We have introduced but few characters to the notice of the public with so much pleasure and satisfaction as Rear Admiral George Murray, the gentleman whose nautical progress is now the immediate subject of our attention; for these plain, but honest reasons, that few officers of his standing have seen more service, nor can any be more zealously attached to the interests of the navy, or be more cordially beloved by the members of that honourable profession.

Mr. Murray was born at Chichester, where his grandfather, then an officer of marines, first planted himself; and where he married, lived, and died. That gentleman is supposed to have been descended from the same stock as the noble family of Murray, Lord Elibank; whose ancestor was Sir Gideon Murray, knight, whose son was created a baronet by King Charles I. in the year 1628, and a baron in 1643.

The grandfather of Mr. Murray left two sons: John, who lived and died a banker, in London; and Gideon, who was many years a magistrate and alderman of the city of Chichester. To the latter, this officer was indebted for his birth.