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Earl of Dunmore Earl of Dunmore is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The title Earl of Dunmore was created in 1686 for Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore, Lord Charles Murray, son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl. The title passed down through genera ...

, reign = , reign-type = , tenure = 19 April 1710 – 18 April 1752 , predecessor = Charles Murray (father) , successor = William Murray (brother) , suc-type = , spouse = , spouse-type = , issue-type = , issue = , issue-link = , issue-pipe = , full name = , native_name = , styles = , other_titles = {{ubl, Viscount of Fincastle, Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tullimet , noble family = Clan Murray , house-type = Scottish clan , father = Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore , mother = Catherine Watts , birth_name = , birth_date = {{Birth date, 1685, 10, 31, df=y , birth_place = , christening_date = , christening_place = , death_date = {{Death date and age, 1752, 04, 18, 1685, 10, 31, df=y , death_place = , burial_date = , burial_place = , wars_and_battles = Capture of Vigo , offices = {{ubl, 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards,

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. The second son of Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore (1661–1710), and the grandson of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, Murray became heir to his father's titles and estates in 1704 on the death of his older brother, James, Viscount Fincastle (1683–1704). He succeeded his father as

when he died, aged forty-nine, on 19 April 1710.Charles Mosley, ed., ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th ed., vol. 1, (Burke's Peerage, 2003), p. 1232 In 1719 he was one of the commanders of the British forces at the successful Capture of Vigo during the

War of the Quadruple Alliance The War of the Quadruple Alliance, 1718 to 1720, was a conflict between Spain and a coalition of Austria, Great Britain, France, and Savoy, joined in 1719 by the Dutch Republic. Most of the fighting took place in Sicily and Spain, with minor engag ...

.Brendan Simms, ''Three Victories and a Defeat: The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire'' (Penguin Books, 2008), p. 141 Dunmore sat in the

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from 1713 to 1715 and again from 1727 until his death, unmarried, in 1752. He had three younger brothers, two of whom also became British Army generals: Brigadier-General Robert Murray (1689–1738) and

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Thomas Murray (1698–1764); the third, William Murray (1696–1756) was a supporter of the Old Pretender and in 1746 pleaded guilty to

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, but was pardoned and in 1752 succeeded his brother as third earl.

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John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

British military personnel of the War of the Quadruple Alliance