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

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.