James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl

James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl KT PC (28 September 1690–8 January 1764) was a Scottish peer and a patron of Niel Gow, the Scottish fiddler and composer.

James was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1690, the son of the 1st Duke of Atholl. From 1715 to 1724, he was Whig MP for Perthshire and he was a founding Governor of the Foundling Hospital, established in 1739 to alleviate London's problem with abandoned children.

On 28 April 1726, James married Jane Frederick and they had four children:

In 1748, James' first wife died and he then married Jean Drummond on 7 May 1749 in Edinburgh.

James died in 1764, aged 73 at Dunkeld, Scotland and was buried at Inveresk. His brother George Murray was a general in the Jacobite Rising which James did not join.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Lord James Murray	Member for Perthshire 1715–1724	Succeeded by David Graeme
Political offices
Preceded by The Duke of Argyll	Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland 1733–1763	Succeeded by Hon. James Stuart-Mackenzie
Preceded by The Duke of Queensbury	Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland 1763–1764	Succeeded by The Earl of Marchmont
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by John Murray	Duke of Atholl 1724–1764	Succeeded by John Murray
Peerage of England
Preceded by James Stanley	Baron Strange 1736–1764	Succeeded by Charlotte Murray

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