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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 42 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MURRAY (or See also:MORAY), See also:SIR See also:ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)  , one of the founders of the Royal Society, was the son of See also:Sir See also:Robert See also:Murray of See also:Craigie, See also:Ayrshire, and was See also:born about the beginning of the 17th See also:century . In See also:early See also:life he served in the See also:French See also:army, and, winning the favour of See also:Richelieu, See also:rose to the See also:rank of See also:colonel . On the outbreak of the See also:Civil See also:War he returned to See also:Scotland and collected recruits for the royal cause . The See also:triumph of See also:Cromwell compelled him for a See also:time to return to See also:France, but he took See also:part in the Scottish insurrection in favour of See also:Charles II. in 1650, and was named See also:lord See also:justice clerk and a privy councillor . These appointments, which on See also:account of the overthrow of the royal cause proved to be at the time only nominal, were confirmed at the Restoration in ,66o .. Soon after this Sir Robert Murray began to take a prominent part in the deliberations of a See also:club instituted in See also:London for the discussion of natural See also:science, or, as it was then called, the " new See also:philosophy." W den it was proposed to obtain a See also:charter for the society he undertook to See also:interest the See also:king in the See also:matter, the result being that on the 15th of See also:July 1662 the club was incorporated by charter under the designation of the Royal Society . Murray was its first See also:president . He died in See also:June 1673 .

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