Buuxi weedha soo socota: Murchison wuxuu ku dhashay Tarradale House, Muir of Ord, Ross-shire, oo uu dhalay Kenneth Murchison. Aabihiis oo ahaa nin taajir ah ayaa geeriyooday 1796, markii uu Roderick ahaa afar jir, waxaana loo diray Durham School saddex sano kadib, kadibna Royal Military College, Great Marlow si loogu tababaro ciidanka. Sanadkii 1808 wuxuu la degay Wellesley Portugal, wuxuuna goob joog ka ahaa falalka
Roliça iyo Vimeiro oo ku jiray Dagaalkii Jasiiradda oo ahaa calanka Regt 36aad ee Cagaha. Kadib Sir John Moore, wuxuu ka qeyb qaatay dib u gurashada Corunna iyo dagaalka ugu dambeeya halkaas.