David Murray (1842 – 2 October 1928) was a Scottish lawyer, antiquarian and bibliophile. A successful solicitor in Glasgow for over 60 years, he wrote widely on the law, and also on archaeology. For the last 30 years of his life he held various offices in the governance of the University of Glasgow. Early life and family Murray was the son of the Glasgow writer (i.e., solicitor) David Murray, of the firms Murray & Galloway, and Murray & Smith, and Ann Hunter Guthrie. In 1872, Murray married the New York-born Frances Porter Stoddard. They had three daughters: Sylvia Winthrop Murray (19 August 1875 – 17 January 1955); Eunice Guthrie Murray (21 January 1878 – 26 March 1960) and one son, Anthony Stoddard Murray (16 March 1880 – 23 March 1918). Anthony served during World War I as a Second Lieutenant of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Anthony died in France of wounds sustained at Saint-Quentin, and was buried in the British cemetery at Bellicourt. Education Murray was educated at Kirkoswald (NS2407) in Ayrshire, and then at Ayr Academy and at Merchiston Castle School. He graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1863 with an MA. Affiliation to the University of Glasgow Murray was awarded the degree of LLD in 1888 and was active in the governance of the University for much of his life. He was a member of Glasgow University Court, 1896-1899 (Rector's Assessor) and 1903-1928 (General Council Assessor); Chairman of the Finance Committee and a member of Library and Museums Committees. The Principal of the University, Sir Hector Hetherington, in his commemoration address on the fifth centenary of the University, at the service held at Glasgow Cathedral on Tuesday, 19 June 1951, expressly recognised Murray's immense contribution to the life of the University. In the Oration Commemorative of the Fifth Centenary, Lord Macmillan referred to Murray as "my old friend" and "one of the University’s most devoted alumni". In 1934, Macmillan had dedicated part of an address on "Law and History" to Murray: May I in passing pay a tribute to the memory of my old friend? Few men in recent times have contributed more to legal learning than did Dr Murray. He demonstrated by his own career the fallacy of the idea that scholarship is inimical to professional success, for while few if any have surpassed him in antiquarian learning, he was no mere pedant but an