George Murray (Lieutenant-Governor)
Sir George Murray, GCB (February 6 1772 – July 28 1846) was a British soldier and politician, the second son of Sir William Murray, 5th Baronet. He was briefly in Canada from December 1814 to May 1815 where he was appointed provisional Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada and reviewed the defenses of Canada.
The Murray River in Australia and Murray House in Hong Kong are named in honour of him. He was Member of Parliament for Perthshire in Scotland, and the city of Perth, Western Australia is also (indirectly) named in his honour, as it was his birthplace.
He was a Tory Party politician. The party was also known, increasingly from 1830, as the Conservative Party. He was Member of Parliament for Pethshire from 1824-1832 and from 1834 until he retired in 1835. He also contested Westminster in 1837 and Manchester in both 1839 and 1841, with less success.
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For the Duke of Atholl, see George Iaian Murray
Reference
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
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| Preceded by: The Viscount Combermere | Commander-in-Chief, Ireland 1825–1828 | Succeeded by: Sir John Byng |
| Preceded by: The Viscount Beresford | Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance 1824–1825 | Succeeded by: Sir William Henry Clinton |
| Preceded by: Sir James Kempt | Master-General of the Ordnance 1834–1835 | Succeeded by: Sir Richard Hussey Vivian, Bt |
| Preceded by: Sir Richard Hussey Vivian, Bt | Master-General of the Ordnance 1841–1846 | Succeeded by: The Marquess of Anglesey |
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| Preceded by: William Huskisson | Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1828–1830 | Succeeded by: The Viscount Goderich |
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