John Murray III (1808-1892) was a British publisher, third of the name at the John Murray company founded in London in 1777.

Life

The eldest son of John Murray II (1778-1843) by Anne Elliott, daughter of Charles Elliot, the Edinburgh publisher, he was born on 16 April 1808. When he was four years old his father moved the firm to 50 Albemarle Street, which became a meeting-place for men of letters. He was educated at Charterhouse School

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