Alexander Murray

Alexander Murray may refer to:

  • Alexander Murray (British army officer) (c. 1715–1762)
  • Alexander Murray (1755–1821), U.S. Navy officer, Revolutionary War
  • Alexander Murray (1816–1884), U.S. Navy officer, Mexican-American and American Civil Wars
  • Alexander Murray (geologist) (1810–1884), Scottish geologist
  • Alexander Stuart Murray (1841–1904), archaeologist
  • Alexander Murray (linguist) (1775–1813), Scottish linguist and professor of Oriental languages in Edinburgh University
  • Alexander Murray (medievalist), medieval historian and Emeritus Fellow of University College, Oxford
  • Alexander Murray (Manitoba politician) (1839–1913), Canadian politician in the province of Manitoba
  • Alex Murray, Scottish politician
  • Alexander Clark Murray (politician) (1900–1983), Canadian Member of Parliament for Oxford
  • Alexander Murray, 6th Earl of Dunmore (1804–1845)
  • Alexander Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore (1872–1962), Scottish soldier, politician and Victoria Cross recipient
  • Alexander Murray, 4th Lord Elibank (1677–1736)
  • Alexander Murray, 7th Lord Elibank (1747–1820), Scottish peer
  • Alexander Murray, 8th Lord Elibank (1780–1830)
  • Alexander Murray, 9th Lord Elibank (1804–1871)
  • Alexander Murray, 1st Baron Murray of Elibank (1870–1920), Scottish nobleman and Liberal politician
  • Alexander Borthwick Murray South Australian sheep breeder
  • Alexander Hunter Murray (1818/9–1874), Hudson's Bay Company fur trader and artist

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    “When Alexander Pope strolled in the city
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