Murray joined the Army in 1718, and after service with the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards he was made colonel of the 46th Regiment of Foot on 23 June 1743, a post he would hold until his death. In 1745 he was present at the Battle of Prestonpans. On 1 April 1754 he was promoted to major-general, and on 19 January 1758 to lieutenant-general.
General Murray lived at Dorney House near Weybridge, and at Princes Street, Cavendish Square, London. His wife Elizabeth (who predeceased him) was the sister of Lieutenant-General Robert Armiger; by her he had a daughter Frances Maria, who was her father's heiress.
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Richard Cannon, Historical Record of the Forty-Sixth, or South Devonshire Regiment of Foot (1851) p. 68.
Keith W. Murray, "Murray, Earl of Dunmore" in The Scots Peerage, volume III (1906) p. 387-388.
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