Former Ambassador Peter K. Murphy, a Winchester native and at one time the representative of the Sovereign Order of Malta in the Principality of Monaco, recently announced taking a position as consultant to a Monaco law firm.In 2010, the Winchester Star reported Murphy was decorated at the headquarters of the Sovereign Order with the Order with the Grand Cross "Pro Merito Melitensi" in recognition of his having established the Order's first diplomatic mission in the Principality.