Gilbert Murray - Family

Family

Gilbert's father was Sir Terence Aubrey Murray and his brother Sir Hubert Murray.

He married Lady Mary Henrietta Howard (1865–1956), daughter of George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle. When her mother Rosalind Howard, Countess of Carlisle died in 1921, Castle Howard and a 45,000-acre (180 km2) estate in Cumberland were bequeathed to Lady Mary, which she shared with her younger siblings, Castle Howard going to her brother Geoffrey.

Gilbert and Lady Mary had five children, three daughters and two sons, including:

  • Basil Murray, 1903–1937, who was a well-known and rather louche figure, and friend of Evelyn Waugh. His wife was a daughter of the artist Algernon Newton RA, and a sister of Robert Newton.
    • The writer Venetia Murray (3 January 1932–26 September 2004) was Basil's daughter, as is
    • Ann Paludan (1928-), the writer on Chinese history.
      • Mark Jones, as of 2001 former director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, is Ann's son.
  • Rosalind (1890–1967), a writer, married Arnold J. Toynbee, and was the mother of
    • Philip Toynbee, the critic, father of
      • Polly Toynbee, the journalist.
  • Stephen (February 1908-July 1994) a radical lawyer, married the architect Margaret Gillet. Stephen gave up law and became a farmer and lived at "Greenside" farm, Hallbankgate, Cumbria. He was chairman of Border Rural District Council (1962–66), of Cumberland County Council, of the Lake District Special Planning Board (1977–81) and of Cumbria County Council (1985–87). They were parents of
    • Gilbert, killed in climbing accident in Fox's Glacier New Zealand in the 1950s
    • Alexander (Sandy), academic medievalist historian at Oxford University
    • Robin, academic, economist, Chair of Twin Trading.
    • Hubert, architect, now practicing in Boston, MA, USA

The four children were evacuated during the second world war from London to the "Sands House Hotel", Brampton, Cumberland, which was converted to temperance status by Lady Rosalind, and run by Mrs and Mrs James Warwick, formerly in her service, with their daughter Charlotte Elizabeth. She became an enduring friend of the boys, and, poignantly, an unfinished letter to her was found on Gilbert's body after the accident.

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