Charles de Bois Murray

Captain Charles de Bois Murray (1891 – 19 March 1974), was a Scottish judge, politician and writer. He served as Sheriff in Renfrewshire and Berwickshire, and as a Liberal Party candidate.

Background

Murray was born the eldest son of C.R. Murray. He was educated at The Glasgow Academy and Glasgow University. In 1929 he married Hope Cruickshank Smith. They had one son and one daughter.^[1]

Political career

Murray was Liberal candidate for the Tradeston division of Glasgow at the 1922 General Election. He was then Liberal candidate for the Midlothian and Peebles Northern division at the 1923 General Election. He did not stand for parliament again.^[2]

Electoral record

General Election 1922: Glasgow Tradeston ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Henderson	14,190	55.7	n/a
	Unionist	Vivian Leonard Henderson	9,977	39.2	−24.2
	Liberal	Charles de Bois Murray	1,310	5.1	−12.3
Majority			4,213	16.5	n/a
Turnout			25,477	75.4	+21.5
	Labour Co-op gain from Unionist		Swing	n/a

General Election 1923: Midlothian and Peebles Northern^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Bathgate Clarke	8,570	45.3	+7.0
	Unionist	George Aitken Clark Hutchison	6,731	35.7	−5.2
	Liberal	Charles de Bois Murray	3,578	19.0	−1.8
Majority			1,839	9.6	n/a
Turnout			18,879	74.7	+2.0
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+6.1

Publications

Forbes of Culloden, 1936
How Scotland is Governed, 1938 (second ed. revised, 1947)
Rebuilding Europe, 1944
The Law of Wills in Scotland, 1945
The Future of Scots Law, 1961

References

^ ‘MURRAY, Charles de Bois’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 9 Sept 2017
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1973, FWS Craig
^ The Times, 16 November 1922
^ The Constitutional Year Book 1929
^ The Liberal Year Book 1929

[1] ‘MURRAY, Charles de Bois’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 9 Sept 2017

[2] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1973, FWS Craig

[3] The Times, 16 November 1922

[4] The Constitutional Year Book 1929

[5] The Liberal Year Book 1929

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