Andrew Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin

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Andrew Graham Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin GCVO, PC (21 November 1849–21 August 1942) was a Scottish politician and judge.

Member of Parliament for Buteshire from 1891 to 1905, Murray was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland from 1891–1892 and from 1895–1896, and Lord Advocate 1896–1903. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1896. He was Secretary for Scotland in the Balfour government from 1903–1905.

On leaving Parliament in 1905, Murray was appointed to the bench as Lord Justice General and created Baron Dunedin on 9 March 1905. He held this post until 1913, when he was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. He retired in 1932.

He was Lord Lieutenant of Buteshire from 1901 to 1905. He was created Viscount Dunedin on 17 Feb 1926, with both the Barony and Viscountcy becoming extinct on his death. He was, in addition, appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.

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Torrance, David, The Scottish Secretaries (Birlinn 2006)

Legal Offices
Preceded by: Charles John Pearson	Solicitor General for Scotland 1891–1892	Succeeded by: Alexander Asher
Preceded by: Thomas Shaw	Solicitor General for Scotland 1895–1896	Succeeded by: Charles Scott Dickson
Preceded by: Charles John Pearson	Lord Advocate 1896–1903	Succeeded by: Charles Scott Dickson
Preceded by: Lord Balfour	Lord Justice General 1905–1913	Succeeded by: Lord Strathclyde
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by: James Robinson	Member of Parliament for Buteshire 1891–1905	Succeeded by: Norman Lamont
Honorary Titles
Preceded by: The Marquess of Bute	Lord Lieutenant of Buteshire 1901–1905	Succeeded by: Unknown
Political offices
Preceded by: Lord Balfour of Burleigh	Secretary for Scotland 1903–1905	Succeeded by: Marquess of Linlithgow
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by: New Creation	Viscount Dunedin 1926–1942	Succeeded by: Extinct
	Baron Dunedin 1905–1942