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William Murray was born on 14 April 1689, at Huntingtower near Perth, Scotland, second son of John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl (1660–1724) and his first wife, Katherine Hamilton (1662–1707). One of more than 20 children, when his elder brother John was killed at Malplaquet in August 1709, he became Marquess of Tullibardine and heir to the ...
Murray's sister was the influential Annabell Murray, Countess of Mar (died February 1603), who was the keeper of the young James VI of Scotland at Stirling Castle. There was a story, promoted by the secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots , John Lesley , that the king found the "testament of Bothwell" in Tullibardine's papers in 1577 and was pleased ...
William Murray, 1st Earl of Dysart (c. 1600 – December 1655) was a Scottish peer and courtier. During his childhood, he was educated with the future King Charles I. Later, he served as a Groom of the Bedchamber for Charles I of England before subsequently serving as an advisor to the
William Murray and his brother extended the family chapel at Tullibardine He was a son of William Murray (died February 1525), and Katherine Gray, a daughter of Andrew, Lord Gray. [ 1 ] William Murray was appointed Steward and Forester of Strathearn in August 1473 by James III of Scotland .
The title was granted in 1643 to William Murray, who had earlier represented Fowey and East Looe in the English House of Commons. He was made Lord Huntingtower at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland. Murray had been a lifelong friend of King Charles I, in fact having been his whipping boy while the latter was Prince of Wales. [1] [2]
William Murray, 2nd Earl of Tullibardine He was the son of John Murray, 1st Earl of Tullibardine , and Catherine Drummond, daughter of David, 2nd Lord Drummond. He travelled abroad in 1594 to learn languages, first going to London with James Drummond of Innerpeffray , and William Drummond, with a passport from the English ambassador Robert ...
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, PC (2 March 1705 – 20 March 1793), was a British judge, politician, lawyer, and peer best known for his reforms to English law. Born in Scone Palace , Perthshire , to a family of Scottish nobility , he was educated in Perth before moving to London at the age of 13 to study at Westminster School .
William David Mungo James Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield, 7th Earl of Mansfield, DL, JP (7 July 1930 – 21 October 2015), styled Lord Scone until 1970, was a British nobleman and Conservative politician.