Background
James Augustus Henry was born in 1837 in Denholm, near Hawick, Roxburghshire.
James Augustus Henry was born in 1837 in Denholm, near Hawick, Roxburghshire.
Early a Protestant sympathizer, James Augustus Henry Murray joined the lords of the congregation in 1559 and was a leader of the opposition to the regent, Mary of Guise.
He returned (1566) immediately after the murder of David Rizzio and was reconciled with Mary, who did not know that he had been involved in the murder conspiracy.
With John Knox, who wrote a panegyric on him, Murray was largely responsible for the success of the Scottish Reformation.
James Augustus Henry Murray was chosen as editor of the New English Dictionary.
James Augustus Henry Murray was married to Ada Agnes.
