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Sir George Murray (1223 words) |
 | MURRAY, SIR GEORGE.—This gallant soldier and able statesman was the second son of Sir William Murray, Bart., and Lady Augusta Mackenzie, seventh and youngest daughter of George, Earl of Cromarty. |
| This Colonel Murray was doomed to experience in his next campaign, which was the expedition to Holland, an expedition attended with an immense amount of loss, suffering, and disaster, and with very little honour as a counterpoise. |
| Sir George at once decided upon the latter; but though he made the utmost haste to rejoin the army, such delays occurred that he did not reach it until the battle of Waterloo had been fought, and Paris occupied by the allies. |
| Murray House, Stanley Market, Hong Kong (143 words) |
| Murray House is a restored Victoria-era building (1844) that was named after Sir George Murray (1772-1846), a British soldier and politician. |
| Today it houses restaurants on the first floor, some of which have grand views across the bay. |
| I have placed a simple model of Murray House in the Google Earth 3D Warehouse. |
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