Lord George Murray (bishop)
Lord George Murray was an Anglican cleric best remembered for his work developing Britain's first optical telegraph, which began relaying messages from London to Deal in 1796, a few years after Claude Chappe's system began operation in France. He was Bishop of Saint David's from 1801 until his death.Life
Murray was the second son of John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl. He was Archdeacon of Man from 1787 to 1801.
On 19 November 1800, Murray was nominated bishop of St. David's. He was elected on 6 December, confirmed on 7 and consecrated on 11 February 1801.
He caught a chill waiting for his carriage on leaving the House of Lords, and died at Cavendish Square on 3 June 1803.Family
He married Anne Charlotte Grant, lady in waiting to Queen Charlotte. He had nine children; the eldest son, another George Murray, was also a cleric, becoming in time Bishop of Sodor and Man and Bishop of Rochester. This son George married Lady Sara Hay-Drummond daughter of Robert Auriol Hay-Drummond, 10th Earl of Kinnoull and Sarah Harley. A daughter, Charlotte Sophia Murray married The Rev. Townshend Selwyn, Canon of Gloucester. Another daughter, Amelia Matilda Murray, was a botanist and the author of "Recollections from 1803–1837, with a conclusion in 1868".; she was also a Maid-of-Honour to HM Queen Victoria, 1837-1853, then an Extra Maid-of-Honour, 1853, and finally a Woman of the Bedchamber, 1853-1855. His daughter Caroline Leonora Murray married Henry Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester, and had four children.
