Editing Gilbert Murray (section)

== Early life ==
Murray was born in Sydney, Australia. He came from an Irish Catholic family and his ancestors fought at the [[Battle of the Boyne]] and in the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798|1798 Rebellion]]. His family all supported [[Irish Home Rule movement|Irish Home Rule]] and were critical of the British government's actions elsewhere in [[British Empire|the Empire]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Symonds |first1=Richard |title=Oxford and Empire: The Last Lost Cause? |publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=80–98 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198203001.003.0006}}</ref> His father, Sir [[Terence Aubrey Murray]], who died in 1873, had been a Member of the New South Wales Parliament; Gilbert's mother, Agnes Ann Murray (née Edwards), ran a girls' school in Sydney for a few years. Then, in 1877, Agnes emigrated with Gilbert to the UK, where she died in 1891.{{sfn|Wilson|1987|p=3}}

Murray was educated at [[Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood|Merchant Taylors' School]] and [[St John's College, Oxford]], where he took his [[B.A.]] in 1886 in [[Greats]] with first-class honours with congratulations. He distinguished himself in writing both Greek and Latin, winning the Gaisford Prize for Greek Prose Composition, The Gaisford Prize for Greek Verse Composition, and the Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Composition.