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10th but 6th surv. s. of Sir Charles Murray (d.1605) of Cockpool, Dumfries and Margaret, da. of Hugh, 4th Bar. Somerville [S]. educ. Court, Edinburgh. m. by 1613, Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Shaw of Broich, Stirling, 1s. 1da. 1da. illegit. cr. Visct. Annand [S] 28 June 1622, earl of Annandale [S] 13 Mar. 1625. suc. bro. 1636.Scots Peerage ed. J.B. Paul, i. 223-7; State Pprs. and Misc. Corresp. of Thomas, earl of Melros ed. J. Maidment, i. 127. d. 22 Sept. 1640. Oxford DNB.
Offices Held

Commendator, Dundrennan Abbey [S] 1599–1606; Registrum Magnum Sigillum Scotorum, 1593–1608, p. 281; Reg. PC Scot. 1619–22, p. cxlv. kpr. Guildford Park, Surr. 1608, CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 414. Eltham Park, Kent 1616-at least 1625; C66/2096; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 55. provost, Lincluden [S] 1612; forester and constable, Falkland [S] 1614; Registrum Magnum Sigillum Scotorum, 1609–20, pp. 254, 366, 658. commr. disorders in middle shires 1618, 1622, 1635; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 43, 59; Reg. PC Scot. 1619–22, p. 673; 1625–7, p. cxlv; CSP Dom. 1635, p. 510. j.p. co. Dur. 1619 – at least36, Northumb. 1622 – d., Surr. 1623–d.; C231/4, ff. 89, 154; C193/13/1; SP16/405; C66/2858. commr. gaol delivery, co. Dur. 1619–39; C181/2, f. 346v; 181/5, f. 134. steward, Annandale [S] 1625; Registrum Magnum Sigillum Scotorum, 1620–3, p. 298. gov. of Connaught [I] by 1625, CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 55. co. Donegal [I] 1627; CPR Ire. Chas. I, 166. commr. Forced Loan, co. Dur., Northumb., Surr. 1627. C193/12/2, ff. 12, 57, 42v.

Page to Anne of Denmark [S] by 1602; CSP Scot. xiii. 931. groom of the bedchamber 1603–22; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 47; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 442. kpr. of the privy purse 1611–25; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 36; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 73. gent. of the bedchamber 1622–5; Chamberlain Letters, ii. 442. PC [S] 1626–d. Reg. PC Scot. 1625–7, p. 249.

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MURRAY, John (d.1640), of Lochmaben, Dumfries; St. Martin’s Lane, Westminster and Guildford Park, Surr.
Main residences: Lochmaben, Dumfries and St. Martin's Lane, Westminster and Guildford Park, Surr.
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MURRAY, John (-d.1640)

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