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James Murray (1727 – 30 April 1799) was a landowner and politician from the Scottish Borders. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1762 to 1774. == Early life and family == Murray was the first-born son of Alexander Murray of Broughton and his wife Lady Euphemia Stewart, daughter of the 5th Earl of Galloway.〔 He was educated at the University of Glasgow, and then went on a grand tour.〔 On his father's death, Murray inherited extensive estates in Scotland and Ireland. They included Broughton House in Kirkcudbright, Killybegs in County Donegal, and Cally House near Gatehouse of Fleet, which Murray rebuilt to the designs of Robert Mylne.〔 In 1726 he had married his first cousin Lady Catherine Stewart,〔 daughter of his mother's brother the 6th Earl of Galloway.〔 They had only one child, Alicia, who fell ill and died while on a holiday in Rome.〔 However, Murray had already fathered an illegitimate daughter, Ann, born in 1725. Ann was raised at the Murray's Cally estate, with support of Lady Catherine.〔 In 1762 the James and Catherine Murray met the writer James Boswell (biographer of Samuel Johnson), met the couple and reported favourably on them. In Boswell's words, James was a "most amiable man, () has very good sense, great knowledge of the world, and easy politeness of manners". He described Catherine as "very beautiful and, what is more, very agreeable, being possessed of the most engaging affability".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Murray (1727–1799)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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