Family and Education
b. c. 1630, 1st s. of Sir Alexander Murray of Blackbarony, 2nd bt. and Margaret, da. of Richard Cockburn of Clerkington.Hist. of Peeblesshire ed. J.W. Buchan and H. Paton (3 vols. Glasgow, 1925-7), ii. 476. educ. Edinburgh Univ. graduated 15 Apr. 1645.Graduates of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, 1858), 62. m. Mary, da. of William [Keith], 7th earl Marischal [S], and wid. of Sir James Hope* of Hopetoun, 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. Apr. 1671, as 3rd bt. d. 1700.Hist. of Peeblesshire, ii. 476; iii. 478.
Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Peeblesshire 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O. J.p. 1663–?Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 522.

Scottish: commr. supply, 1661, 1667, 1678, 1685, 1689–90. Commr. Peeblesshire, Scottish Parl. 1661–3, 1669 – 74, 1681, 1685 – 86, 1689 – 98; convention of estates, 1665, 1667, 1678, 1689; trade, 1669. Ld. of articles, 1669.Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 522. Commr. union, 15 Aug. 1670;Cromwellian Union ed. Terry, 193–4. regulating abuses in inferior judicatories, 1685. PC, 1689.Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 522. Master of works, 1689.Hist. of Peeblesshire, ii. 478. Commr. plantation of kirks, 1690; to settle communication of trade, 1699.Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 522.

Military: lt.-col. militia, Peeblesshire 1668–?Hist. of Peeblesshire, ii. 463, 478.

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Commons 1640-1660
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MURRAY, Archibald (c.1630-1700), of Blackbarony, Peeblesshire.

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inherited family estates in Peeblesshire incorporated into barony of Haltoun-Murray or Blackbarony in 1607.Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 521.
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