MURRAY, William 2nd Earl of Tullibardine, Sir 1
User ID: C141. Noted events in his life were: 1. Resigned: as Earl of Tullibardine, and Lord Murray, Gask and Balquhidder, 1 April 1626. 3 William married Cecilia WEMYSS, daughter of Sir John WEMYSS of that Ilk, Admiral of the Forth and Mary STEWART, 30 October 1599(contract).1 (Cecilia WEMYSS was born about 1584.) Marriage Notes: "On 1 April 1626 he resigned his earldom of Tullibardine in favour of his brother, Sir Patrick Murray, having, it is said, obtained a promise from the King that the earldom of Atholl should be allowed to his issue by his wife Lady Dorothy Stewart. Lord Tullibardine, however, died before 30 January 1628 in London, and was buried in the chapel of Tullibardine, and it was not until the following year that the whole plan was carried into effect. He married, first (contract dated 30 October 1599), Cecilia, eldest daughter of Sir John Wemyss of Wemyss, but had no isssue by her" William next married Dorothy STEWART, daughter of John STEWART 5th Earl of Atholl and Mary RUTHVEN, September 1604(contract).1 (Dorothy STEWART was born about 1581.) Marriage Notes: "He (William Murray) married .... secondly, in September 1604 (contract dated 24, 26, 27, and 28 September 1604, by William Couper, minister of Perth, afterwards Bishop of Galloway), Dorothy, eldest daughter and heir of John Stewart, Earl of Atholl, and niece of the above-mentioned Earl of Gowrie, by whom he had issue" |