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The Right Honourable
The Lord Murray of Elibank
PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Murray of Elibank PC
Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons; Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury;
	In office; 14 February 1910 – 7 August 1912
Monarchs	Edward VII ; George V
Prime Minister	H. H. Asquith
Preceded by	Jack Pease
Succeeded by	Percy Illingworth
Under-Secretary of State for India
	In office; 5 June 1909 – 14 February 1910
Prime Minister	H. H. Asquith
Preceded by	Thomas Buchanan
Succeeded by	Edwin Montagu
Comptroller of the Household
	In office; 18 December 1905 – 5 June 1909
Prime Minister	Henry Campbell-Bannerman ; H. H. Asquith
Preceded by	Arthur Annesley
Succeeded by	Arthur Foljambe
Preceded by
Parliamentary offices
Member of Parliament; for Midlothian
	In office; 15 January 1910 – 16 August 1912
Preceded by	Harry Primrose
Succeeded by	John Hope
	In office; 24 October 1900 – 8 February 1906
Preceded by	Thomas Gibson-Carmichael
Succeeded by	Harry Primrose
Member of Parliament; for Peebles and Selkirk
	In office; 8 February 1906 – 15 January 1910
Preceded by	Walter Thorburn
Succeeded by	William Younger
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 16 August 1912 – 13 September 1920; Hereditary peerage
Preceded by	Peerage created
Succeeded by	Peerage extinct
Personal details
Born	Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray; 12 April 1870
Died	13 September 1920 (aged 50)
Party	Liberal
Spouse	Hilda Murray (d. 1929)
Parents	Montolieu Oliphant-Murray (father); Blanche Alice (mother);
Education	Cheltenham College

Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, 1st Baron Murray of Elibank PC (12 April 1870 – 13 September 1920), called The Master of Elibank between 1871 and 1912, was a Scottish nobleman and ^[1] Liberal politician. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Government Whip) under H. H. Asquith between 1910 and 1912, when he was forced to resign after being implicated in the Marconi scandal.

Background and education

Elibank was the eldest son of Montolieu Oliphant-Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank, and Blanche Alice, daughter of Edward John Scott.^[2] He was educated at Cheltenham.^[3]

Political career

Elibank unsuccessfully contested Edinburgh West in May 1895, Peebles and Selkirk in July 1895 and the City of York by-election of 1900.^[3] However, in October 1900 he was successfully returned to parliament for Midlothian, a seat he held until 1906 and again from 1910 to 1912.^[4] From 1906 to 1910 he represented Peebles and Selkirk.^[5]

In the aftermath of the Second Boer War (1899-1902), Elibank travelled to South Africa visiting the Bechuanaland Protectorate, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Delagoa Bay.^[6]

When the Liberals came to power in December 1905 under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Elibank was appointed Comptroller of the Household, a post he retained when H. H. Asquith became Prime Minister in April 1908, and then served as Under-Secretary of State for India between 1909 and 1910. The latter year he was made Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Government Whip).^[2] In 1911 he was sworn of the Privy Council.^[7] However, he was forced to resign in August 1912 after being accused of insider trading in the Marconi scandal.^[8] Later the same month he was raised to the peerage as Baron Murray of Elibank, of Elibank in the County of Selkirk.^[9]

Apart from his political career Elibank was a partner in S. Pearson and Son Ltd.^[2]

Personal life

Lord Murray of Elibank married Hilda Louisa Janey, daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir James Wolfe Murray, in 1894. They had no children. He died in September 1920, aged 50, predeceasing his father by seven years. The barony of Murray of Elibank became extinct on his death while his younger brother Gideon eventually succeeded in the viscountcy of Elibank. Lady Murray of Elibank died in September 1929.^[2]

References

↑ Duncan Tanner (13 February 2003). Political Change and the Labour Party 1900-1918. Cambridge University Press. p. 46. ISBN 9780521530538. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
1 2 3 4 "Person Page". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
1 2 Who Was Who 1916–1928, p. 763.
↑ "THE HOUSE OF COMMONS CONSTITUENCIES BEGINNING WITH "M"". Leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
↑ "THE HOUSE OF COMMONS CONSTITUENCIES BEGINNING WITH "P"". Leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
↑ The Scotsman, Wednesday, 29 October 1902, page 8
↑ "No. 28473". The London Gazette. 7 March 1911. p. 1939.
↑ "The Black Country house visited". Black Country Bugle. 21 February 2018. p. 10. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
↑ "No. 28636". The London Gazette. 16 August 1912. p. 6100.