Arms of the Duke of Atholl

The title of Duke of Atholl, named after Atholl , in Scotland , has been created only once in British history by Queen Anne in 1703 as a promotion of the very old as Mormaer or Count of Atholl. It has an ancient history and very complex.

The present Duke holds numerous subsidiary titles, including: Marquess of Atholl (created 1676), Marquess of Tullibardine (1703), Earl of Atholl (1629), Earl of Tullibardine (1629 and 1676), Earl of Strathtay and Strathardle (1703), Viscount of Balquhidder (1676), Lord Murray of Tullibardine (1604) and Lord Murray, Balvenie and Gask (1676). All titles belong to the Peerage of Scotland.

The eldest son and heir of the Duke has the courtesy title of Marquis of Tullibardine. Between 1846 and 1957 , the Duke was also Baron Glenlyon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , entitling him to sit in the House of Lords. At the extinction of the barony in 1957, the Duke of Atholl had the dubious honor of being the peer of the highest rank without a seat in the House of Lords (removed in 1963 when all the hereditary peers were obtained the right to sit in this body).

Mormaer of the Earl of Atholl refers to the authority of the counts on the medieval province of Atholl in the Highlands , currently in northern Perthshire.

Atholl is a particular county because we know a king of Atholl period Pictish : mac Talorgan Drostan. The only other two Pictish kingdoms known from contemporary sources are Fortriu and Circinn.

Indeed, a document from the early ^thirteenth century known as the modern scholars: Located in the statement relates qu'Atholl Albania was an ancient Pictish kingdom. At the ^eleventh century , the famous Dunkeld Crnn have obtained Mormaer function.

Ties with the monarchy continued with Mel Muire of Atholl , who was the son of King Donnchad ^I , and the younger brother of Mel Coluim III mac Donnchad. Matad was perhaps the most famous Mormaers, father of Harald Maddadsson , a famous rebel of the Scottish crown and perhaps the first Gaelic direct Orkney as Earl of Orkney. The line Mel Muire and Crnn died when Forbhlaith of Atholl , daughter of Henry Mormaer married David Hastings.

The last marriage gave birth to a daughter, Ada , who married the Strathbogie family, a family mid mid Gaelic Norman native Fife. The Strathbogie ruled the county before the wars of Scottish independence , when the Clan Campbell succeeded him. The title eventually passed to the Stuarts.

Command and traditional residence

Privileges inherent in the title includes the title of the only private army of Europe , the "Atholl Highlanders".

The traditional residence of the Dukes of Atholl is the castle of Blair, although the family has owned many other castles and residences in the past, including Huntingtower Castle, Balvenie Castle, Castle Tullibardine and Dunkeld House ( the last two homes were demolished).

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List of Mormaers / Counts

Mormaer / Earl of Atholl

• Dubdon of Atholl (in 960s)
• ?
• Crnn Dunkeld ? ( 1045)
• ?
• Mel Muire of Atholl (in 1130s)
• Matadi (Earl of Atholl) ( about 1151-1161)
• In 1159 - 1 198 Mel Coluim (Earl of Atholl) ( in the 1190s)
• 1198 - 1,201 : Henry (Earl of Atholl) ( 1201)
• 1,201 - one thousand two hundred thirty-five : Isabella (Countess of Atholl daughter
  • Husband Thomas Galloway ( 1232)
  • husband Alan Durward Earl of Atholl 1 234 - one thousand two hundred thirty-five
• 1235 - 1 242 Padraig (Earl of Atholl) ( 1242) son of Isabella and Thomas Galloway.
• In 1242 - 1,247 Forbhlaith (Countess of Atholl) youngest daughter of Henry ( 1247]
  • Husband David Hastings ( 1247]
• Ada (Countess of Atholl) daughter (d. 1264)
  • husband John of Strathbogie
• One thousand two hundred forty-seven - 1269 : David I Strathbogie (Earl of Atholl) ( 1269)
• In 1270 - 1306 : John Strathbogie (Earl of Atholl) ( 1306)
• 1306 - 1314 : David II Strathbogie (Earl of Atholl) ( 1326), as forfeited 1314
  • One thousand three hundred and thirty-four - one thousand three hundred thirty-five : David III Strathbogie (Earl of Atholl) ( 1335), reinstated and then owner.
  • David IV Strathbogie (Earl of Atholl) ( 1369), holder

Earl of Atholl, Second Creation ( 1320 )

• 1320 - one thousand three hundred thirty-three : John Campbell ( 1333).

Earl of Atholl, Third Creation ( 1341 )

• 1341 : William Douglas ( 1353).

The title is made from its inception.

Earl of Atholl, fourth creation ( 1342 )

• 1342 - in 1371 : Robert Stuart (1316-1390), became Robert II of Scotland in 1371.

Earl of Atholl, fifth Creation ( 1398 )

• 1398 - 1,402 : David Stuart ( 1402), Duke of Rothesay since 1398. Son of Robert III.

Earl of Atholl, sixth creation ( 1403 )

• 1 403 - one thousand four hundred and six : Robert Stuart (1340-1420), Duke of Albany since 1398. Son of Robert II.

Lost the title on the death of his brother, Robert III of Scotland , in 1406.

Earl of Atholl, seventh Creation (c. 1409 )

• 1 409 - one thousand four hundred thirty-seven : Walter Stuart ( 1437), son of Robert II.

Title confiscated in 1437.

Earl of Atholl, Eighth Creation ( 1457 )

• 1 457 - 1 512 : John Stuart (1440-1512);
• In 1512 - one thousand five hundred twenty-one : John Stuart ( 1521);
• 1521 - one thousand five hundred and forty-two : John Stuart (1507-1542);
• 1,542 - 1,579 : John Stuart ( 1579);
• 1579 - one thousand five hundred ninety-five : John Stuart (1563-1595).

Earl of Atholl, ninth Creation ( 1596 )

Replacement with the title of Lord Innermeath (1469).

• 1596 - in 1603 : John Stuart (1566-1603);
• 1603 - 1,625 : John Stuart ( 1625).

Earl of Tullibardine, first creation ( 1606 )

• 1606 - in 1609 : John Murray ( 1609);
• 1,609 - 1626 : William Murray (c. 1574-1626).

The title is rendered in 1626.

Earl of Tullibardine, Second Creation ( 1628 )

• 1,628 - 1 644 : Patrick Murray (1578-1644);
• One thousand six hundred forty-four - 1 670 : James Murray (1617-1670);
• 1,670 - one thousand seven hundred and three : John Murray (1631-1703). Became Marquess of Atholl in 1676.

Earl of Atholl, tenth Creation ( 1629 )

• In 1629 - one thousand six hundred forty-two : John Murray ( 1642);
• One thousand six hundred and forty-two - one thousand seven hundred and three : John Murray (1631-1703). Became Marquess of Atholl in 1676.

List of Marquis

Marquess of Atholl ( 1676 )

• One thousand six hundred and seventy-six - one thousand seven hundred and three : John Murray (1631-1703);
• 1703 - in 1724 : John Murray (1660-1724). Became Duke of Atholl in 1703.

List of Dukes

Duke of Atholl ( 1703 )

• 1703 - in 1724 : John Murray (1660-1724);
• One thousand seven hundred and twenty-four - 1,764 : James Murray (1690-1764);
• In 1764 - 1774 : John Murray (1729-1774);
• 1,774 - 1 830 : John Murray (1755-1830);
• One thousand eight hundred thirty - 1 846 : John Murray (1778-1846);
• One thousand eight hundred forty-six - 1,864 : George Augustus Frederick John Murray (1814-1864);
• One thousand eight hundred sixty-four - 1,917 : John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray (1840-1917);
• One thousand nine hundred and seventeen - 1,942 : John George Stewart-Murray (1871-1942);
• In 1942 - one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven : James Thomas Stewart-Murray (1879-1957);
• One thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven - 1996 : George Iain Murray (1931-1996);
• since 1996 : John Murray (born 1929).

His heir Bruce George Ronald Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine (born 6 April 1960 ).
Heir to Lord Tullibardine: Michael Murray, Earl of Strathtay and Strathardle (born 5 March 1985 ).

Baron Glenlyon (1821-1957)

• 1821 - one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven : James Murray (1782-1837)
• One thousand eight hundred thirty-seven - 1,864 : George Augustus Frederick John Murray ^(2nd Baron Glenlyon) (1814-1864) became Duke of Atholl in 1846.

For other barons, see: Duke of Atholl.

See also

• Atholl
• History of Scotland

Bibliography

• Alan Orr Anderson, Early Sources of Scottish History AD 500-1286, 2 vols, Edinburgh, 1922
• John L. Roberts, Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages, Edinburgh, 1997

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