Sir Edward Henry Murray (born 4 May 1958) is an American-born British High Court judge.
Murray was born on 4 May 1958 in Washington, DC, United States and attended St. Anselm's Abbey School in Washington, DC. He completed an MA in philosophy at Trinity College Dublin in 1980 and a JD cum laude at Harvard Law School in 1985.[1][2]
In 1986, he was admitted to the New York State Bar and was an associate of Sidley & Austin from 1986 to 1990. In 1992, he was admitted as a solicitor and joined Allen & Overy as an associate, being promoted to partner in 1993 and served in the derivates structure group at the firm until 2013. He is a naturalised UK citizen. Though he did not have a background as an advocate, he was appointed as a recorder in 2009 and a deputy High Court judge in 2013.[1][2]
On 1 October 2018, Murray was appointed a judge of the High Court and assigned to the King's Bench Division.[3][4] He took the customary knighthood in the same year. Since 2022, he has been Presiding Judge of the South Eastern Circuit.[1]
On 12 July 2024, Murray sentenced Gavin Plumb to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 16 years, for the foiled abduction and murder plot of former This Morning television presenter Holly Willoughby.[5]
In 1984, he married Andrea Stang, with whom he has one daughter; they later divorced in 2018. In 2019, he married Bina Pandey.[1]
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