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, The Master of Elibank, later 1st Baron Murray of Elibank'. He was a Comptroller of HM's Household 1906-1909; Chief Liberal Whip 1909-1910; Under Secretary of State for India 1909-1910; Patronage Secretary to the Treasury 1910-1912; Partner with Lord Cowdray in the firm of S. Pearson and Son. Ltd. He died in 1920.

 

He died before his father, and did not become the 2nd Viscount Elibank, as is stated in several books.

 

6. Gideon MURRAY (also known as The Master of ELIBANK), son of Rt. Hon. Montolieu Fox OLIPHANT-MURRAY 10th Baron Elibank and Blanche Alice SCOTT, was born in 1877. He was a Politician. He had the title '11th Baron Elibank, 2nd Viscount Elibank'. He married Ermine Mary Katherine MADDOCKS on 23 January 1908. He died in 1951.

 

He was Liberal Chief Whip 1910-1912, and was an early champion of Churchill. The Elibanks were also titular Earls of Westminster in the Jacobite Peerage. He succeeded in his father's titles in 1927 and died in 1951. He was caught up in the Marconi Scandal of 1913. He was known as "The Master of Elibank".

 

7. Arthur Cecil MURRAY, son of Rt. Hon. Montolieu Fox OLIPHANT-MURRAY 10th Baron Elibank and Blanche Alice SCOTT, was born in 1879. He had the title '12th Baron Elibank, 3rd Viscount Elibank'. He died in 1962.

 

The Title Viscount Elibank became extinct after his death.