Malcolm Murray, 12th Earl of Dunmore


Malcolm Kenneth Murray, 12th Earl of Dunmore is an Australia-based Scottish peer.
He is a native-born Australian and lives in Tasmania.
He has made one speech, both his maiden and final speech, in the House of Lords on 9 November and 25 November 1998, less than one year before his automatic right to sit in the House of Lords was removed by the House of Lords Act 1999.
Dunmore married Joy Partridge in 1970. They have two adopted children, Leigh and Elisa. The Countess of Dunmore died on 4 August 2015.
The Earl is the Patron of the Scottish Australian Heritage Council, Crown International Dance Association, Australia Day Council, The Company of Armigers Australia, The Armorial & Heraldry Society of Australia, Tasmanian Caledonian Council, The Murray Clan of Victoria, The Murray Clan of New Zealand, St Andrew's Society Tasmania, Tullibardine Pipe Band NSW, Co-Patron of St Andrew's First Aid Australia, The Murray Clan of Edinburgh, The Murray Clan Society of North America, Honorary member of the Murray Clan of NSW.
The Earl is also an active Freemason being a Past Master of Concord Lodge No 10TC and Devonport Masonic Lodge No 90TC in Tasmania, Patron and Past Master of Lodge Amalthea No 914VC in Victoria,.
On 13 May 2018, the Earl became the inaugural Worshipful Master of the newly consecretated ‘Earl of Dunmore Lodge Number 1686’ under the register of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria, Australia. The Earl being the first peer of the realm to be installed as the foundation Worshipful Master of a Masonic lodge consecretated in the name of a peerage. The Earl of Dummore Lodge is the only Masonic lodge under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria with dispensation to work its ceremonies and practices according to the ancients Scottish tradition.