Social Victorians/People/Atholl

Also Known As

• Family name: Murray or Stewart-Murray
• Duke of Atholl
  • John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl (16 January 1864 – 20 January 1917)
  • John George Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl (20 January 1917 – 16 March 1942)
• Duchess of Atholl
  • Louisa Moncreiffe Stewart-Murray (16 January 1864 – 8 July 1902)
  • Title unoccupied 8 July 1902 – 20 January 1917
  • Katharine Marjory Ramsay Stewart-Murray (20 January 1917 – 21 October 1960)
• Marquess of Tullibardine (misspelled as Talllibardine)
  • John George Stewart-Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine ( – 20 January 1917)
• Atholl or Athole; a number of subsidiary titles are associated with the dukedom of Atholl, including the Marquess of Tullibardine for the heir apparent to the Duke of Atholl; the heir apparent to the Marquess of Tullibardine has the courtesy title Earl of Strathtay and Strathardle; the heir apparent to the Earl of Strathtay has the courtesy title Viscount Balquhidder. Other courtesy titles associated with the Duke of Atholl are Earl Strange and Baron (or Lord) Percy. The Duke of Atholl is the chief of Clan Murray.
• The Graham Murray family is a different family.

Timeline

1863 October 29, John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray and Louisa Moncreiffe married, at Moncreiffe House.

1895 February 5, Lady Dorothea Louisa Stewart-Murray and Harold Goodeve Ruggles-Brise married.

1897 July 2, Friday, John George Stewart-Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine and Lord George Stewart-Murray attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

1899 July 20, John George Stewart-Murray (later the 8th Duke) and Katharine Marjory Ramsay married at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, in London.

1902 July 8, Louisa Moncreiffe Stewart-Murray died.

1916 December 28, Lady Helen Stewart-Murray and David Alexander Tod married.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball

John George Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl when Marquess of Tullibardine and Lord George Stewart-Murray in costume as two Highland gentlemen, A.D. 1745. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

John George Stewart-Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine and Lord George Stewart-Murray

John George Stewart-Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine (at 343) and Lord George Stewart-Murray (at 344) attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

• The Morning Post says they were dressed as Mousquetaires et Militaires de l'Epoque in the Louis XV. and Louis XVI period quadrille.
• Lafayette's portrait of "John George Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl when Marquess of Tullibardine and Lord George Stewart-Murray as two Highland gentlemen, A.D. 1745" in costume is photogravure #253 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "The Marquess of Tullibardine and Lord George Stewart-Murray as two Highland gentlemen, A.D. 1745."

Demographics

• Nationality: Scots

Family

• John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl (6 August 1840 – 20 January 1917)
• Louisa Moncreiffe Stewart-Murray (11 June 1844 – 8 July 1902)

1. Lady Dorothea Louisa Stewart-Murray (25 March 1866 – 28 December 1937)
2. Lady Helen Stewart-Murray (20 April 1867 – 1 December 1934)
3. Evelyn Stewart-Murray (17 March 1868 – 30 July 1940)
4. John Stewart-Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine (30 August 1869 – 31 August 1869)
5. John George Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl (15 December 1871 – 16 March 1942)
6. George Stewart-Murray (17 February 1873 – 14 September 1914)
7. James Thomas Stewart-Murray, 9th Duke of Atholl (18 August 1879 – 8 May 1957)

Notes and Questions

1. Lady Helen Stewart-Murray, daughter of the Duke of Atholl, is not the same as this Lady Mary Stewart, Helen Mary Theresa Vane-Tempest-Stewart, daughter of the Marquess of Londonderry (at 43), who was dressed as the Archduchess Marie Christine in the Austrian procession. The NPG portrait says "Helen Mary Theresa (née Vane-Tempest-Stewart), Countess of Ilchester when Lady Helen Stewart." The Lady Helen Stewart of this family is not the right Lady Helen Stewart.