Murray akanga ari mutsigiri wekutanga wemitemo yakasimba yaIshe Lauderdale, achitora chikamu mu 1678 kurwisa Covenanters, asi akabva arasikirwa nehutano hweumambo kwenguva pfupi nekupa mazano pamusoro pematanho anotorwa kwavari. Zvisinei, muna 1679, akanga aripo paHondo yeBothwell Bridge
Muna July 1680 akaitwa mutevedzeri wemukuru wemauto muScotland, uye muna 1681 akava purezidhendi weparamende.