John Murray, Lord Bowhill
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John Murray (c. 1667 – 24 March 1714) was a Scottish lawyer and politician.
He was a Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland for Selkirk from 1689 to 1702 and for Selkirkshire from 1702 until the Act of Union 1707. He was one of the Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain until he was appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Bowhill on 7 June 1707.
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[edit] References
- Leigh Rayment, The House of Commons, Constituencies beginning with "S". Accessed 13 November 2011.
- Leigh Rayment, Scottish Lords of Session (Senators of the College of Justice in Scotland). Accessed 13 November 2011.
- D.W. Hayton, Murray, John (c.1667-1714), of Bowhill, Selkirk in The History of Parliament 1690-1715, 2002. Accessed 13 November 2011.