He attended Uppingham School and Exeter College Oxford where he took a degree in Modern History and Jurisprudence.
The sponsorship role of the Electricity Division led to Murray becoming not so much a controller of the industry as an honest broker between the central Authority and the Whitehall machine generally.
[4] In 1957 in discussions between the Minister of Power and the Country Landowner's Association the issue was raised whether a public inquiry should be held on any application from the Central Electricity Authority.
[4] In 1959 Murray was Under-Secretary of the Electricity Division of the Ministry of Power under the Minister Lord Mills.
2 January 1909, daughter of Algernon Murray Black) on 11 August 1934 at Petersham parish church, Surrey.
He secondly married Maisie Nora (Susan) Salmond (daughter of Walter Hemmingway) on 16 January 1956 at the register office Hampstead, London.
[8][9] In 1943 he listed his recreational interests as walking, rugby football, tennis, rowing and brick laying.