William Murray, 2nd Earl of Tullibardine (c. 1574–1626) was a

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landowner and courtier. He was the son of

John Murray, 1st Earl of Tullibardine John Murray, 1st Earl of Tullibardine ( – 5 July 1613) was a Scottish courtier and leader of the Clan Murray. Career He was born , the son of Sir William Murray of Tullibardine, William Murray of Tullibardine and Agnes Graham, a daughter of W ...

, and Catherine Drummond, daughter of David, 2nd Lord Drummond. He travelled abroad in 1594 to learn languages, first going to London with James Drummond of

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, and William Drummond, with a passport from the English ambassador Robert Bowes. According to the English diplomat George Nicholson, while at Perth in August 1601,

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appointed William Murray and James Drummond of Inchaffray as servants in his chamber. At the

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in 1603, William Murray came to London.

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wrote that in July 1603, "Now was the Master of Orkney and the Lord Tullibardine much in love in Mrs Cary and came thither o Norbury, where they were isolated because of illness">Norbury.html" ;"title="o Norbury">o Norbury, where they were isolated because of illnessto see us with George Murray in their company who was one of the King's bedchamber." In 1608 he plotted with his brother-in-law John Grant of Freuchie and Mr James Stewart, Commissary of John Grant of Freuchie (d. 1622)">John Grant of Freuchie and Mr James Stewart, Commissary of Dunkeld, to help the Earl of Atholl">Dunkeld">John Grant of Freuchie (d. 1622)">John Grant of Freuchie and Mr James Stewart, Commissary of Dunkeld, to help the Earl of Atholl escape from Edinburgh Castle. In 1616 he had a warrant to arrest Robert Crichton of Cluny Crichton Castle, Cluny. His men caught up with him in St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh, St Cuthbert's in Edinburgh and they fought in the church. On 14 March 1617 King James wrote to him from

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requesting his help preparing for his visit to Scotland. James wanted capercaillies and ptarmigans sent to Durham and to other stops on his way to

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, as examples of rare and precious Scottish cuisine.

Family

Murray married firstly in 1599 Cecilia Wemyss, daughter of

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. It has been suggested that a sonnet by the king, ''Nocht Orientall Christall Streemes'', was addressed to Cecilia.Sebastiaan Verweij, ''The Literary Culture of Early Modern Scotland'' (Oxford, 2017), pp. 71, 214-5; 'Ten Sonnets from Scotland', ''English Manuscript Studies'', 16 (2011), pp. 156-8. His second wife, who he married in 1604, Dorothea Stewart, was the daughter of

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, and Marie Ruthven. Their children included: * Mary Murray, who married Sir John Moncrieffe of Moncrieffe. * John Murray (d. 1642) became

Earl of Tullibardine Duke of Atholl, named after 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 ...

in 1626 and

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in 1629.

References

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Earls of Tullibardine