Waxad ku sii qortaa faqradan - 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 ficillada Roliça
iyo Vimeiro dagaalkii Jasiiradda isagoo ahaa askari ka tirsan guutada 36aad ee ciidamada lugta. Kadib Sir John Moore, wuxuu ka qeyb qaatay dib u gurashada Corunna iyo dagaalka ugu dambeeya halkaas.