Sir Archibald Murray, 3rd Baronet

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Sir Archibald Murray of Blackbarony, 3rd Baronet (died before 28 May 1700), was a Scottish soldier, parliamentary commissioner and Gentleman.

He was the son of Sir Alexander Murray, 2nd Baronet of Blackbarony, Sheriff of Peeblesshire (died c.1698), and Margaret Cockburn. He married Mary, eldest daughter of William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal,{{cite web |url=http://keithclan.com/theearls.htm |title=Succession of the Keiths as Great Marischals of Scotland |accessdate=2008-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705034417/http://keithclan.com/theearls.htm |archive-date=5 July 2008 |url-status=dead }} and they had seven children.{{cite web |url=http://groups.msn.com/ANCIENTMURRAYGENEALOGY/murrayofstanhope.msnw |title=Ancient Murray Genealogy |accessdate=2008-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228170945/http://groups.msn.com/ANCIENTMURRAYGENEALOGY/murrayofstanhope.msnw |archive-date=28 December 2007 |url-status=dead }}

He served as a commissioner for Peeblesshire in the Parliament of Scotland in 1661–63, 1665, 1667, 1669–74, 1678, 1681–82, 1685–86 and 1689–98.{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|pages= 572–595}}

On 1 December 1669, Murray was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in the Militia Regiment of the counties of Linlithgowshire and Peeblesshire, by King Charles II. He was appointed to a commission in 1680, charged with seeking out and punishing Covenanters in Peeblesshire, particularly those who had been at the Battle of Bothwell Brig in 1679.{{Cite book |author=Woodrow, Robert |title=The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution |year=1835 |publisher=Blackie & Son |pages=165 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j0YRAAAAIAAJ |accessdate=2008-02-14}}

He was appointed "Sole Master of Work, Overseer, and Director-General of their Majesties' buildings" on 24 December 1689 by King William III, filling the post which had been vacant since Sir William Bruce's dismissal in 1678.{{cite web |url=http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_030/30_049_068.pdf |title=The Masters of Work to the Crown of Scotland, with the Writs of Appointment, from 1529 to 1768 |accessdate=2008-02-14 |author=Mylne, R.S |format= |work=Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Volume 30 |publisher=1895-6}}