James Boyles Murray (November 6, 1789 – February 14, 1866) was an American businessman and leading member of New York society in the early-to-mid-19th century.
[6] In 1800, when only a boy, Murray went to Norfolk, England, and caught a glimpse of the hero Admiral Nelson touring through his home city of Norwich.
He joined in partnership with the big financier Isaac Bronson, one of the founders of sound credit in public finance.
The Erie Canal was an immense feat of ingenuity partly funded by the Bronson family bankers.
Murray's role was to act as bodyguard and protector of the V-P. Then one day on the Chesapeake half of President Tyler's cabinet was blown sky high.
Murray deplored the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, the duration of which he spent in New York City.
Murray was at the height of polite New York society and purchased a house at the fashionable Manhattan address of Washington Square Park.
[8] Together, they were the parents of eight children, including:[2] Murray died in 1866 at 4 Washington Place, New York City.