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Murray, John, 1755-1830
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1755-1830
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MURRAY, JOHN, 4TH DUKE OF ATHOLL (S), eldest son of John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl (S) KT, and his cousin Lady Charlotte Murray, Baroness Strange, dau. of James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl (S); b. 30 Jun 1755; in school lists 1764; at Eton Coll. 1767-70; succ. father as 4th Duke of Atholl (S) 5 Nov 1774; raised the Atholl Highlanders in 1777; a Representative Peer for Scotland 1780-6; created Earl Strange (GB) 18 Aug 1786; Capt. -Gen. and Commander in Chief, Isle of Man 4 Feb 1793; Lord Lieut., Perthshire, from 1798; succ. mother as Baron Strange (E) 13 Oct 1805; FRS 9 Nov 1780; Privy Councillor 28 Jun 1797; KT 3 Apr 1800; m. 1st, 26 Dec 1774 Hon. Jane Cathcart, Maid of Honour to Queen Charlotte, dau. of Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Baron Cathcart (S) (qv); m. 2nd, 11 Mar 1794 Hon. Margery Forbes, widow of John, Lord Macleod, and eldest dau. of James Forbes, 16th Baron Forbes (S); d. 29 Sep 1830.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.