Lord Henry Murray | |
Order: | 4th |
Office: | Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man |
Term Start: | 1804 |
Term End: | 1805 |
Successor: | Cornelius Smelt |
Birth Date: | 13 June 1767 |
Birthname: | Henry Murray |
Nationality: | British |
Spouse: | Eliza Kent |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | British Army |
Rank: | Colonel |
Battles: | Irish Rebellion of 1798 |
Lord Henry Murray (13 June 1767 - 3 December 1805) was a soldier and administrator who served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.
Born the fourth son of John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl,[1] Henry Murray was appointed Colonel of the newly formed Royal Manx Fencibles in September 1795.[2] The following year saw the regiment being deployed to Derry in anticipation of the Irish Rebellion of 1798[2] and in June 1798 he ordered the burning of Ballymoney in reprisal for the rebellion.[3] In February 1802 he went to Bath to recover from a bout of gout and later that year, following the Peace of Amiens, his regiment was disbanded at Whitehaven.[2] Murray acted from 1804 as Lieutenant Governor and Deputy to his brother, John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl, in his role as Governor of the Isle of Man.[4] Murray died in office only a year later in 1805:[4] there is a memorial to him at Old Kirk Braddan.[5]
In 1786 he married Eliza Kent; they had one son and five daughters.[1] There is a memorial to his son, Lieutenant-Colonel The Hon. Richard Murray, Coldstream Guards (1787-1843), in Old Kirk Braddan.[6]
His daughter Amelia (Emily) Jane Murray married General Sir John Oswald.[7]