Thomas Murray (British Army officer, died 1816)

General Thomas Murray (died 24 April 1816) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth.

Thomas Murray
Died24 April 1816
Malta
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankGeneral
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War

Military career

Born the son of John Murray of Stanhope,[1] Murray served as aide-de-camp to General James Robertson, Governor of New York in the early 1780s during the American Revolutionary War.[2] He became Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth and General Officer Commanding South-West District in February 1799[3][4] and then was given command of Northern District in 1801.[5] He was also colonel of the 7th Royal Veteran Battalion.[6][7] He was promoted to full general in June 1814[8] and died at Malta on 24 April 1816.[9]

References
  1. "The Pedigrees and Heraldry of the Murrays". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  2. "Muster Books and Pay Lists (WO 12/8741 & 8806): 84th (Royal Highland Emigrants) Regiment of Foot: 1779-1798". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  3. "Army List 1799". The National Archives, War Office Records, WO65/49.
  4. "No. 15110". The London Gazette. 23 February 1799. p. 190.
  5. Philippart, John (1815). "Royal Military Calendar". p. 384.
  6. "Royal Veteran, Reserve, and Garrison Battalions". Napoleon Series. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  7. "Mark and Eleanor Martin". Blakes. 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  8. Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities. Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 321.
  9. "Edinburgh Register". 1816. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
Military offices
Preceded by
Cornelius Cuyler		 GOC South-West District
February 1799 – June 1799		 Succeeded by
John Whitelocke
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