The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-06
conc-rnlnE, the QUE bee rerccnte nninl.


ing Captain the Hon. Arthur
- Murray, recently elected nlcir-
Der OF Parliament FOR Kincnr--
dinesliirs, and younger son 1t Lord
'I,ljbnnk, to attend tile tercrt'ci.nial
celebration at Quebec est ,,,oatli. as
q representative of the fn,nilY ,tAccl.
Alexander Murray OF Cring|etie, Pee
Sblesshire, who commanded the Black
Watch, or Forty-second Highlanders.
in the taking of Quebec, and in whose
arms General Wolfe died. on the
in memory of that battle. all children,
born to the Cringletie sMurrays haze
teen christened with the compound
rarnc of Wolfc-Murray. and the pres.
ent chief of the family and a lineil
81: James Wolfe Murray. who was un-
". recently member OF the Army
Ccuncil at Whitehall, In London, and
IS nov IN command of the secnndera-
bad Division ofSthe British Army IN
India. The Murrays of Crlngletie
have no connection whatsoever-save
O common ancestor 100 years ago
with the Murrays OF Elibanl<, the for
mer being q Peeblesshire house and
the latter mailing from Selkirkshire.
Of the Murrays of Blackbarony, in
.Peeblesshire, of whom the chief is Sir
John Murray. born OF an American
mother. who was Miss Helen Sanger,
q. z! Of Gerry Sanger Of Utica
dian authorities would have done far
better. II they wanted q representative
% Sf the famn,ly Of Colonel AleSander
Black Watch on the Heights Of Abra-
ham. and in whose arms General Wolfe
died. to have invited either Of the
two sons Of General Sir James Wolfe
seaforth Highlanders. and the other a
lieutenant OF the Royal Navy, or else
to have asked Sir John Murray, bart.
OF Blackbarony, the chief OF the Pee.
Captain the Hon. Arthur Murray, son
of Lord Elibank. at the Quebec cele-
bration, means nothing at all, since his
family has no association whatsoever
toric scenes on the Heights OF Abra
ham.
Away back in the twe1fth century
the Mu ~ p;y Of Elibank and the MuTs
of Malcolm de Moravia, who was like.
wise the ancestor of the Dukes of
Atholl, Of the Murrays OF ochtertyre.
OF the Earls Ct Dunmore, and a. Of ia
houses; but the branches to which
Lord Elibank and the Murrays OF
Cringletie.- respectively, belong parted
company some. 500 years ago or more,
&
least. extremely remote.
The present Lord Elibank is the
tenth peer Of his line. and is retired
captain Fl the Roya Nsyy The rs5
and showed his gratitude by subse-
quently taking his stand among the
sx Scotch Itch ersnSa ho st 9p
King to the English parliamentary
Lord Elibank had sister, whose ugii-
ness is still commemorated in many a
come down through history to us as
"Muckle Mouthed Meg" and 1t Is said
that her father, Sir Gideon Murray.
Lord ds, Of the Session IL Scotland, and
ruined Elibank Castle. caught a bor-
der raider in the act of stealing his
cattle, and gave him the choice Of
f BEING huns the Ebhe which
principal tower OF the castle. as of
most other Scottish stronghoIds OF the
day. and OF marrying his daughter: 1t
is said that the raider after beholding
,hesttated SO long as to whether 1t was
preferable to be hung or to become her
husband. that 1t was not until the
rope wa was being g. actually plnced about
lance, accepted in lieu thereof the
matrimonial moose.
should not like to conclude this
reference to the Murrays without call
erage on which the sAIurrays thrive,
and which is found at its best on the
broad acres Of the great chieftain OF
all the Murrays. the Duke of Atholl.
and It's principal ingredients consist
Of honey, cream, and especially whis-
key-the latter strong and plentiful.
One hardly knows whether. the pro-
due to the fact that they and their
ancestors have been drinking this brew
for 500 years, or whether they are fine
specimens of manhood in spite Of It.
4 Sir John Shelley, who is taking so
conspicuous part in the promotion