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Atholl died unmarried in February 1996, aged 64, with the titles passing to his second cousin, once removed, John Murray, a South African land surveyor. The day before the death of the 10th Duke, it was announced that he had given Blair Castle and most of his estates to a charitable trust, thus effectively disinheriting his heir.
Lady Cowdray's great-grandson Iain Murray became the 10th Duke of Atholl. The duke's estate, Blair Castle, was in financial ruin at the time he inherited it. To protect it from being sold off, Lady Cowdray paid off the bank debt and gifted a large sum of money to her granddaughter Angela Pearson, the duke's mother, to set up The Blair ...
Duke of Atholl, named after Atholl in Scotland, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland held by the head of Clan Murray.It was created by Queen Anne in 1703 for John Murray, 2nd Marquess of Atholl, with a special remainder to the heir male of his father, the 1st Marquess.
10th Duke of Atholl: John Murray 1929–2012 11th Duke of Atholl: John Alexander Murray 1939–1980 9th Earl of Dunmore, Viscount of Fincastle, and Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillimet, 5th Baron Dunmore: Barony Dunmore extinct, 1980: Adam Humphrey Drummond b. 1953 17th Baron Strange, 12th Baron of Megginch: Bruce George Ronald Murray 12th ...
10th Duke of Atholl: John Murray 1929–2012 11th Duke of Atholl: John Alexander Murray 1939–1980 9th Earl of Dunmore, Viscount of Fincastle, and Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillimet, 5th Baron Dunmore: Barony Dunmore extinct, 1980: Adam Humphrey Drummond b. 1953 17th Baron Strange, 12th Baron of Megginch: Bruce George Ronald Murray 12th ...
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl; James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl; John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl; John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl; John Murray, 5th Duke of Atholl; George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl; John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl; John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl; James Stewart-Murray, 9th Duke of Atholl; Iain Murray, 10th ...
Bruce George Ronald Murray, 12th Duke of Atholl OStJ (born 5/6 April 1960), is a South African-born businessman and peer who is the chief of Clan Murray. [1] As Duke of Atholl, he has the right to raise Europe's only legal private army, the Atholl Highlanders, a unique privilege granted to his family by Queen Victoria after visiting Blair Atholl in 1844.
10th Duke of Atholl: John Murray 1929–2012 11th Duke of Atholl: John Alexander Murray 1939–1980 9th Earl of Dunmore, Viscount of Fincastle, and Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillimet, 5th Baron Dunmore: Barony Dunmore extinct, 1980: Adam Humphrey Drummond b. 1953 17th Baron Strange, 12th Baron of Megginch: Bruce George Ronald Murray 12th ...