- Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore
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Charles Adolphus Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore VD (24 March 1841–27 August 1907), styled Viscount Fincastle from birth until 1845, was a Scottish peer and Conservative politician.
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Background
Fincastle was the eldest son of Alexander Murray, 6th Earl of Dunmore and his wife, Catherine. His maternal grandmother being the Russian noblewoman Countess Catherine Woronzoff (or Vorontsova), daughter of the Russian ambassador to St James's, Semyon Romanovich Vorontsov.
Career
In 1874, he was appointed a Lord-in-Waiting in Disraeli's government, a post he held until 1880. In 1875 he was made Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire, which he remained until 1885. In 1882 he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st Inverness-shire Rifle Volunteers (later the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders). He retired in 1896. In 1892-93 he traveled through the eastern Pamirs to Kashgar. He was apparently engaged in some form of diplomacy or espionage, but the matter is not clear[1].
Family
Lord Dunmore married Lady Gertrude Coke, third daughter of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, on 5 April 1866. They had five children:
- Alexander Edward, styled Viscount Fincastle, later 8th Earl of Dunmore (1871–1962)
- Lady Evelyn (d. 1963), married John Dupuis Cobbold.
- Lady Muriel (d. 1946), married Harold Gore Browne.
- Lady Grace (1873–1960), married William James Barry, Esq.
- Lady Victoria Alexandrina (1877–1925), married Alfred Templer, 27th Baron Templer (1868-1952)
- Lady Mildred (1878–1969), married (1) Gilbert Follet, (2) Sir John FitzGerald, 3rd Baronet.
References
- ^ Robert Middleton and Hew Thomas, 'Tajikistan and the High Pamirs', 2008
Political offices Preceded by
The Earl of Breadalbane and HollandLord-in-Waiting
1874–1880Succeeded by
The Earl of ZetlandHonorary titles Preceded by
The Duke of MontroseLord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire
1875–1885Succeeded by
The Duke of MontroseMilitary offices Preceded by
Vacant
(prev. The Duke of Clarence)Colonel of the 1st Volunteer Battalion
of the Cameron Highlanders
1896–1908Succeeded by
Sir John EwartPeerage of Scotland Preceded by
Alexander MurrayEarl of Dunmore
1845–1907Succeeded by
Alexander MurrayCategories:- Earls in the Peerage of Scotland
- Conservative Party (UK) Baronesses- and Lords-in-Waiting
- Recipients of the Volunteer Decoration
- Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders officers
- Lord-Lieutenants of Stirlingshire
- 1841 births
- 1907 deaths
- Explorers of Central Asia
- British people of Russian descent
- Clan Murray
- Scottish nobility stubs
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