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MUSGRAVE, Richard (c.1675-1711), of Hayton, Cumb.

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b. c. 1675, o. s. of Sir Richard Musgrave, 2nd Bt., of Hayton by Dorothy, da. and coh. of William James of Washington, co. Dur. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. matric. 8 Dec. 1692, aged 17, St. Edmund Hall, Oxf. BA 1698; G. Inn 1693, ?called 1707; Edinburgh Univ. MA 1698. m. by 1701, Elizabeth (d. 1713), da. and coh. of Joseph Finch of Westenhanger, Kent, wid. of Thomas Ramsden of Croston, Lancs., 2s. 2da. suc. fa. as 3rd Bt. 10 May 1710.
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MUSGRAVE, Joseph (1676-1757), of Great Russell Street, Westminster, Mdx.

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b. 1676, 5th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Bt.*, but 3rd but 1st surv. by his 2nd w.; half-bro. of Philip† and Christopher Musgrave*. educ. Eton 1689–93; Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1693; G. Inn 1693, called 1701, bencher 1724. unm. G. Burton, Life of Sir Philip Musgrave, 48–49.
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Farmer of tolls, Cumb. and Westmld. 1704–7; sec. to chancellor of Exchequer by 1704–12. Boyer, Pol. State, i–ii. 379; iv. 55.

Freeman, Appleby 1704; gov., Q. Elizabeth g.s. Penrith 1705–?d. Cumbria RO (Kendal), Appleby bor. recs. WSMB/A minute bk. 3, 22 Sept. 1704; P. H. Reaney, Recs. of Q. Elizabeth Grammar Sch. Penrith (Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. Tract Ser. x), 31–32.

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MUSGRAVE, Christopher (1664-1718), of Swallow Street, Westminster

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b. 2 July 1664, 2nd s. of Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Bt.*, by his 1st w.; bro. of Philip Musgrave†, half-bro. of Joseph Musgrave*. educ. Staple Inn; G. Inn 1683, called 1687, bencher 1715. unm. Nicolson Diaries ed. Jones and Holmes, 23; G. Burton, Life of Sir Philip Musgrave, 43.
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Clerk of deliveries Ordnance 1689–96, clerk of Ordnance 1696–1714; dep.-gov. Carlisle 1692–?1693; clerk of Privy Council, extraord. 1695– Jan. 1705, ord. Jan. 1705–12; commr. privy seal 30 June 1701–25 Apr. 1702. H. Tomlinson, Guns and Govt. 225; H. Horwitz, Parl. and Pol. Wm. III, 76–77; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iii. 374, 475; v. 508; Cal. Treas. Bks. xvi. 300; xix. 467; xxvi. 267, 537; xxvii. 534.

Gov., Q. Elizabeth g.s. Penrith 1689–d.; freeman, Portsmouth 1681, Carlisle 1690, Appleby, 1704; dep.recorder, Carlisle 1687–9. P. H. Reaney, Recs. of Q. Elizabeth Grammar Sch. Penrith (Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. Tract Ser. x), 29, 31; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 364; Cumbria RO (Kendal), Appleby bor. recs. WSMB/A minute bk. 3, 22 Sept. 1704; Cumbria RO (Carlisle), Carlisle bor. recs. Ca/2/161, Musgrave to Carlisle corp. 20 Oct. [1687].

Commr. Greenwich hospital, 1695. Add. 10120, f. 233.

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MUSGRAVE, Sir Christopher, 5th Bt. (1688-1736), of Edenhall, Cumb.

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b. 25 Dec. 1688, o. s. of Philip Musgrave† (d.v.p. s. of Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Bt.*) by Mary, da. of George Legge†, 1st Baron Dartmouth. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1706. m. 21 June 1711, Julia, da. of Sir John Chardin of Kempton Park, Mdx., 7s. 4da. suc. fa. 1689; gdfa. as 5th Bt. 29 July 1704. P. Musgrave, Collectanea Musgraviana, 164–5.
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Clerk of Privy Council 1712–16; commr. privy seal 30 Apr.–27 Aug. 1715. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxvi. 537; xxvii. 234, 534; xxix. 702, 853; xxx. 159.

Freeman, Appleby 1712. Cumbria RO (Kendal), Appleby bor. recs. WSMB/A minute bk. 3, 22 July 1712.

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MUSGRAVE, Sir Christopher, 4th Bt. (c.1631-1704), of Edenhall, Cumb.

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b. c. 1631, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Philip Musgrave, 2nd Bt.†, of Edenhall by Julian, da. of Sir Richard Hutton of Goldsborough, Yorks. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. matric. 10 July 1651, aged 20, BA 1651; G. Inn 1654. m. (1) 31 May 1660, Mary (d. 1664), da. and coh. of Sir Andrew Cogan, 1st Bt., London merchant, of Crowley House, Greenwich, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.; (2) lic. 15 May 1671, Elizabeth (d. 1701), da. of Sir John Franklin†, sis. of Sir Richard Franklin, 1st Bt.†, of Willesden, Mdx., 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da. Kntd. 26 May 1671; suc. bro. as 4th Bt. 27 Dec. 1687. G. Burton, Life of Sir Philip Musgrave, 40, 42–43; HMC Le Fleming, 407–8.
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Dep. gov. Carlisle 1660–78, gov. 1684–7, Dec. 1688–Apr. 1689; lt. of ft. Carlisle 1661–2, capt. 1662–7; capt. 1st Ft. Gds. 1669–79; capt. of ft. Tower garrison 1685–7; clerk of the robes to Queen Catherine of Braganza by 1663–d.; searcher of customs, Berwick-upon-Tweed 1668–80; master gen. of Ordnance 1679–82, lt. 1682–7; teller of Exchequer 1702–d.; commr. union with Scotland 1702–3. Cal. Treas. Bks. ii. 571; vi. 328, 702; viii. 390; ix. 1185; xvii. 47; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 253; 1663–4, p. 260; 1679–80, p. 326; 1684–5, pp. 295, 310; 1686–7, p. 83; H. Tomlinson, Guns and Govt. 223, 224; APS xi. app., 46.

Mayor, Carlisle 1672–3, 1703–d., Appleby 1688–9, 1700–1; gov. Q. Elizabeth g.s. Penrith 1672–d.; receiver-gen. of taxes, Yorks. 1673–8; commr. for recusants Cumb. and Westmld. 1675; farmer of the tolls, Cumb. and Westmld. 1678–d.; collector of customs, Carlisle 1679– Mar. 1688; freeman, Portsmouth 1681, 1683, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1682, Kendal 1684; alderman, Carlisle 1685– Mar. 1688, Oct. 1688–d., Appleby 1685–?d.; common councilman, Berwick-upon-Tweed 1686–Oct. 1688. P. H. Reaney, Recs. of Q. Elizabeth Grammar Sch. Penrith (Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. Tract ser. x), 29, 31; Cal. Treas. Bks. iv. 52, 789, 791; v. 593; vi. 267; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 366; Reg. of Freemen (Newcastle Rec. Soc. iii), 101; HMC Le Fleming, 209; CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 231; 1695, p. 231.

Chairman of cttee. of elections and privileges 1685. CJ, ix. 719, 760.

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MURRAY, John (c.1667-1714), of Bowhill, Selkirk.

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b. c. 1667, 2nd s. of Sir John Murray (d. 1676), MP [S], of Philiphaugh, Selkirk by his 1st w. Anne, da. of Sir Archibald Douglas, MP [S], of Cavers, Roxburgh., and yr. bro. of Sir James Murray, MP [S], of Philiphaugh, Ld. Philiphaugh SCJ, ld. clerk register [S] 1703–8. educ. adv. 1688; Leyden, 1688, aged 21. m. (1) 27 Apr. 1694, Jean Scott (d. 1698); (2) 20 May 1699, Jean, da. of Sir John Scott, 1st Bt., of Ancrum, Roxburgh.; (3) Aug. 1704, Jean Moncrieff (d. 1736), wid. of John McGill, MD, and David Scrimgeour of Cartmoir or Cartmores, Fife, receiver-gen. to Anne, suo jure Countess of Buccleuch, 1s. Styled Ld. Bowhill, 7 June 1707–; d. Hist. Scot. Parl. 523; Brunton and Haig, Senators Coll. of Justice, 485; Scot. Rec. Soc. iii. 194; xxvii. 507; lxxvii. 160; Album Studiosorum Academiae Lugduno Batavae, ed. Du Rieu, 701; Sir W. Fraser, Scotts of Buccleuch, i. 468–9; G. H. Johnston, Heraldry of Murrays, 69.
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MP [S] Selkirk 1689–1702, Selkirkshire 1702–7.

?Councillor, Peebles by 1690; sheriff depute, Selkirkshire 1695; commissary, Peeblesshire 1697–aft. 1707; burgess, Ayr 1709, Perth 1710. Reg. PC Scotland, 1690, p. 694; APS, ix. 374; xi. 476; CSP Dom. 1697, p. 539; Carnegie Lib. Ayr, Ayr burgh recs. B6/18/8, council mins. 4 Oct. 1709; Sandeman Lib. Perth, Perth burgh recs. B59/24/1/17, p.18.

Ld. of session June 1707–d., of justiciary 1709–d. Brunton and Haig, 485.

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MURRAY, Hon. James (c.1690-1770).

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b. c. 1690, 2nd s. of David Murray, 5th Visct. Stormont [S] by Margery, da. and h. of David Scott of Scotstarvet, Fife, and bro. of Hon. William Murray†, 1st Earl of Mansfield. educ. adv. 1710. unm. cr. Earl of Dunbar (Jacobite peerage) 2 Feb. 1721.
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Commissary for commercial negotiations with France 1713–15.

Sec. of state [S] to the Pretender Oct. 1715; gov. to Prince Charles Edward 1725–41. Scot. Hist. Soc. ser. 3, xxxi. 17, 21; CJ, xvii. 575; Cal. Treas. Pprs. 1708–14, p. 599; 1714–19, p. 94; G. H. Jones, Mainstream of Jacobitism, 158, 164–5; Ruvigny, Jacobite Peerage, 44.

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MURRAY, Lord James (1663-1719), of Dowally, Dunkeld, Perth.

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b. 8 May 1663, 3rd s. of John Murray, 1st Mq. of Atholl [S] by Lady Amelia Anne Sophia, da. of James Stanley†, 7th Earl of Derby and sis. of Hon. Edward† and Hon. William Stanley†; bro. of Ld. Charles Murray†, Earl of Dunmore [S]. m. c.1684, Anne (d. 1726), da. and h. of Sir Robert Murray (formerly Crichton), of Castle Murray, co. Donegal and Glenmuir, Ayr, 2s. d.v.p. 4da. (1 ). Scots Peerage ed. Paul, i. 475; 7th Duke of Atholl, Chrons. Atholl and Tullibardine Fams. i. 115, 154, 198.
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Capt. R. Regt. Ft. (1 Ft., later R. Scots), 1684–6, Ld. John Murray’s Ft. 1696.

Burgess, Glasgow 1694, Edinburgh 1696; commr. justiciary for Highlands [S] 1697; dep. bailie, regality of Atholl 1700. Atholl, 198, 326, 476; CSP Dom. 1696, p. 173; 1697, p. 79; Scot. Rec. Soc. lvi. 232; lix. 370.

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MURRAY, Alexander (aft.1684-1743), of Stanhope, Peebles.

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b. aft. 1684, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir David Murray, 2nd Bt., MP [S], of Stanhope by his 1st w. Lady Anne, da. of Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of Kincardine [S]. educ. abroad; adv. 1710. m. 26 Aug. 1710 (with 20,000 merks), Grisell (separated 1714, d. 1759), da. of George Baillie*, s.p. suc. fa. as 3rd Bt. c.7 Feb. 1729. Buchan and Paton, Hist. Peeblesshire, iii. 448–50; Scot. Rec. Soc. lxxvi. 159; G. H. Johnston, Heraldry of Murrays, 76.
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Commr. chamberlainry and trade [S] 1711–14.

Burgess, Edinburgh 1712. Scot. Rec. Soc. xlii. 148.

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MUNRO, Robert (1684-1746), of Foulis, Ross.

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b. 24 Aug. 1684, 1st s. of Sir Robert Munro, 5th Bt., MP [S], of Foulis by Jean, da. of John Forbes of Culloden, Inverness, MP [S]. educ. ?Edinburgh Univ. m. c.1712, Mary, da. of Edward Seymour II*, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da. d.v.p. suc. fa. as 6th Bt. 11 Sept. 1729. A. Mackenzie, Hist. Munros of Foulis, 118, 137–8; Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 155; Hoare, Wilts. Frustfield, 51.
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Ent. army c. 1706, a.d.c. to Lt.-Gen. Hon. Charles Rosse* 1709, capt. 1 Ft. (R. Scots) 1710–?1712, lt.-col. indep. coy. of ft. Dec. 1714–1716, lt.-col. 42 Ft. 1739–45, col. 37 Ft. 1745–d.; gov. Inverness Aug. 1715–16; commr. forfeited estates [S] 1716–25. P. Doddridge, Life of Col. James Gardiner (1747), 233; NLS, ms 1391, f. 293; 1392, f. 72; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxxi. 694; More Culloden Pprs. ed. Warrand, ii. 54, 149.

?Burgess, Edinburgh 1713. Scot. Rec. Soc. lxii. 144.

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