Several prominent Britons were born here including Bruce Bairnsfather, Francis Younghusband, Reginald Dyer[5] and Joanna Kelley.

Since the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Murree has retained its position as a popular hill station, noted for its pleasant summer weather.

The Government of Pakistan owns a summer retreat in Murree, where foreign dignitaries including heads of state often visit.

[10][11] Murree, or Marhee as it was then called, was first identified as a potential hill station by Major James Abbott in 1847.

[a] The town's early development was in 1851 by the President of the Punjab Administrative Board, Sir Henry Lawrence.

The houses crowned the summit and sides of an irregular ridge, the neighboring hills were covered during the summer with encampments of British troops, while the station itself was filled with European visitors from the plains and travelers to Kashmir.

[12] It was described in the Gazetteer of Rawalpindi District, 1893–94 as follows:[citation needed] The sanatorium of Murree lies in north latitude 33° 54′ 30″ and east longitude 73° 26′ 30″, at an elevation of 7,517 feet (2,291 m) above sea level, and contained a standing population of 1,768 inhabitants, which was, however, enormously increased during the [May–November] season by the influx of visitors and their attendant servants and shopkeepers.

Magnificent views are to be obtained in the spring and autumn of the snow crowned mountains of Kashmir; and gorgeous sunset and cloud effects seen daily during the rains [July–August].

Part of the station, especially the Kashmir end, are also well wooded and pretty.In 1901, the permanent population of the town was 1,844; if summer visitors had been included this could have been as high as 10,000.

[15] Murree, (Urdu: ضِلع مری) is a district of the Rawalpindi Division in the northernmost part of the Pakistani province of Punjab.

In March 2022, the Punjab Government upgraded the administrative status of Murree by posting Hassan Waqar Cheema as the first Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC).

During the British Raj, in the hot season Murree was the headquarters of the Lieutenant General of the Northern Command.