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3 unusual facts about Patrick Murdoch


Patrick Murdoch

In 1756, he accompanied his friend Andrew Mitchell (1695 ?-1771), to Berlin, where he remained until 1757, conducting part of the correspondence, while Mitchell and his secretary, Burnet, were with the army.

Forbes subsequently paid Murdoch long and frequent visits at Stradishall rectory, Suffolk, and placed his eldest son, Duncan, under his tuition.

William Leman gave him the rectory of Kettlebaston, Suffolk, in 1749, which he resigned in 1760 on being presented by Edward Vernon to the vicarage of Great Thurlow ; but he still continued to reside at Stradishall.


Ivon Murdoch

Murdoch was the son of an immigrant Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian, the Rev. Patrick Murdoch (1850–1940) and his wife Helen, née Garden (1826–?); he was also the younger brother of a prominent journalist and newspaper executive, Sir Keith Murdoch (the father of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch).


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