Sir George John Robert Murray KCMG (27 September 1863 – 18 February 1942) was a judge from 2 April 1913 until 18 February 1942 on the Supreme Court of South Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of South Australia.

[2] George Murray and was first educated at John L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution, then two years at the Royal High School, Edinburgh[3] and St Peter's College, Adelaide, where he won the Prankerd, Wyatt, Christchurch and Farrell scholarships.

[2] Murray was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1888, returned to South Australia and was associate to Sir Samuel Way until 1891, when he began practising as a barrister, initially in partnership with William Ashley Magarey as Murray & Magarey.

[citation needed] In 1916 he succeeded Sir Samuel Way as Chief Justice of South Australia.

He died at Adelaide following an operation for appendicitis on 18 February 1942; he was buried privately beside his sister in St George's Church of England cemetery, Magill.