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HERALDRY. 
guards, married, March 3, «759, Elizabeth, fecond 
daughter of John Gunning, efq. by Bridget Bourke, 
daughter of John vifcount Mayo ; her grace was created 
baronefs Hamilton, May 14, 1776; by which lady, who 
died during the life-time of his grace, he had iffue, 
George, who died an infant. George-William, the prc- 
fent duke. John-Douglas-Henry, born December 21, 
1777 ; married, January 1804, Mifs Campbell, daugh¬ 
ter of William Campbell, efq. of Fairfield.^ Augufta, 
born March 31, 1760; married Captain Clavering, fon 
of the Lte fir John Claverir.g, K. B. and-has iffue. 
Charlotte-Sufan-Maria, born June 21, 1775; married, 
June 14, 1796, to Captain Campbell. His grace, dying 
May 24, 1806, was fucceeded by his eldeft fon, George 
William, the prefent and fixth duke.—The prefurnptive 
and the latter had iffue, r. William. 2. Andrew, an¬ 
ceftor to lord vifcount Stormont of the kingdom of Scot¬ 
land, and to the earl of Mansfield. William, fon of the 
lafi-mentioned William, concurred In the eftablilhment 
of the reformed religion in 1560; and was one of the 
affociators by whom Mary queen of Scots was driven to 
take refuge in England, in 1568. He was conftituted, in 
1565, comptroller of the kingdom of Scotland ; and in 
1572, joint governor of king James VI. during his mi¬ 
nority. John,' his fon, was educated with James VI. 
and was confhtuted, in 1592, mafter of the.houfehold to 
that monarch. By the fame prince he was created, 
April 25, 1604, baron Murray of Tullibardine in the 
county of Perth ; and July 10, 1606, earl of Tullibar¬ 
dine. He had iffue, 1. William, fecond earl ofTullibar- 
heir is John-Douglas-Henry, only brother of the 1 prefent dine. 2. Patrick. 3. Mungo, who married Agnes, 
duke. daughter of fir Andrew Murray, of Balvaird, and niece 
Creations. —Duke of Argyll, Marquis of Kintyre to David, firft lord vifcount Stormont; in confequence 
and Lorn, Earl of Campbell and Ccrwal, Vifcount of which marriage he fucceeded as heir of entail to the 
Lochow and Glenilla, Lord of Inverary, Mull, Morven, title of lord vifcount Stormont. Upon his death the 
and Tyrie, Jti 
December 22, 1766. 
Residences —Inverary, and Campbell Town, in the 
county of Argyll; Rofneath in the county of Dumbar¬ 
ton ; and EalTng, in the county of Middlefex.—Town- 
houfe, Argyll-ftreet. 
Motto .—Vix ea noflra voco.—“ I can fcarcely call 
thefe things our own.” 
MURRAY (JOHN), Duke and Marquis of 
ATHOL, Marquis and Earl of Tullibardine, Vifcount 
Glenalmond, Lord of the Ifle of Man ; Earl Strange, 
and Baron Murray of Stanley, in the county of Glou- 
cefter; Baron Strange, of Knockyn; Knight of the 
Thiftle ; Lord Lieutenant and Hereditary Sheriff of 
Perthlhire, and keeper of Falkland; born June 30, 1755, 
and fucceeded his father, the late duke, November 4, 
Baron Sundridge, in Kent, title reverted, firfi: to James Murray earl of Annandale, 
and afterwards to the defcendants of a firfi coufin of 
David firfi lord vifcount Stormont, in which line it ftill 
William, fecond earl of Tullibardine, during the life¬ 
time of his father, was particularly inftrumental in lav¬ 
ing the life of James VI. in the tumult of the confpiracv 
of the earl of Gowrie, Auguft 5, 1600. He married 
Dorothea, daughter and heir of John Stuart, earl of 
Athol ; in confequence of which marriage he was per¬ 
mitted to furrender the earldom of Tullibardine in fa¬ 
vour of Patrick his brother ; and dying foon after, the 
title of earl of Athol, which had originally been grant¬ 
ed in 1457, was confirmed by Charles I. February 17, 
1629, to John, his only fon. James, fourth earl of Tul- 
libardine, fon of Patrick third earl of Tullibardine, fuf- 
fered death in 1646, in the eighteenth year of his age. 
1774 ; married, December 26, 1774, Jane, daughter of for his loyally to Charles I. and Willi: 
Lord Cathcart"; by which lady, who died September 4, 
1790, he had iffue, Charlotte, born Oftober 23, 1775 ; 
married, March 4, 1797, fir John Menzies, bai t, fince 
deceafed ; and married, fecondly, May 28, 1801, cap¬ 
tain Drummond, of the royal navy ; Mary-Louifa, died 
an infant; John, marquis of Tullibardine, heir apparent; 
born June 26, 1778 ; Amelia-Sophia, born July 5, 1780; 
James, born May 29, 1782 ; another fon, born Septem¬ 
ber 11, 1783, died in 1793 ; a daughter, born April 19, 
i 7 8 7 ; Edward, born October 15, 1788 ; died March 15, 
”■3 grace married, fecondly, March 11, 1794, 
Tullibardine, his brother, died without iffue, January 
26, 1670 ; upon which event the title reverted to John 
feco>'.d earl of Athol. 
John, firfi earl of Athol of the family of Murray, 
adhered to Charles I. upon the rupture in 1639 ; and his 
death, in 1642, was regarded as a great lofs to the royal 
caufe. John, fecond earl of Athol, and fixth earl of 
Tullibardine, difplayed an unfhaken attachment to the 
royal caufe during the predominance of the common¬ 
wealth ; and was conftituted,in 1663, lord juftice ge- 
al of the kingdom of Scotland ; to which office he 
Mifs'Forbes’, daughter of James lord Forbes, and re- added, in 1672, that of lord privy feal of the fame king- 
lift of lord Macleod, by whom he had a daughter, d 0 m. By Charles II. he was created, February 17, 
born in 179?, who died an infant; and a fon, born Ja- ,676, marquis of Athol. He attached himfelf to the 
nuary 1799. duke of Lauderdale, principal fecretary of ftate for the 
The noble family of Athol is defcended from Frif- kingdom of Scotland; and at his mitigation marched 
kintis a diftinguilhed chief in the reign of David I. king three thoufand.men againft the infurreftion of the wef- 
of Scotland, "and was one of thofe"Saxon nobles who tern counties; but upon his arrival, finding the country 
retired into’North Britain at the period of the Norman perfectly quiCt, he changed his plan, and immediately 
conqueft. William, third in defcent from Frifkinus, af- fet out for the court of Londo^, to reprefent the im- 
fumed the furname of de Morravia or Murray, from the 
county of Murray, in which he was feized of large pof- 
feffions. Sir Malcolm de Morravia, in the reign of king 
Alexander II. great grandfon of William, is the un¬ 
doubted anceftor of the prefent duke of Athol. Sir 
proper conduit of the duke. He was principally con¬ 
cerned in fupprefling the invafion of Archibald, ninth 
earl of Argyll, in 1685; which nobleman was thereup¬ 
on beheaded upon a fentence that had unjuftly been 
obtained againft him four years before. He refigned the 
William Murray of Tullibardine, his fon, took part 0 ffi C e of lord juftice general in 1678, and that of- lord 
• - - > .. 1 ■ _ 1 i — Kk^riPt-ihinn for the pr i v y feal at the era of the revolution. He married 
Amelia Sophia, daughter of James feventh earl of Der¬ 
by ; by which-lady he had iffue, 1. John, fecond mar¬ 
quis of Athol. 2. Charles, created by James II. Au- 
ouft 16, 1686, earl of Dunmore, in the county of Perth. 
3. William, who married Margaret, daughter and heir 
of Robert lord Nairn ; in confequence of which mar¬ 
riage he fucceeded to the title, and took the furnaimeof 
Nairn. 4. Mungo, who died in the expedition to the 
i ft limns of Darien, in 1697. The marquis of Athol died 
with Tohn Baliol in the famous competition tor the 
crown of Scotland, in 1292 ; and Andrew, his fon, was 
beheaded by the party of Bruce, in 1333 David, fourth 
in defcent from Andrew, had iffue, 1. William. 2. Pa¬ 
trick, anceftor to William, who was created by Charles 
I in 1646, baron Huntingtour, and earl o. Dyiart, in 
the kingdom of Scotland; which honours are now in 
the family of Tollemache. .. 
William, the eldeft fon of David, and William, his 
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during the reigns of James II. James-III. and James IV, May ^ j 703< 
John; 
