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Murray of Broughton, James (1727-1799)
Uncle to the Tory candidate Gordon of Balmaghie, who was contesting the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in February 1795. Murray, who owned the estate of Cally, in Wigtonshire, was M.P. for the county. According to Chambers, Murray had left his wife (his cousin Lady Catherine Stewart, daughter of the Sixth Earl of Galloway) and eloped with Grace Johnston, his niece. Because of his great wealth, he did this with comparative impunity, and did not forfeit his association with his wife's family, one of whose relations he was supporting in the election. In his Second Heron Election Ballad, Burns wrote: "An' there'll be Murray commander
An' Gordon the battle to win:
Like brothers, they'll stan' by each other,
Sac knit in alliance and kin:"
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