Thomas Murdoch (merchant)
Thomas Murdoch of Cumloden was a Scottish merchant in Madeira. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1805.
Murdoch was a son of Patrick Murdoch, who emigrated with his other sons to the United States of America. He became a partner in a firm of merchants in Madeira, returning to the United Kingdom in 1803. The civil servant Clinton Murdoch was his son.
