Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore
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The Earl of Dunmore | |
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 Portrait of Lord Charles Murray, by Godfrey Kneller, 1683 | |
| Born | 24 February 1661 |
| Died | 19 April 1710 (aged 49) |
| Spouse |
Catherine Watts
(m. 1682; died 1710) |
| Children | 8 |
| Parent(s) | John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl Lady Amelia Stanley |
Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore PC (24 February 1661 – 19 April 1710) was a British peer, previously Lord Charles Murray.
Lord Charles Murray was born on 24 February 1661. He was the second son of Lady Amelia Anne Sophia Stanley and John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, a leading Scottish royalist and defender of the Stuarts during the English Civil War of the 1640s, until after the rise to power of William and Mary.[1] His elder brother John Murray, who inherited their father's marquessate in May 1703, was created 1st Duke of Atholl in June 1703. Among his younger brothers were Lord James Murray and William Murray, 2nd Lord Nairne.[2]
His paternal grandparents were John Murray, 1st Earl of Atholl and Jean Campbell (a daughter of Sir Duncan Campbell, 1st Baronet). His maternal grandparents were James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte de La Trémoille (a daughter of Claude de La Trémoille, duc de Thouars and Countess Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau).[2]
Career
By 1685, he was a Colonel in the Scots Greys before rising to become a general in the British Army.[3]
He was created Earl of Dunmore and Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillimet, and Viscount of Fincastle,[4] all on 16 August 1686 in the Peerage of Scotland.[2] Lord Dunmore was imprisoned as a suspected Jacobite in 1689, again, in 1692, and lastly in 1696. Nevertheless, he served as Master of Horse to Princesses Mary and Anne. He was appointed Privy Counsellor in 1703.[3][5]
