Charles Murray (author and diplomat)
Sir Charles Augustus Murray PC KCB (22 November 1806 – 3 June 1895) was a British author and diplomat.
The Right Honourable Sir Charles Augustus Murray PC KCB | |
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| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Portugal | |
| In office 1867–1874 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Thornton |
| Succeeded by | Robert Bulwer-Lytton |
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Saxony | |
| In office 1859–1866 | |
| Preceded by | Augustus Paget |
| Succeeded by | John Lumley |
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Shah of Persia | |
| In office 1854–1858 | |
| Preceded by | Sir William Taylour Thomson (chargé d'affaires) |
| Succeeded by | Sir Henry Rawlinson |
| Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation | |
| In office 1853–1854 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Buchanan |
| Succeeded by | George John Robert Gordon |
| Master of the Household | |
| In office 1838–1844 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Frederick Beilby Watson |
| Succeeded by | Henry Meynell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Augustus Murray 2 November 1806 |
| Died | 3 June 1895 (aged 88) |
| Spouses | Elizabeth Wadsworth
(m. 1850; died 1851)The Hon. Edith Susan Esther FitzPatrick
(m. 1862) |
| Relations | John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (grandfather) Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton (grandfather) |
| Children | Charles James Murray Cecil Henry Alexander Murray |
| Parent(s) | George Murray, 5th Earl of Dunmore Lady Susan Hamilton |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Author, diplomat |
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