Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore

Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore PC (24 February 1661 – 19 April 1710) was a British peer, previously Lord Charles Murray.

The Earl of Dunmore
Portrait of Lord Charles Murray, by Godfrey Kneller, 1683
Born(1661-02-24)24 February 1661
Died19 April 1710(1710-04-19) (aged 49)
Spouse
Catherine Watts
(m. 1682; died 1710)
Children8
Parent(s)John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl
Lady Amelia Stanley

Early life

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Lord Charles Murray was born on 24 February 1661. He was the second son of Lady Amelia Anne Sophia Stanley and John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, a leading Scottish royalist and defender of the Stuarts during the English Civil War of the 1640s, until after the rise to power of William and Mary.[1] His elder brother John Murray, who inherited their father's marquessate in May 1703, was created 1st Duke of Atholl in June 1703. Among his younger brothers were Lord James Murray and William Murray, 2nd Lord Nairne.[2]

His maternal grandparents were John Murray, 1st Earl of Atholl and Jean Campbell (a daughter of Sir Duncan Campbell, 1st Baronet). His maternal grandparents were James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte de La Trémoille (a daughter of Claude de La Trémoille, duc de Thouars and Countess Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau).[2]

Career

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By 1685, he was a Colonel in the Scots Greys before rising to become a general in the British Army.[3]

He was created Earl of Dunmore and Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillimet, and Viscount of Fincastle,[4] all on 16 August 1686 in the Peerage of Scotland.[2] Lord Dunmore was imprisoned as a suspected Jacobite in 1689, again, in 1692, and lastly in 1696. Nevertheless, he served as Master of Horse to Princesses Mary and Anne. He was appointed Privy Counsellor in 1703.[3][5]

Personal life

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On 8 December 1682, Murray married Catherine Watts, daughter and heiress of Richard Watts of Great Munden, Hertfordshire. Together they had five sons and three daughters:[3]

Lord Dunmore died on 19 April 1710 and was succeeded by his son, John, as his eldest son, James, who was styled Viscount Fincastle, had died unmarried and without issue in 1704.[3]

Descendants

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Through his daughter Lady Anne, he was a grandfather of William Cochrane, 5th Earl of Dundonald, Lady Anne Cochrane (who married James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton), Lady Susan Cochrane (wife of Charles Lyon, 6th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and, after his death, George Forbes, Master of the Horse, to Prince Charles Edward Stuart),[8] and Lady Catherine Cochrane (wife of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway).[9]

Through his daughter Lady Catherine, he was a grandfather of one grandson who survived infancy, John Murray (father of William Murray Nairne, 5th Lord Nairne).[10]

References

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  1. ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914. p. 675. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1848. p. 340. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, pp. 1230–1232.
  4. ^ Henshaw, Victoria (5 June 2014). Scotland and the British Army, 1700-1750: Defending the Union. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-4725-0522-4. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  5. ^ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  6. ^ "Past Chiefs – Clan Cochrane Society of North America". clancochrane.org. Clan Cochrane Society of North America. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  7. ^ Debrett, John (1820). Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. p. 807. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  8. ^ Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1858. p. 957. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  9. ^ Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1851). The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales: With Their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects. E. Churton. p. 205. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  10. ^ Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1830. p. 549. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
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Peerage of Scotland
New creation Earl of Dunmore
1686–1710
Succeeded by