ARCHIBALD RUSSELL MURRAY
Clan Murray Society
Added on 04 November 2022
We were sorry to learn of the death, aged 93, of Archie Russell Murray, FSA Scot., one of the Murray Clan Society's greatest supporters over a period of many years. Archie was born in Australia on 16th June 1929. He had an older brother, John Murray, who was also a good friend to me and past convenor, and both of them returned to the UK with their parents. John and Archie settled in Edinburgh in a large house in Lauder Road. John was married and divorced and was interested in property; Archie went to Durham University and trained in English law. He also joined his brother dealing in property in Edinburgh. I knew Archie since October 1981 when I first joined the Murray Clan Society as a life member during the International Gathering of the Clans, and his wife Kitty since their marriage in June 1986 when they settled in Peebles. The long-serving Overseas Secretary of the Murray Clan Society (Edinburgh), Archie became a close personal friend and he was best man at my wedding at Blackbarony Castle in 1993. Sadly, Kitty died in 2015 and Archie had a heart attack and passed away on 3rd November 2022. He was a charming man and a loyal and familiar figure at all the Murray Clan Society's events at which he enjoyed singing "The Rowan Tree", a Scottish song whose lyrics harken back to the Jacobite period. [Archie and Kitty pictured chatting to Mrs. Jean Murray - Alan D'Ardis Erskine-Murray, 14th Lord Elibank, in background - at the Society's 25th Anniversary Dinner on Friday 30th October 1987].