John Murray, 2nd Earl of Dunmore, also Viscount of Fincastle and Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tullimet, was a Scottish peer and British Army general.
Background
The second son of Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore (1661–1710), and the grandson of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, Murray became heir to his father"s titles and estates in 1704 on the death of his older brother, James, Viscount Fincastle (1683–1704).
Career
He succeeded his father as Earl of Dunmore when he died, aged forty-nine, on 19 April 1710. In 1719 he was one of the commanders of the British forces at the successful Capture of Vigo during the War of the Quadruple Alliance. Dunmore sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish Representative Peer from 1713 to 1715 and again from 1727 until his death, unmarried, in 1752.