Gideon Oliphant-Murray, 2nd Viscount Elibank
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Gideon Oliphant-Murray, 2nd Viscount Elibank (1877 – 12 March 1951) was a Scottish politician and nobleman, inheriting the viscountcy as the eldest surviving son of 1st Viscount Elibank
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Oliphant-Murray was Private Secretary to George Le Hunte
, Lieutenant-Governor of British New Guinea in 1898; Resident Magistrate Western Division, 1900-January 1901; British representative on Joint Commission with Resident of Dutch New Guinea to determine perpetrators of devastations by natives in British territory; Acting Commandant Armed Native Constabulary, 1901; Private Secretary to Commissioner for Native Affairs, Transvaal, 1901; Assistant Native Commissioner, Zoutpansberg
, 1902-1906 (Queen's medal with two clasps), Anglo-Boer War; Assistant Private Secretary
to the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
, 1907–1909; Administrator, St Vincent, 1909–1915;
He served as Commissioner of Saint Lucia, 1915–1917; Acting Governor of the Windward Islands, 1916; Food Commissioner, Glasgow and Western Counties of Scotland, 1917-1918. He became Unionist Member of Parliament for Glasgow St Rollox in 1918, serving until 1922.
Following the death of his elder brother Alexander in 1920, he succeeded his father as Viscount Elibank and Lord Elibank in 1927. He was awarded the King George V Coronation Medal
in 1911 and the King George VI Coronation Medal
in 1937, the King's Jubilee Medal
in 1935, and was Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire
from 1934-1945.
He was Honorary Colonel of the 8th Battalion The Royal Scots from 1939–1945 and a Member of Speaker's Parliamentary Devolution Conference, 1919-1920. He held a number of business appointments, and was an Honorary Member of the Royal Company of Archers
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Montolieu Fox Oliphant-Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank
Montolieu Fox Oliphant Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank DL , JP was a Scottish nobleman.The eldest son of Alexander Oliphant-Murray, 9th Lord Elibank and Emily Montgomery, he was educated privately and entered the Royal Navy in 1854. In 1860 he served in the Second Opium War aboard HMS Cambrian...
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Oliphant-Murray was Private Secretary to George Le Hunte
George Le Hunte
Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte KCMG was Governor of South Australia from 1 July 1903 until 18 February 1909, soon after federation of Australia....
, Lieutenant-Governor of British New Guinea in 1898; Resident Magistrate Western Division, 1900-January 1901; British representative on Joint Commission with Resident of Dutch New Guinea to determine perpetrators of devastations by natives in British territory; Acting Commandant Armed Native Constabulary, 1901; Private Secretary to Commissioner for Native Affairs, Transvaal, 1901; Assistant Native Commissioner, Zoutpansberg
Zoutpansberg
Zoutpansberg was the north-eastern division of the Transvaal, South Africa. This was the district to which Louis Tregardt and Jan van Rensburg, the forerunners of the Great Trek, journeyed in 1835. In 1845 Hendrik Potgieter, a prominent leader of the Voortrekkers, moved there...
, 1902-1906 (Queen's medal with two clasps), Anglo-Boer War; Assistant Private Secretary
Private Secretary
In the United Kingdom government, a Private Secretary is a civil servant in a Department or Ministry, responsible to the Secretary of State or Minister...
to the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies was a junior Ministerial post in the United Kingdom government, subordinate to the Secretary of State for the Colonies and, from 1948, also to a Minister of State....
, 1907–1909; Administrator, St Vincent, 1909–1915;
He served as Commissioner of Saint Lucia, 1915–1917; Acting Governor of the Windward Islands, 1916; Food Commissioner, Glasgow and Western Counties of Scotland, 1917-1918. He became Unionist Member of Parliament for Glasgow St Rollox in 1918, serving until 1922.
Following the death of his elder brother Alexander in 1920, he succeeded his father as Viscount Elibank and Lord Elibank in 1927. He was awarded the King George V Coronation Medal
King George V Coronation Medal
The King George V Coronation Medal was a commemorative medal made in 1911 to celebrate the coronation of George V.-Issue:This coronation medal was the first to be issued to people who were not in attendance at the coronation...
in 1911 and the King George VI Coronation Medal
King George VI Coronation Medal
The King George VI Coronation Medal was a commemorative medal made to celebrate the coronation of King George VI.-Issue:For Coronation and Jubilee medals, the practice up until 1977 was that United Kingdom authorities decided on a total number to be produced, then allocated a proportion to each of...
in 1937, the King's Jubilee Medal
King George V Silver Jubilee Medal
The King George V Silver Jubilee Medal was a commemorative medal made to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the coronation of King George V.-Issue:...
in 1935, and was Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire
Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire. The Lieutenancy has been replaced by the Lieutenancy of Tweeddale.*Alexander Murray, 7th Lord Elibank 12 May 1794 – 24 September 1820...
from 1934-1945.
He was Honorary Colonel of the 8th Battalion The Royal Scots from 1939–1945 and a Member of Speaker's Parliamentary Devolution Conference, 1919-1920. He held a number of business appointments, and was an Honorary Member of the Royal Company of Archers
Royal Company of Archers
The Royal Company of Archers is a ceremonial unit that serves as the Sovereign's Bodyguard in Scotland, a role it has performed since 1822 and the reign of King George IV, when the company provided a personal bodyguard to the King on his visit to Scotland. It is currently known as the Queen's...
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