Family and Education
b. 8 May 1663, 3rd s. of John Murray, 1st Mq. of Atholl [S] by Lady Amelia Anne Sophia, da. of James Stanley†, 7th Earl of Derby and sis. of Hon. Edward† and Hon. William Stanley†; bro. of Ld. Charles Murray†, Earl of Dunmore [S]. m. c.1684, Anne (d. 1726), da. and h. of Sir Robert Murray (formerly Crichton), of Castle Murray, co. Donegal and Glenmuir, Ayr, 2s. d.v.p. 4da. (1 ). Scots Peerage ed. Paul, i. 475; 7th Duke of Atholl, Chrons. Atholl and Tullibardine Fams. i. 115, 154, 198.
Offices Held
Capt. R. Regt. Ft. (1 Ft., later R. Scots), 1684–6, Ld. John Murray’s Ft. 1696.
Burgess, Glasgow 1694, Edinburgh 1696; commr. justiciary for Highlands [S] 1697; dep. bailie, regality of Atholl 1700.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Dowally, Dunkeld, Perth.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
MURRAY, Ld. James (1663-1719)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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