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'''John Gabriel Murray''' (1901–1973) was an [[Anglican]] priest<ref>[http://www.episcopalhistory.org.uk/07glasgow.html The History of Scottish Episcopal Church] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418235221/http://www.episcopalhistory.org.uk/07glasgow.html |date=18 April 2009 }}</ref> in the mid 20th century.

He was born in 1901<ref>[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 1971–72 [[Oxford University Press|OUP]], Oxford, 1973 {{ISBN|0104884185}}</ref> and educated at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref>"TRinity College Register of Members, 1929" Cambridge, Trinity College, 1929</ref> He was ordained after a period of study at [[Bishops' College, Cheshunt]]<ref>[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/images/views/cheshunt-bishops-college.jpg Photo of College] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060501062708/http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/images/views/cheshunt-bishops-college.jpg |date= 1 May 2006 }}</ref> in 1925. His first posts were [[Curate|curacies]] at St Mark's [[Regent's Park]]<ref>[http://www.stmarksregentspark.org.uk/ Church web-site (1)]</ref> and St Gabriel, [[Pimlico]]<ref>[http://www.st-gabriels.com/ Church web-site (2)]</ref> after which he was [[Perpetual curate|Perpetual Curate]] at All Saints, [[Hampton Wick|Hampton]].<ref>[http://www.allsaintshampton.co.uk/ Church web-site (3)]</ref> He was then [[Vicar]] of St Francis,<ref>[http://www.stfrancis-isleworth.org/?page_id=171 Church web-site (4)]</ref> [[Isleworth]]<ref>Preaches at the Church Lads Brigade Annual service of thanksgiving > [[The Times]], Monday, 25 October 1937; pg. 19; Issue 47824; col D    ''Ecclesiastical News''</ref> before becoming [[Provost (religion)|Provost]]<ref>[http://www.thecathedral.org.uk/information/history/archives/ St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow]</ref> of [[St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow]].<ref>"Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark {{ISBN|0567087468}}</ref> In 1944<ref>[[The Times]], Saturday, 11 March 1944; pg. 6; Issue 49802; col C   ''Ecclesiastical News''</ref> he became [[Vicar]] of St Mary's, [[Hendon]]<ref>[http://www.hendonstmary.co.uk/  Church web-site (5)]</ref> and then in 1952 of St Mary the Virgin, [[Eynesbury, Cambridgeshire|Eynesbury]].<ref>[http://www.ely.anglican.org/parishes/eynesbury/index.html Church web-site (6)]</ref> From 1959 to 1970 he was at All Saint's [[Glencarse]].<ref>[http://www.allsaintsglencarse.org.uk/ Church website (7)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020170059/http://www.allsaintsglencarse.org.uk/ |date=20 October 2008 }}</ref> He retired to [[Pittenweem]] and died in 1973.<ref>[[East Neuk]] Records Office Record Number414/00 0015</ref>

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