Ralph Murray

Sir Ralph Murray
Murray family arms
Born
Francis Ralph Hay Murray

(1908-03-03)3 March 1908
Died11 September 1983(1983-09-11) (aged 75)
EducationBrentwood School
Alma materSt Edmund Hall, Oxford
Occupation(s)Journalist, diplomat
TitleDirector, Information Research Department (1949–54)
British Minister, Cairo (1954-56)
British Ambassador to Greece (1962–67)
Governor of the BBC (1967–83)
Spouse(s)Mauricette Vladimira Marie, Reichsgräfin von Kuenburg
ChildrenIngram, Nicholas, Georgina and Simon
ParentRevd. Charles Murray & Mabel Umfreville
RelativesAl Murray (grandson)
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Sir Francis Ralph Hay Murray KCMG CB (3 March 1908 – 11 September 1983) was a British journalist, radio broadcaster and diplomat.[1] He was also once the head of the Information Research Department (IRD), a secret branch of the UK Foreign Office dedicated to pro-colonial and anti-communist propaganda during the Cold War.

  1. ^ "Ralph Murray (JPEG Image, 400×302 pixels)". psywar.org. 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2012.