Thomas Murdoch (merchant)

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Thomas Murdoch of Cumloden (1758–1846) was a Scottish merchant in Madeira. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1805.[1][2]

Thomas Murdoch, lithograph about 1816

Murdoch was a son of Patrick Murdoch, who emigrated with his other sons to the United States of America. He became a partner in a firm of merchants in Madeira, returning to the United Kingdom in 1803.[1] The civil servant Clinton Murdoch was his son.[3]

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  1. ^ a b "armorial.library.utoronto.ca, British Armorial Bindings". Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Murdoch; Thomas (1758 - 1846), Royal Society, DServe Archive Persons Show". Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  3. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co.