James Stewart-Murray, 9th Duke of Atholl

Who was James Stewart-Murray, 9th Duke of Atholl?

Major James Stewart-Murray, 9th Duke of Atholl, styled Lord James Stewart-Murray until 1942, was a Scottish peer and soldier.

Stewart-Murray was the fourth and youngest son of John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl, and Louisa, daughter of Sir Thomas Moncreiffe of that Ilk, 7th Baronet. He was educated at Eton. He was a Major in the 1st Battalion of the Cameron Highlanders and fought in the Second Boer War, where he was mentioned in despatches and won two medals and six clasps, and in the First World War, where he was wounded, captured and held as a Prisoner of War. He became a Freemason in Lodge St. John, No. 14 at the same time as his elder brother Lord George in 1914. In 1942, aged 62, he succeeded his elder brother John in the dukedom.

Atholl died unmarried in May 1957, aged 77. On his death the barony of Strange fell into abeyance while the barony of Percy was passed on to his kinsman the 10th Duke of Northumberland. The baronies of Murray and Glenlyon and earldom of Strange became extinct.