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associated with Leonard Horner, who was deeply interested in 

 the welfare of the School, and a letter from him to Horner is 

 published in Francis Horner and Leonard Horner, a privately 

 printed brochure b}- Lady Lyell.^^ 



For six years, 1854-60, Murray was a member of i. din- 

 burgh Town Council, and identified himself with the Whi;^ or 

 moderate Liberal party. 



It is customary to say that in 1846 Murray was one of the 

 founders and original members of the Edinburgh Philosophical 

 Institution, of which Thomas Carlyle was president from 1868 

 to 1881. This, however, is incorrect, as he did nut becui..e a 

 member of "the Philosophical" till 1855.19 



Mr Murray's name has appeared with different letters 

 appended thereto in different years. On the title-page of the 

 Literary History of Galloivay, 1822, he is plain Tn.inas 

 Murray. On the title-page of the Last and Heavenly Speeches, 

 etc., of John, Viscount Kenmiire, 1827, he is Thomas Murray, 

 F.A.S.E. On the title-page of the Life of Robert Leigh.on, 

 1828, he is'F.S.A.(Scot.). In 1832 a second edition cf the 

 Literary History of Galloway was published, and on the tide- 

 page the author blossoms forth as Thomas Murray, "A.M.," 

 which in three years time fades into the background before the 

 greater dignity of LL.D., which may be discovered in the J:.ain- 

 burgh Post Office Directory for 1835, and in subsequent Edin- 

 burgh Directories, and other publications in which Mr Murray's 

 name is to be found. The F.A.S.E and F.A.S. (Scot.) are 

 simple enough, and signify that the bearer was a Fellow ul uie 

 Antiquarian Society Edinburgh in the first instance, and in the 

 second instance Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scot- 

 land, ^o Where and how Mr Murray obtained his A.M. and the 

 LL.D. which so hotly followed it I do not know, but they were 

 not conferred upon him by his alma mater, the University of 

 Edinburgh, nor by any other university in Scotland. ^^ Possibly he 



18. Pp. 45-6. 



19. Vide the Pi inted Lists of Members. 



20. A later designation of the same society. 



21. A writer in the Dnnifrie.fi and Galloivay Covrier rf Mny 7, 



1872, states that Mr Murray in consequence of li.s Literary 

 History re eived the dfcgree of LL.D. fmni tlie Univi rsity 

 of Edinburgh. This, however, is a mistake. Mr Murray 

 received no degree from the LTuiversity of Edinburgh. 



