Robert Murray (c.1763 – 30 June 1834) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Murray entered the navy at a young age, probably using the patronage of a relation, Captain the Hon. Robert Digby. After service at sea, Murray was serving as a lieutenant during the American War of Independence and saw action at the Battle of Ushant in 1778. He followed Digby to other ships after Digby was promoted to flag rank, and was then given his own commands on the North American Station shortly before the end of the war. He saw some service during the years of peace, commanding a frigate in the Caribbean for a time, before the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars brought further opportunities. Murray command
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| - Robert Murray (c.1763 – 30 June 1834) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Murray entered the navy at a young age, probably using the patronage of a relation, Captain the Hon. Robert Digby. After service at sea, Murray was serving as a lieutenant during the American War of Independence and saw action at the Battle of Ushant in 1778. He followed Digby to other ships after Digby was promoted to flag rank, and was then given his own commands on the North American Station shortly before the end of the war. He saw some service during the years of peace, commanding a frigate in the Caribbean for a time, before the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars brought further opportunities. Murray command
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| - Provo Wallis, 1813, by Robert Field. Wallis was nominally entered aboard Oiseau by Murry, despite being only four years old
- Yuri Lisyansky, 1810, by Volodymyr Borovykovsky. Lisyansky was a volunteer under Murray aboard HMS Oiseau
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| - * American War of Independence
**Battle of Ushant
*French Revolutionary Wars
*Napoleonic Wars
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| - Half-length portrait of a man looking over his shoulder. His hair is thick and curly, and he wears a dark blue jacket with epaulettes and gold buttons
- Half-length portrait of a man looking over his shoulder. His hair is thick and curly, and he wears a dark blue jacket with epaulettes and gold buttons, with a medals around his neck. In his hand he holds a compass, and in front of him is a chart.
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- Yuriy Lisyansky portrait by Vladimir Borovikovsky.jpg
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| - Robert Murray (c.1763 – 30 June 1834) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Murray entered the navy at a young age, probably using the patronage of a relation, Captain the Hon. Robert Digby. After service at sea, Murray was serving as a lieutenant during the American War of Independence and saw action at the Battle of Ushant in 1778. He followed Digby to other ships after Digby was promoted to flag rank, and was then given his own commands on the North American Station shortly before the end of the war. He saw some service during the years of peace, commanding a frigate in the Caribbean for a time, before the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars brought further opportunities. Murray commanded the frigate HMS Oiseau on the North American station for a time, operating with success against French warships and privateers. Serving under Murray during this time was Yuri Lisyansky, who became an important explorer in the Imperial Russian Navy, and, albeit in name only, Provo Wallis, whom Murray had been persuaded to enter onto his books despite Wallis only being four years old. Murray moved to command a ship of the line, still at Halifax, after his time in Oiseau, and spent some years as the flag captain of the station commander. Returning to Britain, he was promoted to flag rank himself, but saw little active service. He was appointed as Commander in chief at North Yarmouth in 1811, serving as such until the end of the wars with France. He was promoted to the rank of admiral and busied himself with sailor's welfare, helping to secure the establishment of a floating chapel at Liverpool before his death in 1834.
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