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Alastair James Hay "Al" Murray (born 10 May 1968), is an English comedian and TV personality well known for his stand-up persona and quick repartee. His best-known character is "The Pub Landlord", a mock-xenophobic publican. In 2003, Murray was listed in ''The Observer'' as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. In 2007 he was voted the 16th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups. ==Early life and family background== Murray was born at Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, only son of Lieut-Col. Ingram Bernard Hay Murray (a great-great-great-great-grandson of John, 3rd Duke of Atholl, who married Charlotte, Baroness Strange), by his wife Juliet Anne Thackeray, ''née'' Ritchie (a great-great-granddaughter of the celebrated novelist William Makepeace Thackeray). His grandfather, the former British ambassador Sir Ralph Murray, was from Scottish aristocracy and married into the von Kuenburg family, nobility of the Holy Roman Empire. His patrilineal great-great-grandfather, Dr George Murray, was Bishop of Rochester, while Sir Edward Leigh MP is his third cousin. Al Murray is in remainder both to English and Scottish peerage titles, including the barony of Strange and the dukedom of Atholl.〔(''Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2015'' )〕 Murray was educated at Bedford School (head boy)〔(Harpurs Trust )〕 and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he read Modern History.〔(www.seh.ox.ac.uk )〕 At Oxford he performed in the comedy group, the Oxford Revue, in a show directed by Stewart Lee (later an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund Hall). 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「Al Murray」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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