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Hudson's Bay Co. figure Dick Murray quietly passes away
J Richards Dick Murray, pivotal in moving HBC head office from London to Winnipeg on May 2 1970, dies at 80 in Boothbay Harbour Maine. Born Winnipeg, he rose to MD Canada in 1959 and led the 1973 transfer of governance to Canada, securing the first Canadian Governor for the company.
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Aromantic
Hudson's Bay Company
J. Richard
Dick) Murray
London
Winnipeg
England
Charles II
Dick Murray
Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg Tribune
Marcus Aurelius
Murray
Boothbay Harbour
Maine
Manitoba
Mr. Murray
Montreal
McGill University
Royal Canadian Navy
Texas
External Affairs
Ottawa
Washington
HBC
Beaver Hall
Company of Adventurers of
Hudson’s Bay
Hudson Bay
Arctic Ocean
San Francisco Bay
Labrador
Hawaii
Canada
Hudson Bay House
CNR
Main St
Lord Amery
The
Bay
Queen Elizbbeth
New World
Nonsuch
Museum of Man and Nature
George T. Richardson