Montolieu Oliphant-Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank
Military Person
1840 – 1927
Who was Montolieu Oliphant-Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank?
Montolieu Fox Oliphant Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank DL, JP was a Scottish nobleman.
The eldest son of Alexander Oliphant-Murray, 9th Lord Elibank and Emily Montgomery, he was educated privately and entered the Royal Navy in 1854. In 1860 he served in the Second Opium War aboard HMS Cambrian. He later served in the corvette HMS Wolverine during the Jamaica Rebellion of 1865. He retired in 1870 with the rank of Commander.
In 1868 he married Blanche Scott, and the couple had two sons and five daughters. His daughter Hon. Evelyn Izme Murray married J. E. B. Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone.
He succeeded his father as 10th Lord Elibank in 1871. He was Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire from 1896-1908. In 1911 he was created 1st Viscount Elibank.
His eldest son, Alexander was created Baron Murray of Elibank in 1912, but predeceased his father. The Viscountcy and other titles passed to his younger son.
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