Charles Wilson Murray

{{Short description|Scottish businessman and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong}}

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Charles Wilson Murray (10 September 1820{{snd}}15 August 1873) was a Scottish businessman and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

Murray was born in Edinburgh.1871 England Census He became the partner of the Bibery & Co. in 1859. He was subsequently appointed to the Legislative Council in March 1862.{{cite news|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1862/719105.pdf|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=22 March 1862|page=88|number=30}} He resigned his seat in the Legislative Council in February 1865 on leaving Hong Kong and his vacancy was subsequently replaced by Thomas Sutherland.{{cite news|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1865/714614.pdf|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=25 February 1865|page=78|number=33}} He died in Keswick, Cumberland, England, in 1873.{{cite news|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/s1889/1232.pdf|title=Returns of Superior and Subordinate Courts for 1888|page=274}}England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–1995

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Category:1820 births

Category:1873 deaths

Category:Members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Category:People from British Hong Kong

Category:Politicians from Edinburgh

Category:19th-century Scottish businesspeople

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