Family and Education
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.
Offices Held
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.
Ld. of session June 1707–d., of justiciary 1709–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Bowhill, Selkirk.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
MURRAY, John (c.1667-1714)
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