David Murdoch (born April 17, 1978) is a Scottish curler from Lockerbie. He is a two time World Junior Curling Champion - in 1995, as an alternate for Tom Brewster, Jr., and in 1996 as a lead for James Dryburgh. In 1998 he won a silver medal at the World Juniors as a third for Garry MacKay. By 1999, Murdoch had moved up to the position of skip, and led Scotland to a 6-3 record and fifth place at that year's world juniors. Four years later, he would lead Scotland to the European Championship title, beating Peja Lindholm's formidable Sweden team in the final. In 2005, Murdoch went to his first ever World Championships. At the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship his Scotland rink won the silver medal after losing to Canada's Randy Ferbey in the final. The team's fine run of form has ensured all four members a place in the preliminary ten-strong Great Britain men's squad for the 2006 Winter Olympics, and Murdoch himself has been touted as a strong favourite for the position of skip. April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... Lockerbie is a small town with a population of about 4500 (as of 2004), located in the Dumfries and Galloway region in south-western Scotland. ... The World Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring the worlds best curlers who are 20 years old or younger. ... Peja Lindholm (often anglicized as Peter Lindholm) is a Swedish curler from Östersund, Sweden. ... The 2005 Ford World Mens Curling Championship was held from April 2 - 10 at the new Save On Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. ... Randy Ferbey (born May 30, 1959) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. ...
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David Limond Murdoch was born in Ayr, Scotland, on 2 November 1825, the son of Agnes Todd and her husband, Alexander Murdoch, a lawyer.
He and Eliza Murdoch were keen gardeners, and for many years their friend J. Mackelvie had sent them seeds from England to plant in the flowerbeds of their elegant Italianate home, Prospect, on the slopes of Mt St John.
Murdoch became chairman of the Mackelvie Trust, in which capacity he was instrumental in the completion of the Auckland Art Gallery and the display of the Mackelvie collection.
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