John Murray, 5th Duke of Atholl (26 June 1778 – 14 September 1846) was a duke in the

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, a

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officer and a major landowner in Scotland. Declared insane at the age of twenty, he never sat in the

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. He held the office of

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from 1830 until his death. His titles included

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, Marquess and Earl of Atholl, Marquess and Earl of Tullibardine, Earl of Strathtay and Strathardle, Viscount of Balquhidder, Glenalmond and Glenlyon, Lord Murray of Tullibardine, Lord Gask and Balquhidder, all in the peerage of Scotland; Baron Strange in the

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, and Earl Strange and Baron Murray in the

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at thepeerage.com, Retrieved 21 March 2011 Lord John Murray was born on 26 June 1778 at Dunkeld,

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, the second son of the 4th Duke by his marriage to the Hon. Jane Cathcart, daughter of Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart, and

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on 17 July 1778. However, his older brother died in childhood, leaving him as heir to the family titles and estates, and from then until his father's death in 1830 he was known by the

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Marquess of Tullibardine Duke of Atholl, named for Atholl in Scotland, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland held by the head of Clan Murray. It was created by Queen Anne in 1703 for John Murray, 2nd Marquess of Atholl, with a special remainder to the heir male of h ...

. He was educated at

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and in 1797 was commissioned as an ensign into the 61st Regiment of Foot. However, in 1798 he was declared of "unsound mind". The Duke never married and died childless and insane at Greville Place, St John's Wood,

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, on 14 September 1846 at the age of sixty-eight after a life of seclusion. He was succeeded by his nephew George Murray, the son of the Duke's younger brother

James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon Lieutenant-General James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon (29 May 1782 – 12 October 1837), styled as Lord James Murray until 1821, was a British Army officer, Member of Parliament and peer. Life Murray was born in 1782 at Dunkeld, Perthshire, the ...

(1782–1837) The baron had managed the family and ducal affairs on behalf of his older brother following their father's death.

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