John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl
(1755-1830)
Born 30 June 1755 Dunkeld
Died 29 September 1830 Dunkeld
Buried Dunkeld
Married (1) 26 December 1774 London
The Hon. Jane Cathcart, daughter of Charles Schaw Cathcart,
9th Lord Cathcart and The Hon. Jean Douglas-Hamilton
Born 20 May 1754 London
Died 4 December 1790 London
Buried Dunkeld Cathedral
Married (2) 11 March 1794 St.Marylebone
Marjory Forbes, daughter of James Forbes, 17th Lord Forbes
and Catharine Innes
Born circa 1762
Died 3 October 1842 Dunkeld
In 1777 he raised a Regiment for the public service, named the 77th
Regiment of Foot or Atholl Highlanders. He was made Grandmasters of Freemasons
1778-1780. In 1780, being a Tory, he was elected a Representative Peer.
On 18 August 1786 he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain, being
created Baron Stuart of Stanley and Earl Strange. On 4 February 1793 he
was made Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of the Isle of Man, and
in 1794 Lord Lieutenant of county Perth till his death.
On 13 October 1805 he succeeded his mother in the Barony of Strange.
In 1781 he presented a petition praying for a bill to amend the provisions
of the Act of 1765, because of its having been unjust
to his family in the inadequate allowance granted for the sale of the
Isle of Man. However, the bill was lost in the House of Lords; and when
he tried again in 1790, it was postponed. In 1805 on a third
petition, however, it was carried. The rights granted to him he sold
for 409,000 pounds. Later, he introduced larch into Scotland and planted
millions of trees.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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