James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl
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Personal details | |
Born | James Murray 28 September 1690 Dunkeld, Perthshire , Scotland |
Spouses | Jane Frederick
(m. 1726; died 1748)Jean Drummond (m. 1749) |
Children | John Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine Lady Jane Murray Charlotte Murray, Duchess of Atholl James Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine |
Parent(s) | John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl Lady Catherine Hamilton |
James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl,
Life
Atholl was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and was the third son of John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl and Lady Katherine Hamilton.[1]
Vesting Duke of Atholl in James Murray Act 1715 | |
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Act of Parliament | |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 23 March 1716 |
In 1712, he was made captain of the grenadier company of the 1st Foot Guards. On the attainder in 1715 of his elder brother,
Duke of Atholl's Estate (Amendment) Act 1732 | |
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Act of Parliament | |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 17 May 1733 |
At the election of 1715, he was chosen
In June 1724, he was made Lord Privy Seal, succeeding
From 1737 to the general election of 1741, he sat in Parliament both as an English baron and as a Scottish representative peer. On the approach of the highland army after the Jacobite rising of 1745, Atholl fled southwards, and his elder brother, the Marquis of Tullibardine, took possession of Blair Castle. Atholl, however, joined the army of the Duke of Cumberland in England, and, arriving with him in Edinburgh on 30 January 1746, went northwards. On 9 February, he sent a summons to his vassals to attend at Dunkeld and Kirkmichael and join the king's troops. On 6 April 1763, Atholl resigned the office of privy seal on being appointed keeper of the great seal in succession to Charles Douglas (1698–1778), Duke of Queensberry and Dover. He was also at the same time made lord justice general. [2]
He was allegedly the first to plant
He died at Dunkeld on 8 January 1764, in his seventy-fourth year,[2] and was buried at Inveresk.
He was succeeded by in the barony of Strange by his daughter,
Family
Atholl married firstly Jane, daughter of Thomas Frederick (son of Sir John Frederick, Lord Mayor of London), on 28 April 1726. They had four children:
- John Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine (1728–1729), died in infancy.
- Lady Jane Murray (c. 1730–1747)
- Lady Charlotte Murray (1731–1805)
- James Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine (1735–1736), died in infancy.
After his first wife's death in 1748 he married secondly Jean, daughter of John Drummond, 10th of Lennoch, on 7 May 1749, in Edinburgh. There were no children from this marriage.
References
- ^ "James Murray (1690–1764), 2nd Duke of Atholl | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Henderson 1894.
- ^ "Grounds of Dunkeld Hilton House". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1894). "Murray, James (1690-1764)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co.