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George Lenox Molteno Murray

Male 1924 - 2017  (92 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  George Lenox Molteno Murray was born on 4 Jun 1924 in Millers Point, S Africa (son of Lenox Biggar Murray and Elizabeth Margaret Molteno); died on 8 Feb 2017 in Nanyuki, Kenya.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Marania, Nanyuki, Kenya; Farmer, took over his father's farm 'Marania'
    • Military Service: United Kingdom

    George married Irralie Mary Nash in 1952. Irralie was born in 1930; died on 25 Jul 2020 in Nanyuki Cottage Hospital, Nanyuki, Kenya. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Gordon Alastair Vincent Murray
    2. Rowena Sarah Murray

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lenox Biggar Murray was born on 16 Jul 1884 in Paddington St Stephen, London (son of Charles Frederick Kennan Murray, Dr and Caroline Molteno); died in Jun 1963 in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Departure: Australia
    • Departure: Far, Markazi, Iran
    • Occupation: Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Famer in Kenya & Gloucestershire
    • Baptism: 7 Sep 1884, Paddington St Stephen, London
    • Departure: 4 Feb 1922, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    • Arrival: 17 Feb 1924, Liverpool, Lancashire
    • Arrival: 10 Oct 1924, Liverpool, Lancashire
    • Residence: 1939, Gloucestershire

    Lenox married Elizabeth Margaret Molteno in 1921. Elizabeth (daughter of Percy Albert Molteno and Elizabeth "Betsie" Martin Currie) was born in Jul 1894 in London; died on 15 Feb 1967 in Painswick, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Margaret Molteno was born in Jul 1894 in London (daughter of Percy Albert Molteno and Elizabeth "Betsie" Martin Currie); died on 15 Feb 1967 in Painswick, Gloucestershire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1901, London; Age: 6; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

    Children:
    1. Iona Margaret Murray was born in 1922; died in 2013 in England.
    2. 1. George Lenox Molteno Murray was born on 4 Jun 1924 in Millers Point, S Africa; died on 8 Feb 2017 in Nanyuki, Kenya.
    3. Patrick Anthony Molteno Murray was born on 19 Aug 1927 in London; died in Aug 1995 in Chippenham, Wiltshire.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Charles Frederick Kennan Murray, DrCharles Frederick Kennan Murray, Dr was born on 27 Sep 1847 in Enniskerry, Wicklow, Ireland; died on 7 Mar 1930 in Elgin, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Mar 1930 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Departure: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    • Occupation: Rattlesnake, Missoula, Montana, USA; Ship's Doctor
    • Residence: Province, Ouest, Haiti
    • Destination: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Residence: 20 Jan 1889, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Arrival: 26 Jul 1920, Southampton, Hampshire
    • Departure: 16 Nov 1920, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Age: 72

    Charles married Caroline Molteno in 1876. Caroline (daughter of John Charles Molteno, Sir and Elizabeth Maria Jarvis) was born on 24 Sep 1852 in South Africa; died on 6 Dec 1937 in London; was buried in Dec 1937 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Caroline MoltenoCaroline Molteno was born on 24 Sep 1852 in South Africa (daughter of John Charles Molteno, Sir and Elizabeth Maria Jarvis); died on 6 Dec 1937 in London; was buried in Dec 1937 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 31 Dec 1893, Kenilworth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
    • Departure: Jul 1920, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    • Arrival: 26 Jul 1920, Southampton, Hampshire; Age: 66

    Notes:

    The second eldest daughter of John Charles Molteno. Caroline was an exceptionally beautiful and strongminded woman. She married a Royal Navy surgeon, Dr C F K Murray, over the initial opposition of her father. In addition to their having a large family, Caroline and her husband turned their home, Kenilworth House, into a leading focus for the family after her father’s death in 1886. Caroline involved herself in various public activities, including opposition to Britain going to war against the Boer Republics (1899-1902) and her espousal of the franchise for women at the Cape.

    When her elder daughter, May, started the Chronicle of the Family in 1913, Caroline wrote her Reminiscences which give a wonderful picture of the family and the way of life on the Karoo and at the Cape generally during the 1860s. She died at Palace Court, the London home of her beloved and much admired younger brother, Percy, just a few weeks after he himself had passed away. She kept a journal at various times in her life, some of which hopefully will be transcribed. And you can read Reminiscences of the Old Cape (pdf).

    Children:
    1. Charles Molteno Kenah Murray was born on 4 Mar 1877 in South Africa; died on 31 Oct 1950 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    2. Thomas Jarvis Murray was born in 1878 in South Africa; died in 1936.
    3. Percy Alport Murray was born on 14 Jul 1880 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 7 Jan 1881 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Jan 1881 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    4. Elizabeth Maria (May) Murray was born on 3 Nov 1881 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died in Jun 1972 in Bromyard, Herefordshire.
    5. Gordon Pettie Murray was born on 27 Jan 1883 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 14 May 1972 in Matatiele, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    6. 2. Lenox Biggar Murray was born on 16 Jul 1884 in Paddington St Stephen, London; died in Jun 1963 in Stroud, Gloucestershire.
    7. Victor Blenkins Murray was born on 27 Aug 1887 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Jan 1888 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Jan 1888 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    8. John Molteno Murray was born on 2 Dec 1888 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died in 1965.
    9. Kathleen Caroline Murray was born on 9 Aug 1891; died on 9 Feb 1984 in South Africa; was buried in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    10. George Anthony Murray, Maj was born on 29 Sep 1893 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 4 Apr 1918 in France; was buried in Apr 1918 in Somme, Picardie, France.

  3. 6.  Percy Albert MoltenoPercy Albert Molteno was born on 12 Sep 1861 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (son of John Charles Molteno, Sir and Elizabeth Maria Jarvis); died on 19 Sep 1937 in Zürich, Switzerland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1891, London
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Shere, Surrey; Age: 49; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Departure: May 1920, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    • Arrival: 21 Jun 1920, Southampton, Hampshire
    • Residence: 1921, Guildford, Surrey
    • Residence: 1922, Paddington, Lancashire
    • Departure: Sep 1926, Southampton, Hampshire
    • Arrival: 13 Oct 1926, New York, USA
    • Departure: Nov 1926, New York, USA
    • Arrival: 10 Dec 1926, Southampton, Hampshire
    • Destination: Jul 1934, Spain
    • Departure: 14 Jul 1934, London

    Percy married Elizabeth "Betsie" Martin Currie on 18 Sep 1889. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Donald Currie, G.C.M.G (Grand Cross of St Michael & St George) and Margaret Miller) was born in Jan 1856 in Liverpool, Lancashire; died on 4 Jun 1933 in London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth "Betsie" Martin CurrieElizabeth "Betsie" Martin Currie was born in Jan 1856 in Liverpool, Lancashire (daughter of Sir Donald Currie, G.C.M.G (Grand Cross of St Michael & St George) and Margaret Miller); died on 4 Jun 1933 in London.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: Abt 1858, Liverpool, Lancashire
    • Residence: 1861, Liverpool, Lancashire
    • Residence: 1871, London
    • Residence: 1891, London
    • Residence: 1901, London; Age: 43; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Death: 10 Nov 1924, London
    • Departure: 10 Jan 1925, Liverpool, Lancashire; Age: 68
    • Destination: Feb 1925, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Children:
    1. John Charles Jarvis Molteno was born in 1890 in London; died in 1903.
    2. Donald Jervis Molteno was born on 27 May 1893 in London; died in 1970.
    3. 3. Elizabeth Margaret Molteno was born in Jul 1894 in London; died on 15 Feb 1967 in Painswick, Gloucestershire.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  John Charles Molteno, SirJohn Charles Molteno, Sir was born on 5 Jun 1814 in London (son of John Molteno and Caroline Bower); died on 1 Sep 1886 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Sep 1886 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: First Cape Prime Minister
    • Education: 1830, Ewell, Surrey; Educated at Ewell
    • Destination: 1831, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; Sailed to South Africa. Duties at Public Library in Cape Town
    • Occupation: 1837, South Africa; Started own commercial business
    • Residence: 1852, Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Residence: 10 Jun 1876, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Residence: 11 Aug 1877, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Residence: 24 Sep 1878, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Residence: 14 Nov 1880, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Retired: Aug 1882, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

    Notes:

    Eldest son of John Molteno and Caroline Bower of London. Emigrated at the age of 16 to the Cape Colony. Became a merchant; later pioneered merino sheep farming at Nelspoort in the Karoo. Elected to the first legislature of the Cape Colony in 1854. Pressed for responsible government (whereby the executive of ministers is accountable to Parliament, and not to the colony’s British Governor), and became the Cape Colony’s first Prime Minister in 1872. Married three times. His first wife, Maria Hewitson, died tragically in childbirth in 1845. By his second wife, Elizabeth Maria Jarvis, John Molteno had ten children who survived infancy and from whom the majority of Moltenos today trace their descent – Betty, Caroline, Maria, Charlie, Percy, Frank, James, Victor, Wallace and Barkly. Following the death of Elizabeth Maria, John Charles married ‘Minnie’ Blenkins; they had four children – Minnie, Ted, Clifford and Harry. None of these ever married or had children. John was knighted sometime after he had been ousted, contrary to established parliamentary convention, as Prime Minister by the then Governor.


    For more information about John Charles Molteno see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Charles_Molteno


    Birth:
    Birth registered Bavarian Ambassador's Chapel

    John married Elizabeth Maria Jarvis on 20 Oct 1851. Elizabeth (daughter of Hercules Crosse Jarvis and Elizabeth Maria Vos) was born on 20 Jan 1831 in Western Cape, South Africa; died on 8 Apr 1874 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Apr 1874 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Elizabeth Maria JarvisElizabeth Maria Jarvis was born on 20 Jan 1831 in Western Cape, South Africa (daughter of Hercules Crosse Jarvis and Elizabeth Maria Vos); died on 8 Apr 1874 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Apr 1874 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 20 Feb 1831, Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Children:
    1. 5. Caroline Molteno was born on 24 Sep 1852 in South Africa; died on 6 Dec 1937 in London; was buried in Dec 1937 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    2. Elizabeth Maria Molteno was born on 24 Sep 1852 in South Africa; died on 25 Aug 1927 in South Africa.
    3. John Molteno was born on 24 Apr 1855 in South Africa; died on 3 Sep 1856 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried on 3 Sep 1856 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    4. Maria Molteno was born on 24 Dec 1856 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Feb 1903 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Feb 1903 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    5. Hercules Jarvis Molteno was born on 13 Jan 1858 in Western Cape, South Africa; died in Jan 1861 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Jan 1861 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    6. John Charles Molteno was born on 5 Mar 1860 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 23 Jan 1924 in Sandown House, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa.
    7. 6. Percy Albert Molteno was born on 12 Sep 1861 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 19 Sep 1937 in Zürich, Switzerland.
    8. Frank Molteno was born on 16 Sep 1863 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 9 Jun 1926 in Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    9. James Tennant Molteno, Sir was born on 5 Jan 1865 in Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Sep 1936 in London; was buried in Borough, Surrey.
    10. Victor Grey Molteno was born on 13 Apr 1866 in Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Jul 1926 in South Africa.
    11. Alfred Bower Molteno was born on 10 Jan 1868 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 7 Jan 1873 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Jan 1873 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    12. William Wallace Dickenson Molteno was born on 3 Dec 1869 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 22 Nov 1931.
    13. Vice-Admiral Vincent Barkly Molteno, C.B.,R.N. was born on 30 Apr 1872 in South Africa; died on 12 Nov 1952 in Farnham, Surrey; was buried in Farnham, Surrey.
    14. Sophia Maria Molteno was born on 22 Mar 1874; died on 8 Feb 1875.

  3. 14.  Sir Donald Currie, G.C.M.G (Grand Cross of St Michael & St George)Sir Donald Currie, G.C.M.G (Grand Cross of St Michael & St George) was born on 17 Sep 1825 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 13 Apr 1909 in The Manor House, Sidmouth, Devon; was buried in 1909 in Fontigall.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title: For sevices in connection with the Zulu War
    • Occupation: 1842, Liverpool, Lancashire; Working for Cunard Lines
    • Occupation: 1862; Established the Castle Line
    • Residence: 1871, London
    • Member of Parliament: 1880; Liberal MP for Perthshire
    • Member of Parliament: Between 1885 and 1890; Unionist Member for West Perthshire
    • Shipping Disaster: 1896, Off the Breton Coast, 245 on board only 3 saved; Sinking of the Drummond Castle (Board of Trade Inquiry in South Africa)
    • Residence: 1901, London
    • Death: 13 Apr 1909, London

    Notes:

    A remarkable Scottish entrepreneur who was an outstanding example of Victorians who built up great businesses from nothing, who then entered politics (Sir Donald became a Liberal M.P. for a Scottish seat in the late 19th century), and who also spread their activities, commercial as well as diplomatic, internationally. Sir Donald founded what became the Union Castle shipping line which ran the mail boat service between England and South Africa.

    A friend of the Cape Prime Minister, John Charles Molteno, he became his brother-in-law when Percy Molteno married Sir Donald’s daughter, Bessie, although in point of fact Sir John had died the year before this marriage. Sir Donald was a friend of the great Liberal leader, Gladstone, but broke with him politically over the question of Home Rule for Ireland. He bought three estates in the Scottish Highlands, including Glen Lyon which he left to his daughter, Bessie Molteno. He also used his great wealth to build up a major collection of Turner paintings, from which his descendants have continued to benefit for four generations.


    For more about Donald Currie see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Currie

    Donald married Margaret Miller. Margaret was born in 1831 in Lancashire; died in 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Margaret Miller was born in 1831 in Lancashire; died in 1905.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1871, London
    • Residence: 1901, London

    Children:
    1. 7. Elizabeth "Betsie" Martin Currie was born in Jan 1856 in Liverpool, Lancashire; died on 4 Jun 1933 in London.


 

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