John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl

His Grace
The Duke of Atholl
KT
His Grace The Duke of Atholl KT
	The Duke of Atholl, c. 1860s
Lord-Lieutenant of Perthshire
	In office; 1878–1917
Monarchs	Victoria ; Edward VII ; George V
Preceded by	The Lord Kinnaird
Succeeded by	The Duke of Atholl
Personal details
Born	6 August 1840
Died	20 January 1917 (aged 76); Blair Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Nationality	British
Spouse	Louisa Moncreiffe (m. 1863; died 1902)
Children	7, including Dorothea, Evelyn, John, and James
Parent(s)	George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl; Anne Home-Drummond

John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl, KT (6 August 1840 – 20 January 1917), styled Marquess of Tullibardine between 1846 and 1864, was a Scottish peer.

Background and education

Atholl was the only child of George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl, and Anne, daughter of Henry Home-Drummond. He was educated at Eton.^[1]

He owned 201,000 acres in Perthshire.^[2]

Career

Atholl served in the Scots Fusilier Guards, achieving the rank of captain in 1864. The latter year he also succeeded his father in the dukedom. In 1865. he registered the additional surname of Stewart at the Lyon Court. From 1878 to 1917 he served as Lord-Lieutenant of Perthshire. He was appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1868 and was Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle from 1913 until his death.^[1] He is also remembered for having devoted years of his life to editing the records of the family and the related history.^[3]

Family

A few months before he succeeded his father, Lord Tullibardine married in 1863 Louisa Moncreiffe (11 June 1844 – 8 July 1902), daughter of Sir Thomas Moncreiffe of that Ilk, 7th Baronet. She took great interest in the Scottish Horse, a military regiment raised by her son Lord Tullibardine for service in South Africa during the Second Boer War (1899-1902), and one of her latest public events was to assist in the equipment of a reinforcement company for the regiment in early 1902.^[4] The Duchess of Atholl died in Italy on 9 July 1902, aged 58.^[4]

The Duke of Atholl remained a widower until his death at Blair Castle in January 1917, aged 76.

The couple had four sons (of whom the eldest died in infancy) and three daughters (all of whom survived to adulthood), including the Scottish folklorist Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray,^[5] and the collector of early Scottish music, Lady Dorothea Ruggles-Brise. After his death, the dukedom passed to his second but eldest surviving son, John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl,^[1] and later to his third son, Major James Stewart-Murray, 9th Duke of Atholl also known as James Murray. The 7th Duke has no known surviving descendants.^{[citation needed]}

Children

Lady Dorothea Louisa Stewart-Murray b. 1866; married Major Harold Goodeve Ruggles-Brise
Lady Helen Stewart-Murray b. 1867;
Lady Evelyn Stewart-Murray (1868–1940)
John Stewart-Murray (1869–1869), Marquess of Tullibardine – died in infancy
John George Stewart-Murray (1871–1942), Marquess of Tullibardine, later 8th Duke of Atholl;
Major Lord George Stewart-Murray (1873–1914)
Lord James Thomas Stewart-Murray (1879–1957), later 9th Duke of Atholl

References

^ ^a ^b ^c thepeerage.com Sir John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl
^ The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland
^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ ^a ^b "Obituary - the Duchess of Atholl". The Times. No. 36816. London. 10 July 1902. p. 10.
^ Anderson, Jane (2004). "Murray, Lady Evelyn Stewart (1868–1940)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40731. Retrieved 15 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)(subscription required)

External links

Media related to John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl at Wikimedia Commons

Works by or about John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl at the Internet Archive
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Atholl

Honorary titles
Preceded by The Lord Kinnaird	Lord Lieutenant of Perthshire 1878–1917	Succeeded by The Duke of Atholl
Preceded by First Holder	Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle 1913–1917	Succeeded by The Duke of Montrose
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by George Murray	Duke of Atholl 1864–1917	Succeeded by John Stewart-Murray
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Algernon Percy	Baron Percy 1865–1917	Succeeded by John Stewart-Murray

[thepeerage.com-1] thepeerage.com Sir John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl

[2] The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland

[3] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[TTobitDss-4] "Obituary - the Duchess of Atholl". The Times. No. 36816. London. 10 July 1902. p. 10.

[5] Anderson, Jane (2004). "Murray, Lady Evelyn Stewart (1868–1940)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40731. Retrieved 15 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)(subscription required)

[1]

v t e Chancellors of the Order of the Thistle
George V	John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar
Edward VIII	Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar
George VI	Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone
Elizabeth II	Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of Hirsel John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie
Charles III	David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch

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