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George Murray (general) Lord George Murray (4 October 1694 – 11 October 1760), sixth son of John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, was a Scottish nobleman and soldier who took part in the Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1719 and played a senior role in that of 1745.
Sir George Murray GCB GCH FRS (6 February 1772 – 28 July 1846) was a British soldier and politician from Scotland.
25 de nov. de 2022 · Temeroso de un choque frontal contra las tropas gubernamentales, el general escocés Lord George Murray aconsejó hacer un ataque nocturno contra el campamento inglés para sorprender al enemigo e impedirle usar su superior potencia de fuego.
Murray served as Governor of RMC Sandhurst and Commander in Chief in Ireland. Following his election as MP for Perthshire, Wellington appointed him Secretary of State for War and the Colonies in his Government, resulting in the Murray River and Perth, Western Australia being named in his honour.
The unfinished watercolour portrait of George Murray is by Thomas Heaphy (1775-1835), an artist who was skilled at capturing the likeness of his sitters. It was painted in 1814 when Major-General Sir George Murray had reached the height of his powers and achieved all the praise and respect from his army colleagues that a general could expect.
He was a professional soldier and Jacobite who was one of Bonnie Prince Charlie's commanders during the ill-fated 1745 uprising. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline. George Murray was born at Huntingtower Castle near Perth, the son of John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl.
28 de mar. de 2024 · Lord George Murray (born October 4, 1694, Huntingtower, Perth [now in Perth and Kinross], Scotland—died October 11, 1760, Medemblik, Netherlands) was a Scottish Jacobite, one of the ablest of the generals who fought for Charles Edward, the Young Pretender, the Stuart claimant to the English throne, in the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 ...
