Alexander Murray J.P. (25 December 1803 – 10 April 1880) with his son, also named Alexander, founded Murray & Son, biscuit and jam manufacturers of Coromandel Valley in the early days of the colony of South Australia.
Alex, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, left Britain with his wife and four-year-old son Alexander Jr. on the India for South Australia and arrived on 4 January 1840.
[4] He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the seat of Sturt from August 1867, when he filled a vacancy created by the death of Joseph Peacock to March 1868.
His son Alexander Murray (ca.1836–1898), who was involved in the factory almost from its inception, represented Coromandel ward on the Mitcham District Council from 1881, and its Chairman from 1889, and it was while returning from a council meeting that he was dragged to the ground by his horse and died two days later, on 15 December 1898.
[6] Alex Murray & Son had only recently been accepted into the Chamber of Manufactures,[7] but its financial position was not sound: after Alexander's death creditors were paid 10½d.