John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl Knight of the Order ot the Thistle, Personal Computer, Federal Reserve System, styled Marquess of Tullibardine from 1764 to 1774, was a Scottish peer.
Background
Murray was the eldest son of John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl and his wife, Charlotte, 8th Baroness Strange, daughter of James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl. He became known by the courtesy title Marquess of Tullibardine when his father succeeded to the dukedom in 1764. Murray succeeded his father as fourth Duke of Atholl in 1774 and was elected a Scottish Representative Peer.
Career
In 1786 he was created Baron Murray, of Stanley in the County of Gloucester, and Earl Strange in the Peerage of Great Britain, which gave him an automatic seat in the House of Lords. He later served as Lord-Lieutenant of Perthshire from 1794 to 1830 and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1797. In 1800 he was made a Knight of the Thistle.
He succeeded his mother in the barony of Strange in 1805.
He was also Grand Master of the Antient Grand Lodge of England from 1775 until 1781 and again from 1791 until 1812. He wrote "Observations on Larch" in 1807 encouraging further its cultivation, which he practiced on a large scale.
Atholl married the Honourable Jane Cathcart, daughter of Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart, on 26 December 1774. They had three children:
John Murray, 5th Duke of Atholl (1778–1846)
Lady Amelia Sophia Murray (5 July 1780 – 19 June 1849).
James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon (1782–1837)
They had two children who both died young.
The Duchess of Atholl died in October 1842, aged 81. Namesake of Athol, Nova Scotia.