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Alexander Murray (British Army officer, died 1762)

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British general (1715–1762)

Alexander Murray
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Commands45th Regiment of Foot
Battles / warsFather Le Loutre's War
French and Indian War
Captain Alexander Murray, commander of the 45th Regiment of Foot

Alexander Murray (c. 1715 – 1762) was a British army officer who served in Father Le Loutre's War and the French and Indian War in Nova Scotia. He was the cousin of James Murray.

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  1. Browne, G. P. (1979). "Murray, James". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  2. Johnston, G. Harvey, The Heraldry of the Murrays, W. & A. K. Johnston Ltd. Edinburgh and London, 1910 - in which ‘Pedigree VII, The Murrays of Falahill’ shows Alexander as 5th cousin 2R of Alexander (8th Lord Elibank), eldest brother of James.
  • Humphreys, John (1974). "Murray, Alexander (d. 1762)". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  • "The Letters of Colonel Alexander Murray 1742–1759". Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment: regimental annual 1938: Volumes 1921–1926; pp. 181–220.
  • "Letters of Colonel Alexander Murray," Sherwood Foresters Regimental Annual, 1926 (London, 1927), 181–220; 1927 (London, 1928), 240–68.
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