Charles Murray (author and diplomat)

The Right Honourable
Sir Charles Augustus Murray
PC KCB
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Portugal
In office
1867–1874
Preceded byEdward Thornton
Succeeded byRobert Bulwer-Lytton
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Saxony
In office
1859–1866
Preceded byAugustus Paget
Succeeded byJohn Lumley
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Shah of Persia
In office
1854–1858
Preceded bySir William Taylour Thomson (chargé d'affaires)
Succeeded bySir Henry Rawlinson
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation
In office
1853–1854
Preceded byAndrew Buchanan
Succeeded byGeorge John Robert Gordon
Master of the Household
In office
1838–1844
Preceded bySir Frederick Beilby Watson
Succeeded byHenry Meynell
Personal details
Born
Charles Augustus Murray

(1806-11-02)2 November 1806
Died3 June 1895(1895-06-03) (aged 88)
Spouses
Elizabeth Wadsworth
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(m. 1850; died 1851)​
The Hon. Edith Susan Esther FitzPatrick
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(m. 1862)​
RelationsJohn Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (grandfather)
Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton (grandfather)
ChildrenCharles James Murray
Cecil Henry Alexander Murray
Parent(s)George Murray, 5th Earl of Dunmore
Lady Susan Hamilton
EducationEton College
Alma materOriel College, Oxford
OccupationAuthor, diplomat

Sir Charles Augustus Murray PC KCB (22 November 1806 – 3 June 1895) was a British author and diplomat.