The Right Reverend Lord George Murray (January 30, 1761–June 3, 1803) was an Anglican cleric best remembered for his work developing Britain's first optical telegraph, which began relaying messages from London to Deal in 1796, a few years after Claude Chappe's system began operation in France. He was Bishop of Saint David's from 1801 until his death.

Murray was the second son of John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl. He had five children; the eldest son, another George Murray, was also a cleric, becoming in time Bishop of Sodor and Man and Bishop of Rochester.

Sources and external links

• capsule biography, from the Gazeteer for Scotland
• essay on his invention, from the Friends of Carmarthen County Museum

1761 births | 1803 deaths | Anglican bishops