Sir John Murray, Baronet

Sir John Murray, Baronet (born 1718—died December 6, 1777, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England) was a Scottish Jacobite, secretary to Prince Charles Edward (the Young Pretender) during the rebellion of 1745–46. He damaged the rebels’ cause by his nervous collapse in March 1746 and later by his incrimination of other leading supporters of the Stuart claim to the British throne. Murray was educated at the universities of Edinburgh and Leiden and became involved with the Jacobites in...