Personal Life
Murray died in July 1846, aged 74, and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London. His substantial papers and maps were gifted to the National Library of Scotland by a great-niece in 1913. The Murray River and Mount Murray in Australia and Murray House in Hong Kong are named in honour of him. The city of Perth, Western Australia is also (indirectly) named in his honour, as he was born in Perth, Scotland.
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