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Scottish soldier and Member of Parliament
Brigadier-General
Robert Murray
(7 January 1689 – 25 March 1738) was a Scottish soldier and Member of Parliament, the third son of
Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore
and younger brother of
John Murray, 2nd Earl of Dunmore
.
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After service with the
3rd Regiment of Foot Guards
, he was colonel of the
37th Regiment of Foot
from 1722 to 1735 and of the
38th Regiment of Foot
from 1735 to his death. He was ultimately promoted Brigadier-General in 1735. He was MP for
Wootton Bassett
from 1722 to 1727 and for
Great Bedwyn
from 1734 to 1738. He died in March 1738 aged 49.
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