Murray, William

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Dates 1603-1655
Location London
Vocation Courtier
Place of Birth Dysart
Marriage Catherine Bruce
Issue 5 daughters
Place of birth Source Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

1st earl of Dysart (1643). Accompanied his uncle, Thomas Murray (tutor to Charles I), to London (1603). Favourite of Charles I, and a key link between the king and the Covenanters during the 1640s.