James Murray, Scottish-English general and politician, 20th Governor of the Province of Quebec (born 1721)

James Murray (British Army officer, born 1721)

British Army officer and colonial administrator (1721–1794)

General James Murray was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Quebec from 1760 to 1768 and governor of Minorca from 1778 to 1782. Born in Ballencrieff, East Lothian, Murray travelled to North America and took part in the French and…

List of governors general of Canada

The following is a list of the governors and governors general of Canada. Though the present-day office of the Governor General of Canada is legislatively covered under the Constitution Act, 1867 and legally constituted by the Letters Patent, 1947, the institution is, along with…