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William Murray, 1st Earl of Dysart (c. 1600 – December 1655) was a Scottish peer and courtier. During his childhood, he was educated with the future King Charles I. Later, he served as a Groom of the Bedchamber for Charles I of England before subsequently serving as an advisor to the
William Murray (1840–1906) and Irvin Heard (1871–1956) were the first European settlers in the New Liskeard area, arriving in 1891. Some years later Crown Lands Agent John Armstrong was dispatched to the area to oversee formal land settlement.
The title was granted in 1643 to William Murray, who had earlier represented Fowey and East Looe in the English House of Commons. He was made Lord Huntingtower at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland. Murray had been a lifelong friend of King Charles I, in fact having been his whipping boy while the latter was Prince of Wales. [1] [2]
Liskeard (/ l ɪ ˈ s k ɑːr d / ⓘ lih-SKARD; Cornish: Lyskerrys [2]) is an ancient stannary and market town in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Plymouth , 14 miles (23 km) west of the Devon border, and 12 miles (20 km) east of Bodmin .
Liskeard was a parliamentary borough in Cornwall, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885. The constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 .
William Murray, 2nd Earl of Tullibardine He was the son of John Murray, 1st Earl of Tullibardine , and Catherine Drummond, daughter of David, 2nd Lord Drummond. He travelled abroad in 1594 to learn languages, first going to London with James Drummond of Innerpeffray , and William Drummond, with a passport from the English ambassador Robert ...
William Murray 1689–1746 styled Marquess of Tullibardine: James Murray 1690–1764 2nd Duke of Atholl, 7th Baron Strange: George Murray 1694–1760: John Murray 1685–1752 2nd Earl of Dunmore, Viscount of Fincastle, and Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillimet: William Murray 1696–1756
Hon. Henry Anthony Murray (1810–1865), a Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy. [1] Henry's son, Charles Stewart Murray would become a superintendent in Bengal and briefly administrate the South Lushai Hills district. Lord Dunmore died at Glen Finart in Argyllshire on 11 November 1836, aged 74. [4] He and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest ...