James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon

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.

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)

Honours

• Fellow of the Royal Society, 9 April 1818.
• Knight Commander of the Hanoverian Order, 1820.

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Graham	Member of Parliament for Perthshire 1807 – 1812	Succeeded by James Drummond
Peerage of Scotland
New creation	Baron Glenlyon 1837 – 1864	Succeeded by George Murray