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     Brian Austin Walter Murray-Gourlay was born on 17 July 1927.¹ He is the son of George Ronald Auriol Murray-Gourlay and Phyllis Rowley.¹ He married, firstly, Margaret Bryant, daughter of William Bryant, on 4 April 1953.¹ He and Margaret Bryant were divorced in 1962.¹ He married, secondly, Patricia Mary Fewtrell, daughter of Daniel Fewtrell, in 1973.¹
     Brian Austin Walter Murray-Gourlay gained the rank of officer in the service of the Royal Navy.¹ He lived in 1999 at The Old Smithy, School Lane, South Chard, Somerset, England.¹

     Margaret Bryant is the daughter of William Bryant.¹ She married Brian Austin Walter Murray-Gourlay, son of George Ronald Auriol Murray-Gourlay and Phyllis Rowley, on 4 April 1953.¹ She and Brian Austin Walter Murray-Gourlay were divorced in 1962.¹
     Her married name became Murray-Gourlay.

     
     William Bryant lived at Elmsleigh, Cribbs Causeway, Gloucestershire, England.¹

     Hugh William Auriol Murray was born on 27 May 1960.¹ He is the son of Brian Austin Walter Murray-Gourlay and Margaret Bryant.¹ He married Fiona Joan Rumble, daughter of Captain John Rumble, in 1987.¹
     Hugh William Auriol Murray lived in 1999 at 2 Vale View Cotts, Milton Lilbourne, Pewsey, Wiltshire, England.¹

     Auriol Mary Murray-Gourlay was born on 13 April 1933.¹ She is the daughter of George Ronald Auriol Murray-Gourlay and Phyllis Rowley.¹ She married Captain Frederick Ernest Herring, son of John Herring, on 5 October 1957.¹
     Her married name became Herring.

     Captain Frederick Ernest Herring is the son of John Herring.¹ He married Auriol Mary Murray-Gourlay, daughter of George Ronald Auriol Murray-Gourlay and Phyllis Rowley, on 5 October 1957.¹
     Captain Frederick Ernest Herring gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Royal Norfolk Regiment.¹

     John Herring died before 1980.
     John Herring lived at Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England.¹

     Jonathan James Auriol Herring was born on 27 July 1959.¹ He is the son of Captain Frederick Ernest Herring and Auriol Mary Murray-Gourlay.¹

     Christopher John Murray Herring was born on 18 September 1962.¹ He is the son of Captain Frederick Ernest Herring and Auriol Mary Murray-Gourlay.¹

     Sir Francis Ralph Hay Murray was born on 3 March 1908.¹ He was the son of Reverend Charles Hay Murray and Mabel Umfreville. He married Mauricette Vladimira Marie Reichsgräfin Kuenburg, daughter of Bernhard Reichsgraf Kuenburg, on 10 April 1935.¹ He died in 1983.¹
     Sir Francis Ralph Hay Murray usually went by his middle name of Ralph.¹ He was educated at Brentwood School, Brentwood, Essex, England.¹ He graduated from St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).¹ He was in the B.B.C. in 1934.¹ He was seconded to the Foreign Office in 1939.¹ He held the office of Allied Control Commander for Austria in 1945.¹ He was on the Special Commander's Staff for South-East Asia in 1946.¹ He was Counsellor for the Foreign Office in 1948.¹ He was invested as a Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1950.¹ He was Foreign Office Counsellor to Madrid between 1951 and 1954.¹ He held the office of Minister to Cairo between 1954 and 1956.¹ He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1957.¹ He held the office of Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office between 1957 and 1961.¹ He held the office of Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office in 1961.¹ He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.) in 1962.¹ He held the office of Ambassador to Greece between 1962 and 1967.¹ He was Governor of the B.B.C. between 1967 and 1983.¹