Dalton Murray

James Dalton Murray (6 March 1911 – 4 June 1984) was a British diplomat who ended his career as High Commissioner to Jamaica with additional responsibility for Haiti.

Education Murray was educated at Edinburgh Academy, Stowe School and Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Career

Murray entered HM Consular Service in 1933. His first posts were in San Francisco and Mexico City. He was 2nd Secretary at the British Embassy in Washington then 1st Secretary and Consul at La Paz. In 1943 he joined the Office of the Commissioner-General for South East Asia in Singapore. Subsequently, Murray was Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi; Counsellor in Lisbon; and Minister to Romania. He was British High Commissioner in Jamaica from 1965 to 1970; and non-resident Ambassador to Haiti from 1966 to 1970, and resident First Secretary and Consul from 1970 to 1976.