James Patrick Murray (British Army officer)

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James Patrick Murray
Born (1782-01-21)21 January 1782
Leghorn, Italy
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Killenure, Ireland
Allegiance  Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1797–1830
Rank Major General
Battles/wars War of the Second Coalition Peninsular War
Relations General James Murray (father)
Other work Member of Parliament for Yarmouth (1802–03)

Major General James Patrick Murray (21 January 1782 – 5 December 1834)[1] was a British Army officer who served briefly as a Member of Parliament (MP), despite being under age.

Family and early life

Murray was born in Leghorn, the oldest son of General James Murray (1721–1794) of Beauport Park. His mother was Ann Witham, his father's second wife. His father was the fifth son of Alexander Murray, 4th Lord Elibank.[2]

He was educated at Westminster School, and in 1803 he married Elizabeth Rushworth, daughter of Rev Edward Rushworth of Freshwater House. They had 6 sons and 6 daughters.[2]

Career

Murray joined the British Army in 1797, rising to the rank of major general before he retired in 1830. He served with his relative Sir James Pulteney in the Helder Campaign and the Ferrol Expedition.[2] He lost the use of his right arm during the Peninsular War, and retired to his home at Killenure near Athlone in Ireland.[2]

At the general election in July 1802, Murray was elected to the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the rotten borough of Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight.[3] At the time he was only 20 years old, even though the minimum age for MPs was 21 until 2006. His election appears to have been only as a place-holder on behalf of Lord Holmes,[2] the clergyman-peer who was patron of the borough.[4] Murray resigned his seat in early 1803, by the procedural device of accepting appointment to the sinecure of Steward of the Manor of East Hendred.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "Y" [self-published source][better source needed]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 15505. p. 842. 10 August 1802. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 15550. p. 77. 15 January 1803. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
1802–1803
With: Jervoise Clarke Jervoise		 Succeeded by
Jervoise Clarke Jervoise
Charles Macdonnell


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