Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore (1661–1710) was a British peer, previously Lord Charles Murray. The second son of

John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, KT (2 May 16316 May 1703) 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. He succeeded as 2n ...

, he rose to become a general in the

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and was created

Earl of Dunmore Earl of Dunmore is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. History The title was created in 1686 for Lord Charles Murray, second son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl. He was made Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillimet (or Tullimet) and ...

, Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillimet (or Tullimet) and Viscount of Fincastle, all in the Peerage of Scotland, in 1686.

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Dunmore married Catherine Watts, daughter of Richard Watts, on 8 December 1682, and together they had five sons and three daughters: *Capt. James, Viscount Fincastle (7 Dec 1683 - 29 Sep 1704) *Henrietta Maria (c. 1684 - 27 Oct 1702) married

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. They had no issue. * General John Murray, 2nd Earl of Dunmore (31 Oct 1685 - 18 Apr 1752) *Brig.-Gen. Hon. Robert Murray (7 Jan 1689 - 9 Mar 1738) married Mary Halkett, daughter of

Sir Charles Halkett, 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

and Janet Murray the granddaughter of both Sir William Murray, 1st Baronet of Dunerne and great granddaughter of

William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling (c. 1567 in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire12 February 1640) was a Scottish courtier and poet who was involved in the Scottish colonisation of Charles Fort, later Port-Royal, Nova Scotia in 1629 and Long I ...

. They had one known daughter, Catherine. *

William Murray, 3rd Earl of Dunmore William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

(2 Mar 1696 - 1 Dec 1756) *Lt.-Gen. Hon. Thomas (June 1698 - 21 Nov 1764) married Elizabeth Arminger, and had one known daughter by her, Frances Maria. *Lady Anne Murray (d. 30 Nov 1710). She married John Campbell Cochrane, 4th Earl of Dundonald. They had three sons, and a daughter, Lady Anne Cochrane (1707-1724) who married

James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton and 2nd Duke of Brandon KT FRS (5 January 1703 – 2 March 1743) was a Scottish peer, the son of the 4th Duke of Hamilton. Hamilton attended Winchester College from 1716 to 1717. He matriculated at Christ ...

. *Lady Catherine, who married John Murray, Master of Nairne, son of

William Murray, 2nd Lord Nairne William Murray, 2nd Lord Nairne (''c.'' 1665 – 3 February 1726) was a Scottish peer and Jacobite who fought in the Rising of 1715, after which he was attainted and condemned to death for treason, but in 1717 he was indemnified and released. ...

. They had multiple children, but of three sons who survived infancy only one, John, lived to adulthood. one of John's son was

William Murray Nairne, 5th Lord Nairne William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

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