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From: Andrew Rodger <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] Murray family
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 10:00:04 +1100
In-Reply-To: <004501c3d3d1$a7fe6ac0$5de086d4@chasgardner>


One descendant I know of is Prof. Andrew Murray, who taught me Political
Philosophy at UCT in the mid-50s. He wrote a book about the operation
of the SA Parliament called "Die Volksraad" which extolled, among other
things, the independence of the Senate and its role as a House of
Review, so you can imagine we studnets gave him a hard time after the
Senate Act was passed. It emasculated the Senate by removing the
disproportionate (and moderating) influence of the smaller provinces and
the proportional representation applied to the Provincial quotas of
eight Senators each; and Andrew Murray was the man who devised it for
the Government.

Andrew in Australia

On Tuesday, January 6, 2004, at 08:19 AM, Charles Gardner wrote:

> Further to my enquiries re the Gardner family, I am also keen to find
> out more details of the Murray family, with whom we were connected in
> Graaff-Reinet. Rev Andrew Murray was pastor there from 1822-66 (born
> 1791) and his son, Andrew, became a famous preacher and writer. Other
> children included John and Charles, but who were the others? I know
> there were many. Any help with names and dates through three
> generations of the Murray lineage would be most helpful. Charles
> Gardner.

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