Lord James Murray was a Scottish Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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Murray was the third son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl

John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl

John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, KT was 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 in 1689...

, by Lady Amelia Anne Sophia, daughter of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby

James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby

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, and was born at Knowsley Hall

Knowsley Hall

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, Lancashire

Lancashire

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, the seat of the Stanley family. John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl

John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl

John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, KT, PC was a Scottish nobleman, politician, and soldier. He served in numerous positions during his life, and fought in the Glorious Revolution for William III and Mary II....

 and Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore

Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore

Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore was a British peer, previously Lord Charles Murray.The second son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, he rose to become a general in the British Army and was created Earl of Dunmore, Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillimet and Viscount of Fincastle, all...

, were his elder brothers. He was returned to parliament for Perthshire

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 in 1710, a seat he held until 1715, when he was succeeded by his nephew, Lord James Murray

James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl

James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl KT PC , styled Marquess of Tullibardine between 1715 and 1746, was a Scottish peer.-Background:...

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Murray married Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Murray. He died at Perth

Perth, Scotland

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in December 1719, aged 56.