Background
Murray was born in 1782 at Dunkeld, Perthshire, the son of John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl and his wife the Hon.
politician Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Murray was born in 1782 at Dunkeld, Perthshire, the son of John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl and his wife the Hon.
Before being granted the title of Baron Glenlyon in 1821, he was known from birth as Lord James Murray. Jane Cathcart. He was first commissioned into the British Army in 1798 and rose to the rank of Major-General by 1819. He served as a Gentleman of the Bedchamber from 1812 to 1832 and from 1813 to 1819 was also aide-de-camp to the Prince Regent.
He was created Baron Glenlyon, of Glenlyon, Perthshire, on 17 July 1821, and was promoted Lieutenant-General in 1837. Lord Glenlyon died at Fenton's Hotel, St James's Street, London, on 12 October 1837, aged fifty-five, and was buried on 30 October at Dunkeld. He died intestate. On 19 May 1810 Murray married Lady Emily Frances Percy, a daughter of General Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Covent Garden, London.
They had four children: Hon. Frances Julia Murray (died 4 November 1868) Hon. Charlotte Augusta Leopoldina Murray (died 2 May 1889) George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl (born 20 September 1814, died 16 January 1864) Colonel the Hon.
James Charles Plantagenet Murray (born 8 December 1819, died 3 June 1874).
[Royal Society; 4th United Kingdom Parliament]In 1807, he was elected Member of Parliament for Perthshire, holding the seat until 1812.