Portrait of James Murray as a young man by Allan Ramsay (1742) (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh)

James Murray (Ballencrieff, East Lothian, Scotland, 21 January 1721– 18 June 1794 Battle) was a British military officer, whose lengthy career included service as colonial administrator and governor of Quebec. Image File history File links General_James_Murray. ... Allan Ramsay can refer to more than one person. ... // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Scottish National Portrait Gallery The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery on Queen Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ; Dùn Èideann () in Scottish Gaelic) is the second-largest city in Scotland and the countrys capital city. ... East Lothian (Lodainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events Pope Innocent XIII becomes pope Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Brandenburg Concertos April 4 - Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister of Britain September 10 - Treaty of Nystad is signed, bringing an end to the Great Northern War November 2 - Peter I is proclaimed Emperor of All the Russias... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Location within the British Isles Battle is a small town in East Sussex, England, about 5 miles (8 km) from Hastings, and the site of the Battle of Hastings, where William, Duke of Normandy, defeated King Harold II to become William I. Battle Abbey takes its name from the town... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Flower White garden lily Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water    (% of total)  Ranked 2nd 1,542,056 km² 1,183...

He was a younger son of Alexander Murray, 4th Lord Elibank, and his wife Elizabeth (Betty) Stirling. Educated in Haddington and Selkirk, he began his military career in 1736 in the 3rd Scots Regiment in the Dutch service. In 1740 he served as Second-Lieutenant in Wynyard’s Marines, under his brother Patrick Murray, 5th Lord Elibank, in the unsuccessful attack on Cartagena. He returned as Captain in 1742. He served as Captain of the grenadier company of the 15th Regiment of Foot during the War of the Austrian Succession, being severely wounded at Ostend in 1745, and distinguishing himself at Lorient in 1746. In December 1748, he married Cordelia Collier, of Hastings. Haddington is a burgh in East Lothian, Scotland. ... The Royal Burgh of Selkirk is a town in the Scottish Borders. ... Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ... Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... Patrick Murray, 5th Lord Elibank (1703-1778). ... Cartagena is the name of two cities: Cartagena, Spain Cartagena, Colombia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... The War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748) became inevitable after Maria Theresa of Austria had succeeded her father Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor in his Habsburg dominions in 1740, namely becoming Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, and Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla. ... Ostend (Dutch: Oostende, French: Ostende) is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of West Flanders. ... // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... This article is about The place Lorient in France. ... // Events Catharine de Ricci (born 1522) canonized. ... Events April 24 - A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession - at October 18 - The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh Building of...

James Murray purchased his majority in the 15th Regiment in 1749, and the lieutenant-colonelcy in 1751. He commanded his regiment at Rochefort, 1757, defending Sir John Mordaunt in his subsequent court-martial. He commanded a battalion in the 1758 siege of Louisbourg and served under General James Wolfe at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759. He was the military commander of Quebec City after it fell to the British. Lévis managed to defeat Murray and the British in the Battle of Sainte-Foy in 1760, but he had to abandon the siege of Quebec due to a lack of supplies and the arrival of a British relief fleet. Events While in debtors prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). ... Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 25 - For the last time, New Years Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales. ... Rochefort is the name of several communes in France, of a municipality in Belgium and a commune in Switzerland: Rochefort in the Charente-Maritime département of France Rochefort in the Côte-dOr département of France Rochefort in the Savoie département of France Rochefort, Belgium Rochefort, Switzerland It is also... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... A court-martial (plural courts-martial) is a military court that determines punishments for members of the military subject to military law. ... Fortress Louisbourg (fr. ... The Death of General Wolfe by Benjamin West. ... Combatants Britain France Commanders James Wolfe † Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm † Strength 4,800 regulars 4,000 regulars 300 militia Casualties 58 dead 600 wounded 644 dead or wounded The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, fought September 13, 1759, was a decisive battle of the North American theatre of... Motto: « Don de Dieu feray valoir Â» (I shall put Gods gift to good use) Site in the province of Quebec Official logo Provincial region Province Country Capitale-Nationale Quebec Canada Gentilé Québécois, Québécoise Mayor Term Andrée P. Boucher 2005-2009 Federal Members of Parliament...

He encouraged his favourite nephew Patrick Ferguson to follow him in a military career. He also assisted another nephew, Patrick Murray, illegitimate son of his brother George. Patrick Ferguson (1744–1780), British Army officer. ...

In October 1760, he became military governor of the district of Quebec and became the first civil governor of Quebec in 1764. As governor he was sympathetic to the French-Canadians favouring them over British merchants who came to settle in the wake of the conquest and allowed the continuance of French civil law. The dissatisfaction of British settlers led to his recall in 1766 (however he remained governor in name until 1768) but his precedents were preserved in the Quebec Act. HI A governor is also, a monkey who is smart and can fly like a penguin is a device that regulates the speed of a machine. ... French Canadian or Canadiens historically refers to inhabitants of Canada who can trace their ancestry to the original French settlers of what is now the Province of Quebec. ... The Quebec Act of 1774 was an act by the British Parliament setting out procedures of governance in the area of Quebec. ...

James Murray in later life

Murray was lieutenant-governor and then governor of Minorca from 1774 to 1782. In 1780, he married, as his second wife, Ann Witham, daughter of the Consul-General there. During the American Revolutionary War, he defended Fort St. Philip, at Port Mahon, against a Franco-Spanish siege for seven months (1781-82), until forced to surrender. He was known as ‘Old Minorca’ Murray as a result. He then returned to his home, Beauport, in Hollington, Sussex, where he died. Further honours came to him in his last years: he was appointed General and Governor of Hull in 1783, and Colonel, of the 21st Regiment in 1789. Image File history File links James_Murray_(military_officer)_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16747. ... Image File history File links James_Murray_(military_officer)_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16747. ... A Lieutenant Governor is a government official who is the subordinate or deputy of a Governor or Governor-General. ... HI A governor is also, a monkey who is smart and can fly like a penguin is a device that regulates the speed of a machine. ... Flag of Minorca Minorca (Menorca both in Catalan and Spanish and increasingly in English usage; from Latin Balearis Minor, later Minorica minor island) is one of the Balearic Islands (Illes Balears Catalan official name, Islas Baleares in Spanish), located in the Mediterranean Sea, and belonging to Spain. ... Combatants American Revolutionaries, France, Netherlands, Spain, Native Americans Great Britain, German mercenaries, Loyalists, Native Americans Commanders George Washington, Comte de Rochambeau, Nathanael Greene William Howe, Henry Clinton, Charles Cornwallis (more commanders) The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence,[1] was a conflict that... The Irish surname MacMahon is not related. ... A hull is: the outer covering of a fruit or vegetable, may also be called a husk the body or frame of a ship; see hull (ship) Several places in the world are called Hull: Kingston upon Hull - a city in England usually referred to as simply Hull. ... 1783 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

His first marriage had been childless, but by his second, he had six children (two of whom died in infancy):

• James Patrick Murray, later a Major General, who m. Elizabeth Rushworth
• Cordelia Murray, who m. Rev. Henry Hodges
• Wilhelmina Murray, m. James, 4th Lord Douglas of Douglas
• George Murray (died in infancy)
• Elizabeth Mary Murray (died in infancy)
• Anne Harriet Murray

He and his wife also brought up his older brother Patrick, Lord Elibank’s illegitimate daughter Maria Murray.

See also: List of Governors General of Canada and List of Lieutenant Governors of Quebec The following is a list of the Governors and Governor General of Canada and the previous territories and colonies that now make up the country. ... This is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the Canadian province of Quebec. ...

Sources

• Murray, Colonel Hon. Arthur C., The Five Sons of "Bare Betty", London, 1936.
• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online