Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Tournai, ɗan Robert Murray, wani janar a cikin rundunar sojojin Netherlands. Ya yi aiki a matsayin colonel na Los Rios Regiment a cikin sabis na Austrian, kuma a matsayin Chamberlain na Imperial. Domin jarumtarsa a yakin Breslau
a 1757 da yakin Hochkirch a 1758 an sanya shi Knight na Dokar Maria Theresa a ranar 23 ga Janairu 1760. A ranar 16 ga Satumba, 1760 an sanya shi Baron na Netherlands ("Baron aux Pays Bas") kuma a ranar 25 ga Nuwamba, 1761 Sarkin sarakuna Francis I ya sanya shi Count na Roman Empire mai tsarki a matsayin "Graf von Murray", tare da sauran magada maza na jikinsa.