Andrew Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin Trinity College, Cambridge. Murray was called to the Scottish Bar in 1874 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1891. The latter year he was also elected Member of Parliament for Bute, a seat he held until 1905, and appointed Solicitor General for Scotland in Lord Salisbury's Conservative administration. The Conservatives lost power in 1892 but when they returned to office in 1895 under Salisbury, Murray was once again made Solicitor-General for Scotland. In 1896 he was promoted to Lord Advocate and sworn of the Privy Council. He remained as Lord Advocate when Arthur Balfour became Prime Minister in 1902, but
Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom to at least one other Prime Minister by blood or marriage. Two sets of father and son have successively held the office: The only brothers to hold the office were Henry Pelham, who was succeeded on his death in 1754 by the Duke of Newcastle. Pitt the Younger and Lord Grenville (who directly succeeded the latter in office) were the only set of full cousins to hold the office, their fathers being brothers-in-law. There have been three blood uncle-nephew sets of Prime Ministers: Lord Wilmington was two-greats uncle of Spencer Perceval, whose mother, Catherine ( Compton), Baroness Arden, was a