# Arthur Murray, 3rd Viscount Elibank

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Lieutenant-Colonel **Arthur Cecil Murray, 3rd Viscount Elibank**, [CMG](/source/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George), [DSO](/source/Distinguished_Service_Order) (27 March 1879 – 5 December 1962) was a [British](/source/British_people) [army](/source/British_Army) officer and politician.[1][2]

## Early life and education

Murray was the fourth son of [(1st) Viscount Elibank](/source/Montolieu_Fox_Oliphant-Murray,_1st_Viscount_Elibank) of [Selkirkshire](/source/Selkirkshire) and his wife Blanche Alice *née* Scott of [Portsea, Portsmouth](/source/Portsea,_Portsmouth), [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire).[1] The family moved to [Dresden](/source/Dresden) in Germany in 1886, and he received his early education in the city.[3][4] He was a student for at least some time at [Sunningdale School](/source/Sunningdale_School) in [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire).[5]

## Career

He entered the [Royal Military College Sandhurst](/source/Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst) and was commissioned as a [second lieutenant](/source/Second_lieutenant) in the [Indian Staff Corps](/source/Indian_Staff_Corps) on 20 July 1898.[3][4] In the same year he became [Aide-de-Camp](/source/Aide-de-Camp) to the [Lieutenant Governor of Bengal](/source/List_of_Governors_of_Bengal), Sir [John Woodburn](/source/John_Woodburn_(Bengal_governor)).[2] He served as part of the international force that intervened to suppress the [Boxer Rebellion](/source/Boxer_Rebellion) in [China](/source/China) in 1900 and commanded a Mounted Infantry Company, protecting the [Sinho-Shanhaikwan Railway](/source/Shanhai_Pass).[1][2] He subsequently served on the [North-West Frontier](/source/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)) and in [Chitral](/source/Chitral_(princely_state)).[2] In 1907 he was promoted to captain in the [5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)](/source/5_Gorkha_Rifles_(Frontier_Force)).[6]

In March 1908 [John William Crombie](/source/John_William_Crombie) the member of parliament for [Kincardineshire](/source/Kincardineshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) died, and Murray was selected by the [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_(UK)) to contest the resulting by-election. He won the seat, and remained MP for Kincardineshire and its successor constituency, [Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West](/source/Kincardine_and_Western_Aberdeenshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), until 1923.[1][2] From 1910 until the outbreak of war in 1914 he was [Parliamentary Private Secretary](/source/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary) to [Sir Edward Grey](/source/Edward_Grey,_1st_Viscount_Grey_of_Fallodon), [Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs](/source/Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_Affairs_(UK)).[1][2]

He served in [World War I](/source/World_War_I) in France and Belgium from 1914 to 1916 with the 2nd [King Edward's Horse](/source/King_Edward's_Horse), was [mentioned in despatches](/source/Mentioned_in_despatches) and awarded the [Distinguished Service Order](/source/Distinguished_Service_Order) in 1916.[2] He was Assistant Military Attaché in Washington from 1917 to 1918, and was awarded the [CMG](/source/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George) in 1919.[2] Although a member of the Liberal Party which formed part of the [coalition government](/source/United_Kingdom_coalition_government_(1916%E2%80%931922)), Murray became a stern critic of the policies pursued by the Prime Minister, [David Lloyd George](/source/David_Lloyd_George).[1] He lost his seat at the [1923 general election](/source/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election).[1]

Following the loss of his Commons seat he continued to take an active interest in politics, in particular foreign policy, and wrote a number of books and pamphlets on the subject.[1][2] He became a director of the [London and North Eastern Railway](/source/London_and_North_Eastern_Railway) from 1923 to 1948 and of [Wembley Stadium](/source/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)).[2] When the Liberal Party split over support for the National Government in 1931, Murray initially remained with the main section of the party in opposition, but joined the [National Liberals](/source/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)) in 1936.[1]

## Later life and death

In 1945 Murray published a political memoir, *Master and Brother: Murrays of Elibank*.[7]

In 1951 he succeeded to two titles: the Viscountcy of Elibank and the Lordship Elibank of Ettrick Forest, following the death of his elder brothers.[1] He was a Member of the [Royal Company of Archers](/source/Royal_Company_of_Archers).[1][2] In 1931 he married the actress [Faith Celli](/source/Faith_Celli). The couple had no children, and she died in 1942.[1][2]

He died in December 1962. On his death, the title of Lord Elibank and the baronetcy passed to his kinsman James A. F. C. Erskine-Murray (great grandson of the seventh Lord Elibank), the Viscountcy becoming extinct.[1]

## References

1. "Obituary: Viscount Elibank. A Notable Voice on Foreign Policy". 6 December 1962. p. 19.

1. ["ELIBANK, 3rd Viscount, of Elibank"](http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U50543). *[Who Was Who](/source/Who_Was_Who)*. [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). December 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2011.

1. No. 26988. 19 July 1898. p. 4355.

1. No. 27173. 13 March 1900. p. 1714.

1. *World Biography, Volume 2*. New York: Institute for Research in Biography. 1948. p. 3402.

1. No. 28058. 10 September 1907. p. 6155.

1. Murray, Arthur C. (1945). *Master and Brother: Murrays of Elibank*. John Murray.

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