MURRAY, John (1660-1724) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 24 Feb. 1660, 1st s. of John Murray, mq. of Atholl [S], and Amelia, da. of James Stanley^†, 7th earl of Derby; bro. of Ld. Charles Murray^‡ and Ld. James Murray^‡. m. (1) 24 May 1683, Katherine (d. 9 or 10 Jan. 1707), Post Man & the Historical Account, 18-21 Jan. 1707. da. of William Hamilton (formerly Douglas), 3rd duke of Hamilton [S] and earl of Selkirk [S], and sis. Charles Douglas, (formerly Hamilton) 2nd earl of Selkirk [S] George Hamilton, earl of Orkney [S], James Hamilton, 4th duke of Hamilton [S] and duke of Brandon, 7s. (4 d.v.p.) 6da. (5 d.v.p.); (2) contract 26 June 1710 (with 25,000 merks), Mary (d. 1767), da. of William Ross^†, 12th Ld. Ross [S], 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.). KT 7 Feb. 1704. d. 14 Nov. 1724. Chrons. Atholl and Tullibardine Fams. ii. 5–6, 123; NAS, GD 406/1/6459.

Offices Held

Commr. inquiry into Glencoe massacre [S] 1693, auditing accts. of treasury [S] 1695, exch. [S] 1696 – 98, justiciary, Highlands [S], 1697 – aft.1702, visitation of univs. [S] 1697; jt. sec. of state [S] 1696 – 98; PC [S] 1696 – 98, 1702 – 04, PC 1712 – 14; ld. high commr. to parl. [S] 1696 – 98, to gen. assembly Ch. of Scotland 1712, 1713, 1714; ld. privy seal [S] 1703 – 04, 1713 – 14; extraordinary ld. of session 1712–d. CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 445; CSP Dom. 1696, pp. 20, 168, 195; CSP Dom. 1697, pp. 79, 538; CSP Dom. 1698, pp. 179, 347; CSP Dom. 1702–3, pp. 353, 479; HMC Hamilton, ii. 147.

Capt. of ft. Perth militia 1682; commr. supply, Perths. and Fife 1690; sheriff Perth 1695 – d.; ld. lt. Perth 1715 – d.; stewart principal, Fife by 1709. TNA, SP 54/7/82; Blair Atholl, Atholl mss, 44/II/17.

Col. of ft. [S] 1694 – 97.

Chan. St Andrews Univ. 1697 – d.

Parlimentarian

MURRAY, John (1660-1724)

Associated with: Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Perth; Huntingtower Castle, Perth; Dunkeld House, Perth.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by T. Murray, Blair Castle, Blair Atholl; oil on canvas, circle of John Medina, National Trust for Scotland, Haddo House.

Author

Townend, Graham

Hayton, David

Volume

Lords 1660-1715