MURRAY, John Earl of Atholl 2User ID: H837. General Notes: "The earldom of Tullibardine was created 10 July 1606 in the person of Sir John Murray, then Lord Murray of Tullibardine, ancestor of the Duke of Atholl. His son William, the second Earl, who married the heiress of John, Earl of Atholl, in expectation of succeeding to that earldom, on the death of James, the last (Stewart) Earl of Atholl, initiated, with the consent of his only son, a resignation of his Tullibardine titles and estates in favour of his younger brother. Sir Patrick Murray. The terms of the procuratory of resignation are unknown and the arrangement was not then carried out, the Earl dying soon after. He was buried, 30 July 1627, at St. Margaret's, Westminster, as Earl of Tullibardine. His son and successor John, presumably thereupon became third Earl of Tullibardine, but it is doubtful if he ever used that title, as we find him styled in his service as heir to John, Earl of Atholl (who died 1512), merely John Murray, eldest son of the deceased Dorothy Stewart, Countess of Tullibardine. The retour is dated 6 August 1628, and was ratified by a Great Seal Charter, 17 February 1629, creating him Earl of Atholl without prejudice to any right he may have had under the aforesaid service." John married Jean CAMPBELL, daughter of Sir Duncan CAMPBELL 7th of Glenorchy, Baronet and Elizabeth SINCLAIR, on 6 June 1630.1 (Jean CAMPBELL was born about 1612.) Marriage Notes: "He (John Murray) died June 1642, to the great loss of the King's service, having married, 6 June 1630, Jean, youngest daughter of Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy, by Elizabeth Sinclair, his wife, by whom he had issue" |