James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon
Lieutenant-General James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon KCH FRS (29 May 1782 – 12 October 1837), styled as Lord James Murray until 1821, was a British Army officer, Member of Parliament and peer.
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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[1]
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:[1][3]
- Hon. Frances Julia Murray (died 4 November 1868), who married Colonel Hon. Charles Henry Maynard, the son of Henry Maynard, 3rd Viscount Maynard, and had no children[4]
- Hon. Charlotte Augusta Leopoldina Murray (died 2 May 1889), who married Reverend Court Granville and had no children[4]
- 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), who married Elizabeth Marjory Fairholme and had no children[4]
Honours
- Fellow of the Royal Society, 9 April 1818.[1]
- Knight Commander of the Hanoverian Order, 1820.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Lt.-Gen. Sir James Murray, 1st Lord Glenlyon at thepeerage.com. Retrieved 24 July 2008
- ^ Masters, Brian (1988). The Dukes. London: Frederick Muller. ISBN 0-09-173700-1.
- ^ Cokayne et al., eds, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, Volume I (new edition, 1910), page 321
- ^ a b c Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999. Page 135.
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