Marquess of Tullibardine | |
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Born | 14 April 1689 Perth, Scotland |
Died | 9 July 1746 Tower of London | (aged 57)
Resting place | Church of St Peter ad Vincula |
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Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
Occupation | Landowner and soldier |
Military service | |
Years of service | 1707–1712 (Royal Navy) 1715–1719 & 1745–1746 (Jacobite) |
Rank | Lieutenant (Royal Navy) Lieutenant General (Jacobite) |
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William Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine (14 April 1689 – 9 July 1746) was a Scottish nobleman and Jacobite who took part in the rebellions of 1715, 1719, and 1745.
Attainted for his role in 1715, his younger brother James succeeded as Duke of Atholl in 1724, although Tullibardine was made Duke of Rannoch in the Jacobite peerage. After the 1719 rebellion, he spent the next 25 years in France, where he lived in extreme poverty and seemed to have suffered from physical and mental illness.
Nevertheless, he was one of the Seven Men of Moidart who accompanied Prince Charles to Scotland in July 1745, while another brother Lord George Murray served as a senior leader of the Jacobite army. Captured after Culloden in April 1746, he died in the Tower of London on 9 July.