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Lt-Gen James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon

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Birthplace: Dunkeld, Perth-shire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: October 12, 1837 (55)
Fenton's Hotel, St. James's Street, London
Immediate Family:

Son of John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl and Hon. Jane Murray
Husband of Lady Emily Frances Murray
Father of George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl; Charlotte Augusta Leopoldina Murray; Frances Juliet Murray and James Charles Plantagenet Murray
Brother of Lady Charlotte Murray; John Murray, 5th Duke of Atholl; Lady Amelia Sophia Murray and Elizabeth Murray
Half brother of Charles Forbes and Catherine Forbes

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About James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon

Wikipedia Biographical Summary

Lieutenant-General James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon FRS KCH (29 May 1782 – 12 October 1837) was a British Army officer, member of parliament and peer. Before being granted the title of Baron Glenlyon in 1821, he was known from birth as Lord James Murray.

Life

Murray was born in 1782 at Dunkeld, Perthshire, the son of John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl and his wife the Hon. Jane Cathcart. He was first commissioned into the British Army in 1798 and rose to the rank of Major-General by 1819. In 1807, he was elected Member of Parliament for Perthshire, holding the seat until 1812. He served as a Gentleman of the Bedchamber from 1812 to 1832 and from 1813 to 1819 was also aide-de-camp to the Prince Regent. He was created Baron Glenlyon, of Glenlyon, Perthshire, on 17 July 1821, and was promoted Lieutenant-General in 1837.

He also managed family affairs on behalf of his older brother John Murray, 5th Duke of Atholl, who had been declared insane at age 20.

Lord Glenlyon died at Fenton's Hotel, St James's Street, London, on 12 October 1837, aged fifty-five, and was buried on 30 October at Dunkeld. He died intestate.

Wife and children

On 19 May 1810 Murray married Lady Emily Frances Percy, a daughter of General Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Covent Garden, London. They had four children:

  • Hon. Frances Julia Murray (died 4 November 1868)
  • Hon. Charlotte Augusta Leopoldina Murray (died 2 May 1889)
  • George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl (born 20 September 1814, died 16 January 1864)
  • Colonel the Hon. James Charles Plantagenet Murray (born 8 December 1819, died 3 June 1874)

SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 29 October 2013, 13:08 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Murray,_1st_Baron_G...> [accessed 20 November 2013]

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James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon's Timeline

1782
May 29, 1782
Dunkeld, Perth-shire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1814
September 20, 1814
1819
December 8, 1819
1837
October 12, 1837
Age 55
Fenton's Hotel, St. James's Street, London
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