Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau ia i Tournai, te tama a Robert Murray, he rangatira i roto i te ope taua o Netherlands States. I mahi ia hei koroneela o te Los Rios Regiment i te ratonga Austrian, me te rangatira Imperial. Mo tana maia i te
Ko te Pakanga o Breslau i te tau 1757 me te Pakanga o Hochkirch i te tau 1758 i whakawhiwhia ia hei Knight o te Order of Maria Theresa i te 23 o Hanuere 1760. I te 16 o Hepetema 1760 i hangaia ia hei Baron o te Netherlands ("Baron aux Pays Bas") ana i te 25 o Noema 1761 i hangaia e te Emepara Francis I hei Kaute o te Emepaea o Roma Tapu hei "Graf von Murray", me te toenga ki nga rangatira tane o tona tinana.