The Lord Murray of Blidworth | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Borders [a] | |
In office 7 October 2022 – 14 November 2023 | |
Prime Minister |
Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | The Baroness Williams of Trafford |
Succeeded by | The Lord Sharpe of Epsom |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 24 October 2022 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | Simon Peregrine Gauvain Murray 2 August 1974 London, England |
Nationality | British and Irish |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
Simon Peregrine Gauvain Murray, Baron Murray of Blidworth (born 2 August 1974), is a British lawyer and former government minister, who since 2022 has sat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords. [1]
The only son of Nigel Ormiston Gauvain Murray (1944–2002) and his wife Shirley née Arbuthnot (born 1949), a descendant of the Arbuthnot baronets, his matrilineal great-great-grandfather, Sir Henry Blake GCMG, [2] was a British colonial administrator and Governor of Hong Kong who hailed from the Anglo-Irish gentry being seated at Myrtle Grove, County Cork. [3] Of Scots patrilineal descent, his grandfather was Dr Ronald Murray MBE FRCPE, [4] a kinsman of the Duke of Atholl.
After graduating from the University of St Andrews ( MA), Murray was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 2000. [5] He practises public law at 39 Essex Chambers. [6]
In 2011 he appeared on the BBC show, Fake or Fortune? for his family who claim ownership of the painting; even though the family did not remember owning the painting and presumably because they had realised its worth, Children Under a Palm by Winslow Homer, which had been found by a skip over 23 years earlier; [7] although determined to be genuine, who owns this work of art is still a matter of dispute.
Murray served as a Conservative Councillor on Gedling Borough Council, representing Newstead Abbey Ward from the 2019 election until he stood down in November 2022. [8]
Under the premiership of Liz Truss, his appointment as a Minister of State for the Home Office was announced on 9 October 2022. [9] [10] Created a Life Peer on 21 October 2022, taking the title of Baron Murray of Blidworth, of Blidworth in the County of Nottinghamshire, he became a member of the House of Lords [10] thereby being answerable to parliament. [11]
Lord Murray made his maiden speech in the Upper House on 26 October 2022 during a debate on British Passports for those born the Republic of Ireland but living in Northern Ireland. [12] He served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Home Office from 30 October 2022 until 14 November 2023. [11]
Murray married Amelia May Beaumont (born 1983), a granddaughter of the Baron Beaumont of Whitley and a great-granddaughter of Lady May Abel Smith, [13] at Temple Church London, on 4 October 2007. Lord and Lady Murray have two children.
A member of MCC, Lord Murray has also served as a ceremonial officer of the Order of St John. [14] Admitted to the freedom of the City of London, he is a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Scriveners. [15]
The Lord Murray of Blidworth | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Borders [a] | |
In office 7 October 2022 – 14 November 2023 | |
Prime Minister |
Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | The Baroness Williams of Trafford |
Succeeded by | The Lord Sharpe of Epsom |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 24 October 2022 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | Simon Peregrine Gauvain Murray 2 August 1974 London, England |
Nationality | British and Irish |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
Simon Peregrine Gauvain Murray, Baron Murray of Blidworth (born 2 August 1974), is a British lawyer and former government minister, who since 2022 has sat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords. [1]
The only son of Nigel Ormiston Gauvain Murray (1944–2002) and his wife Shirley née Arbuthnot (born 1949), a descendant of the Arbuthnot baronets, his matrilineal great-great-grandfather, Sir Henry Blake GCMG, [2] was a British colonial administrator and Governor of Hong Kong who hailed from the Anglo-Irish gentry being seated at Myrtle Grove, County Cork. [3] Of Scots patrilineal descent, his grandfather was Dr Ronald Murray MBE FRCPE, [4] a kinsman of the Duke of Atholl.
After graduating from the University of St Andrews ( MA), Murray was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 2000. [5] He practises public law at 39 Essex Chambers. [6]
In 2011 he appeared on the BBC show, Fake or Fortune? for his family who claim ownership of the painting; even though the family did not remember owning the painting and presumably because they had realised its worth, Children Under a Palm by Winslow Homer, which had been found by a skip over 23 years earlier; [7] although determined to be genuine, who owns this work of art is still a matter of dispute.
Murray served as a Conservative Councillor on Gedling Borough Council, representing Newstead Abbey Ward from the 2019 election until he stood down in November 2022. [8]
Under the premiership of Liz Truss, his appointment as a Minister of State for the Home Office was announced on 9 October 2022. [9] [10] Created a Life Peer on 21 October 2022, taking the title of Baron Murray of Blidworth, of Blidworth in the County of Nottinghamshire, he became a member of the House of Lords [10] thereby being answerable to parliament. [11]
Lord Murray made his maiden speech in the Upper House on 26 October 2022 during a debate on British Passports for those born the Republic of Ireland but living in Northern Ireland. [12] He served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Home Office from 30 October 2022 until 14 November 2023. [11]
Murray married Amelia May Beaumont (born 1983), a granddaughter of the Baron Beaumont of Whitley and a great-granddaughter of Lady May Abel Smith, [13] at Temple Church London, on 4 October 2007. Lord and Lady Murray have two children.
A member of MCC, Lord Murray has also served as a ceremonial officer of the Order of St John. [14] Admitted to the freedom of the City of London, he is a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Scriveners. [15]