About Richard Murray
Lived 1840 – 1887 (aged 46–47). Richard Murray was a British politician.
Richard Lennon Murray (1840 – 13 March 1887) was an Irish-born Australian politician.
He was born in County Tipperary to denominational schoolteacher Henry Murray and his wife Mary Ann. In 1861 he married Catherine McEvoy. He migrated to Australia in 1869, becoming a surveyor. In 1880 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Inverell, serving until his defeat in 1885. Murray died at Leichhardt in 1887.
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Who was Richard Murray?
Irish-born Australian politician
When was Richard Murray born?
Richard Murray was born in 1840 in County Tipperary.
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Richard Murray died on 13 March 1887 in Leichhardt.
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Richard Murray was a politician.
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Richard Murray was British.
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