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	Lieutenant-Colonel '''Arthur Cecil Murray, 3rd Viscount Elibank''', [[Order of St Michael and St George\|CMG]], [[Distinguished Service Order\|DSO]] (27 March 1879 – 5 December 1962) was a [[British people\|British]] [[British Army\|army]] officer and politician.<ref name="obit">{{cite news\|title=Obituary: Viscount Elibank. A Notable Voice on Foreign Policy\|date=6 December 1962\|page=19}}</ref><ref name="whowho">{{cite web\|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U50543\|title=ELIBANK, 3rd Viscount, of Elibank\|date=December 2007\|work=[[Who Was Who]]\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=27 December ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Lieutenant-Colonel '''Arthur Cecil Murray, 3rd Viscount Elibank''', [[Order of St Michael and St George\|CMG]], [[Distinguished Service Order\|DSO]] (27 March 1879 – 5 December 1962) was a [[British people\|British]] [[British Army\|army]] officer and politician.<ref name="obit">{{cite news\|title=Obituary: Viscount Elibank. A Notable Voice on Foreign Policy\|date=6 December 1962\|page=19}}</ref><ref name="whowho">{{cite web\|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U50543\|title=ELIBANK, 3rd Viscount, of Elibank\|date=December 2007\|work=[[Who Was Who]]\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=27 December 2011}}</ref>

	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
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	==References==		==References==
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	Lieutenant-Colonel '''Arthur Cecil Murray, 3rd Viscount Elibank''', [[Order of St Michael and St George\|CMG]], [[Distinguished Service Order\|DSO]] (27 March 1879 – 5 December 1962) was a [[British people\|British]] [[British Army\|army]] officer and politician.<ref name="obit">{{cite news\|title=Obituary: Viscount Elibank. A Notable Voice on Foreign Policy\|date=6 December 1962\|page=19}}</ref><ref name="whowho">{{cite web\|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U50543\|title=ELIBANK, 3rd Viscount, of Elibank\|date=December 2007\|work=[[Who Was Who]]\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=27 December ~~2011~~}}</ref>		Lieutenant-Colonel '''Arthur Cecil Murray, 3rd Viscount Elibank''', [[Order of St Michael and St George\|CMG]], [[Distinguished Service Order\|DSO]] (27 March 1879 – 5 December 1962) was a [[British people\|British]] [[British Army\|army]] officer and politician.<ref name="obit">{{cite news\|title=Obituary: Viscount Elibank. A Notable Voice on Foreign Policy\|date=6 December 1962\|page=19}}</ref><ref name="whowho">{{cite web\|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U50543\|title=ELIBANK, 3rd Viscount, of Elibank\|date=December 2007\|work=[[Who Was Who]]\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=27 December 2022}}</ref>

	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
	Murray was the fourth son of [[Montolieu Fox Oliphant-Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank\|(1st) Viscount Elibank]] of [[Selkirkshire]] and his wife Blanche Alice ''née'' Scott of [[Portsea, Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]].<ref name="obit" /> The family moved to [[Dresden]] in Germany in 1886, and he received his early education in the city.<ref name=LG19Jul1898>{{London Gazette\|issue=26988\|date=19 July 1898\|page=4355}}</ref><ref name=LG13Mar1900>{{London Gazette\|issue=27173\| page=1714\|date=13 March 1900}}</ref>		Murray was the fourth son of [[Montolieu Fox Oliphant-Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank\|(1st) Viscount Elibank]] of [[Selkirkshire]] and his wife Blanche Alice ''née'' Scott of [[Portsea, Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]].<ref name="obit" /> The family moved to [[Dresden]] in Germany in 1886, and he received his early education in the city.<ref name=LG19Jul1898>{{London Gazette\|issue=26988\|date=19 July 1898\|page=4355}}</ref><ref name=LG13Mar1900>{{London Gazette\|issue=27173\| page=1714\|date=13 March 1900}}</ref> He was a student for at least some time at [[Sunningdale School]] in [[Berkshire]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=World Biography, Volume 2 \|date=1948 \|publisher=Institute for Research in Biography \|location=New York \|page=3402}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
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	*{{Rayment-hc\|date=March ~~2012~~}}		*{{Rayment-hc\|date=March 2022}}
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 Lieutenant-Colonel '''Arthur Cecil Murray, 3rd Viscount Elibank''', [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (27 March 1879 – 5 December 1962) was a [[British people|British]] [[British Army|army]] officer and politician.<ref name="obit">{{cite news|title=Obituary: Viscount Elibank. A Notable Voice on Foreign Policy|date=6 December 1962|page=19}}</ref><ref name="whowho">{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U50543|title=ELIBANK, 3rd Viscount, of Elibank|date=December 2007|work=[[Who Was Who]]|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|access-date=27 December 2011}}</ref>
-Murray was the fourth son of [[Montolieu Fox Oliphant-Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank|(1st) Viscount Elibank]] of [[Selkirkshire]] and his wife Blanche Alice ''née'' Scott of [[Portsea, Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]].<ref name="obit" /> The family moved to [[Dresden]] in Germany in 1886, and he received his early education in the city. He entered the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Royal Military College Sandhurst]] and was commissioned as a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[Indian Staff Corps]] on 20 July 1898.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26988|date=19 July 1898|page=4355}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27173| page=1714|date=13 March 1900}}</ref> He was promoted to full [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in 1900.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27570|date=30 June 1903|page=4098}}</ref> In the same year he became [[Aide-de-Camp]] to the [[List of Governors of Bengal|Lieutenant Governor of Bengal]], Sir [[John Woodburn (Bengal governor)|John Woodburn]].<ref name="whowho" /> He served as part of the international force that intervened to suppress the [[Boxer Rebellion]] in [[China]] in 1900 and commanded a Mounted Infantry Company, protecting the [[Shanhai Pass|Sinho-Shanhaikwan Railway]].<ref name="obit" /><ref name="whowho" /> He subsequently served on the [[North-West Frontier (military history)|North-West Frontier]] and in [[Chitral (princely state)|Chitral]].<ref name="whowho" /> In 1907 he was promoted to captain in the [[5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)|5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28058|date=10 September 1907|page=6155}}</ref>
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 In March 1908 [[John William Crombie]] the member of parliament for [[Kincardineshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Kincardinshire]] died, and Murray was selected by the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] to contest the resulting by-election. He won the seat, and remained MP for Kincardineshire and its successor constituency, [[Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West]], until 1923.<ref name="obit" /><ref name="whowho" /> From 1910 until the outbreak of war in 1914 he was [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to [[Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon|Sir Edward Grey]], [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]].<ref name="obit" /><ref name="whowho" />
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 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.<ref name="obit" /><ref name="whowho" /> He became a director of the [[London and North Eastern Railway]] from 1923 to 1948 and of [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]].<ref name="whowho" /> 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 Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|National Liberals]] in 1936.<ref name="obit" />
 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.<ref name="obit" /> He was a Member of the [[Royal Company of Archers]].<ref name="obit" /><ref name="whowho" /> In 1931 he married the actress [[Faith Celli]]. The couple had no children, and she died in 1942.<ref name="obit" /><ref name="whowho" />

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[[File:1916_Arthur_Cecil_Murray.jpg|thumb|right|Arthur Cecil Murray]]
Lieutenant-Colonel '''Arthur Cecil Murray, 3rd Viscount Elibank''', [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (27 March 1879 – 5 December 1962) was a [[British people|British]] [[British Army|army]] officer and politician.<ref name="obit">{{cite news|title=Obituary: Viscount Elibank. A Notable Voice on Foreign Policy|date=6 December 1962|page=19}}</ref><ref name="whowho">{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U50543|title=ELIBANK, 3rd Viscount, of Elibank|date=December 2007|work=[[Who Was Who]]|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|access-date=27 December 2011}}</ref>

Murray was the fourth son of [[Montolieu Fox Oliphant-Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank|(1st) Viscount Elibank]] of [[Selkirkshire]] and his wife Blanche Alice ''née'' Scott of [[Portsea, Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]].<ref name="obit" /> The family moved to [[Dresden]] in Germany in 1886, and he received his early education in the city. He entered the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Royal Military College Sandhurst]] and was commissioned as a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[Indian Staff Corps]] on 20 July 1898.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26988|date=19 July 1898|page=4355}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27173| page=1714|date=13 March 1900}}</ref> He was promoted to full [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in 1900.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27570|date=30 June 1903|page=4098}}</ref> In the same year he became [[Aide-de-Camp]] to the [[List of Governors of Bengal|Lieutenant Governor of Bengal]], Sir [[John Woodburn (Bengal governor)|John Woodburn]].<ref name="whowho" /> He served as part of the international force that intervened to suppress the [[Boxer Rebellion]] in [[China]] in 1900 and commanded a Mounted Infantry Company, protecting the [[Shanhai Pass|Sinho-Shanhaikwan Railway]].<ref name="obit" /><ref name="whowho" /> He subsequently served on the [[North-West Frontier (military history)|North-West Frontier]] and in [[Chitral (princely state)|Chitral]].<ref name="whowho" /> In 1907 he was promoted to captain in the [[5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)|5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28058|date=10 September 1907|page=6155}}</ref>

In March 1908 [[John William Crombie]] the member of parliament for [[Kincardineshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Kincardinshire]] died, and Murray was selected by the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] to contest the resulting by-election. He won the seat, and remained MP for Kincardineshire and its successor constituency, [[Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West]], until 1923.<ref name="obit" /><ref name="whowho" /> From 1910 until the outbreak of war in 1914 he was [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to [[Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon|Sir Edward Grey]], [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]].<ref name="obit" /><ref name="whowho" />

He served in [[World War I]] in France and Belgium from 1914 to 1916 with the 2nd [[King Edward's Horse]], was [[mentioned in despatches]] and awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in 1916.<ref name="whowho" /> He was Assistant Military Attaché in Washington from 1917 to 1918, and was awarded the [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] in 1919.<ref name="whowho" /> Although a member of the Liberal Party which formed part of the [[United Kingdom coalition government (1916–1922)|coalition government]], Murray became a stern critic of the policies pursued by the Prime Minister, [[David Lloyd George]].<ref name="obit" /> He lost his seat at the [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923 general election]].<ref name="obit" />

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.<ref name="obit" /><ref name="whowho" /> He became a director of the [[London and North Eastern Railway]] from 1923 to 1948 and of [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]].<ref name="whowho" /> 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 Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|National Liberals]] in 1936.<ref name="obit" />

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.<ref name="obit" /> He was a Member of the [[Royal Company of Archers]].<ref name="obit" /><ref name="whowho" /> In 1931 he married the actress [[Faith Celli]]. The couple had no children, and she died in 1942.<ref name="obit" /><ref name="whowho" />

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.<ref name="obit" />

==References==
*{{Rayment|date=February 2012}}
*{{Rayment-hc|date=March 2012}}
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Hansard-contribs | lieut-colonel-hon-arthur-murray | Arthur Murray }}
*{{NPG name|name=Arthur Cecil Murray}}

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