James Murray
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
James Murray
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1765-1770
50 in. x 40 in. (1270 mm x 1016 mm)
Given by wish of Edward Rushworth Blakiston Murray, 1942
Primary Collection
NPG 3122
This portraitback to top
The background view is of the Heights of Abraham at Quebec. Murray is wearing the uniform coat of a Major General.
Linked publicationsback to top
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- Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 357
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 451
Events of 1765back to top
Current affairs
George Grenville is dismissed as Prime Minister. He is succeeded by Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham.Isle of Man is brought under British control.
Stamp Act requires that printed materials in the colonies, such as legal documents and newspapers, are produced on paper made in London carrying an embossed revenue stamp.
Art and science
Nevil Maskelyne becomes Astronomer Royal.Writer Samuel Johnson publishes his edition of Shakespeare.
Inventor James Watt makes a breakthrough in the development of the steam engine by constructing a model with a separate condenser.
Judge and politician William Blackstone publishes his influential work Commentaries on the Laws of England.
International
Robert Clive secures the rights for the East India Company to collect taxes in Bengal from Mughal Emperor Shah Alam.American campaigners against the Stamp Act organise themselves as the Sons of Liberty in Massachusetts and New York.
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