Lady Victoria A. Murray (1877-1925) was born in London, England, and died in Cheshire, England. She was the daughter of Earl Charles A. Murray and Countess Gertrude Murray, also known as Lord and Lady Dunmore, and was a goddaughter of Queen Victoria. After her mother experienced a healing while studying Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures in 1894, the family became devout Christian Scientists who made many trips to Boston, Massachusetts, over the years and met with Mary Baker Eddy. As a teenager, Victoria started healing people through prayer. She received Primary class instruction from a student of Eddy's, Julia Field-King. In 1901, at the invitation of Eddy, Lady Victoria, her parents and sister Lady Mildred took the Normal class taught by Edward A. Kimball in the Board of Education of The First Church of Christ, Scientist. They all joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 4, 1898 and, along with her brother Alexander E. Murray, were also made honorary members in September 1903. Murray settled in Manchester, England, teaching the first Christian Science class there in December 1901. Along with Florence Coutts-Fowlie, she helped organize (1902) and build (1904) First Church of Christ, Scientist, Manchester, which was dedicated in 1908. It was the second Christian Science church organized in Great Britain and the first Christian Science church edifice erected in Great Britain. In February 1904, along with her parents and sister Lady Mildred, Murray helped establish the General Association of Teachers, London, England. She was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science teacher and practitioner in Manchester from 1901 until her death. Lady Victoria A. Murray is considered a pioneer in bringing Christian Science to Northern England. Besides devoting her life to Christian Science, Murray's chief interests included breeding livestock, rabbits, and poultry on her 300-acre farm in Prestbury, a village in Cheshire.

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