Murray, John (London) 2

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Dates 1742-7, 1761-64
Location London
Vocation Army officer and politician
Place of Birth Strowan, Perthshire
Marriage Charlotte Murray
Issue 7 sons, 4 daughters
Place of birth Source History of Parliament Online

3rd Duke of Atholl. Educated at Eton College (1742-5) and Soho Academy (1746-7). Captain in Loudoun’s Regiment, though deprived of his commission (1745-6). Elected MP for Perthshire with support of the Duke of Argyll. Supported the Administration, attaching himself to the Earl of Bute. Died 1774.