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Dates 1660s-1700
Location London, Chester
Vocation Army officer and Politician
Place of Birth Knowsley, Lancashire
Marriage Catherine Watts
Issue 10 children
Place of birth Source Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; J.B. Paul, The Scots Peerage: A History of the Noble Families of Scotland, 9 vols (Edinburgh, 1904-1914), iii, 383-6

First Earl of Dunmore. Most anglicized son of John Murray, 1st marquis of Atholl. Appointed lieutenant-colonel of Scots Greys dragoons (1681). MP for Wigan (1685). Suspected of fomenting Highland revolt and imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle (1689-90). Upon release retreated to England until 1700. Settled in Chester c.1696. Died at Holyrood Palace 1710.