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 This family history helps answer the above questions. In doing so, it records fascinating characters and great stories, and provides an intriguing window on the past. We try to give as much context as is needed to understand the family history, but equally hope that the individual lives help us understand the past. TLM-P is its focus point as he was the founder of the largest (but not the only) branch of the Murray-Prior family in Australia. There is considerable information about him and the family, but it is scattered and some of it is misleading. So, on the initiative of Tom A. and M. Therese M-P,((Tom is a descendant of TLM-P and his first wife. When we list T.A & M.T. M-P under provenances of an item, it has come down the family line to succeeding Thomas M-Ps, or been acquired by Tom A. and M. Therese M-P.)) we are integrating this information, matching it up and verifying it when we can. It is written by [[http://Judithgodden.com.au|Judith Godden]]((Judith is a descendant of TLM-P and his second wife Nora. When Judith is listed under an item's provenance, it has generally come down the line from Nora M-P to her children Robert and/or Ruth, then from her father to Judith.)) with web know-how supplied by John Cameron. It first looks at the family in England and Ireland, then in Australia. It aims to be comprehensive, but does //not// need to be read linearly - you can pick your own starting point and click on as many links as you want for further information - or none at all.\\  This family history helps answer the above questions. In doing so, it records fascinating characters and great stories, and provides an intriguing window on the past. We try to give as much context as is needed to understand the family history, but equally hope that the individual lives help us understand the past. TLM-P is its focus point as he was the founder of the largest (but not the only) branch of the Murray-Prior family in Australia. There is considerable information about him and the family, but it is scattered and some of it is misleading. So, on the initiative of Tom A. and M. Therese M-P,((Tom is a descendant of TLM-P and his first wife. When we list T.A & M.T. M-P under provenances of an item, it has come down the family line to succeeding Thomas M-Ps, or been acquired by Tom A. and M. Therese M-P.)) we are integrating this information, matching it up and verifying it when we can. It is written by [[http://Judithgodden.com.au|Judith Godden]]((Judith is a descendant of TLM-P and his second wife Nora. When Judith is listed under an item's provenance, it has generally come down the line from Nora M-P to her children Robert and/or Ruth, then from her father to Judith.)) with web know-how supplied by John Cameron. It first looks at the family in England and Ireland, then in Australia. It aims to be comprehensive, but does //not// need to be read linearly - you can pick your own starting point and click on as many links as you want for further information - or none at all.\\ 
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-For TLM-P and at least one son and two grandsons, a core of their family identity was the belief that they were descended from powerful kings. We can't understand TLM-P without knowing about this belief, and its flaws. The first part of the section on [[edward_i_butler_morres_and_lodge_families|"Air castles"]] examines the belief but, sorry, we provide no basis for a claim on Buckingham Palace!\\+For TLM-P and at least one son, two grandsons and a great-grandson (all from different lines of the family), a core of their family identity was the belief that they were descended from powerful kings. We can't understand TLM-P without knowing about this belief, and its flaws. The first part of the section on [[edward_i_butler_morres_and_lodge_families|"Air castles"]] examines the belief but, sorry, we provide no basis for a claim on Buckingham Palace!\\
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 The next part traces the Prior part of the Murray-Prior family from the 13th to the 18th century. It is short on royalty, but big on drama. There are land grabs, winner-takes-all politics, riotous living, elopement, murder, blackmail, assassination, illegitimate babies, high-minded defence of Ireland, bankruptcy, religious conflict, key battles of the British army.... At the end of this period, on the initiative of the great Tom Prior, the Priors and Murrays combined to become the Murray-Priors, and soon after begin the long tradition of naming the first-born son Thomas. After that we move to Australia with TLM-P's life and that of his descendants.\\ The next part traces the Prior part of the Murray-Prior family from the 13th to the 18th century. It is short on royalty, but big on drama. There are land grabs, winner-takes-all politics, riotous living, elopement, murder, blackmail, assassination, illegitimate babies, high-minded defence of Ireland, bankruptcy, religious conflict, key battles of the British army.... At the end of this period, on the initiative of the great Tom Prior, the Priors and Murrays combined to become the Murray-Priors, and soon after begin the long tradition of naming the first-born son Thomas. After that we move to Australia with TLM-P's life and that of his descendants.\\
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