Murray, Edward Augustus

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Edward Augustus Murray gent SunFire 1777 nr Broad St Poland St / Edward Murray gent Poland St voted 1784 Hood & Wray / ratebooks 4 Poland St 1780 Agnes Murray 1781-4 Mrs Mackie. True Briton 30.11.1796 Edward Augustus Murray Esq died at his house in Charlotte St, Rathbone Place. His will PCC 1796 mentioned his housekeeper Agnes Mackie and her sister Mary wife of William Benson, mother of children Charles Benson to whom he left house in Wimpole St, James Benson to whom he left public house corner of Goodge St, Tottenham Court Rd, Edward Augustus Murray Benson to whom he left house in Charlotte St, Mary Ann Benson to whom he left house in Edward St, Charlotte Benson to whom he left gold watch. His will was dated 21.11.1796 and proved 29.11.1796 by Agnes Mackie spinster. He asked to be buried at Croydon and Edward Murray from London age 53 was buried at Croydon St John 29.11.1796, so he was presumably the Edward Augusta Murray son of Thomas & Elizabeth born 8.12.1742 bapt 29.12.1742 St James. Thomas Murray = St George Bloomsbury 30.10.1738 Elizabeth Pearce botp. In 1785 newspaper ads announced the publication of an Address to the King by Thomas Augustus Murray to include an account of his origins and mentioned various noblemen as his friends. The book isn't in the British Bibliographical Index and was quite likely never published. Thomas Murray was perhaps an illegitimate child of royalty and the threat of publication may have secured him a payment. For more on the Bensons (who may have been children of Edward Augustus Murray or just his housekeeper's sister's children) see Mackie, Agnes