Murray was born on 7 September 1904 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Ståthållare Adolf Murray and his wife Ebba. He passed studentexamen in 1923 and was commissioned as an officer in the Svea Life Guards in 1925 with the rank of fänrik. Murray became captain of the General Staff Corps in 1938 and served as aide-de-camp to the Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten from 1938 to 1947. Murray served as assistant teacher at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1938 to 1939. Murray joined the Finnish Army during the Winter War where he served as captain from 1939 to 1940 and as major in 1941. Murray served in Finland as commanding officer of the operation section in the staff of the Swedish Volunteer Corps and in the battlegroup staff from 1939 to 1940 and as commander of the 2nd Ranger Company, Swedish Volunteer Battalion during the Continuation War in 1941. Back in Sweden, Murray was promoted to major in 1942 and served as first teacher at the Royal Military Academy from 1942 to 1944. He was then teacher at the Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College from 1942 to 1944, commanding officer of the Army Department of the Defence Staff from 1944 to 1948, before being promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1947. Murray served in the Swedish Armoured Troops in 1948 and was commanding officer of the Royal Military Academy from 1949 to 1953. Promoted to colonel in 1951, Murray served as executive officer of Svea Life Guards from 1953 to 1957 and Inspector of the Swedish Armoured Troops from 1957 to 1960. Murray was promoted to major general in 1960 and appointed military commander of the II Military District. He was then commanding officer of the Swedish National Defence College from 1966 to 1968, head of the Crown Prince's Royal Household from 1968 to 1973, Chief of His Majesty's Military Staff from 1973 to 1978, and First Aide-de-Camp to the King from 1973. Murray, who in the 1930s belonged to the elite class in orienteering, was prominent in most military sports and won in the Stockholm Garrison's field competitions in 1934 and 1938. He was chairman of the Swedish Orienteering Federation from 1938 to 1961 and corps chief of Stockholm Scout Corps from 1935 to 1939 as well of Jämtland-Härjedalen Scout District in 1961. Furthermore, Murray was chairman of the Swedish Central Association for Sports Promotion from 1962 to 1974 and the Sweden-Finland Society from 1967 to 1975.
Death
Murray died on 21 April 1995 in Stockholm and was buried on 22 September 1995 at Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.
