Earls of Dunmore (1686)

1st Earl of Dunmore, Charles Murray, b.1661, a.1686, d.1710

Charles Murray was the youngest son of John Murray, 1^st Marquess of Atholl. He reached the rank of Colonel in the Scots Greys in 1685 and was created 1^st Earl of Dunmore the following year, as well as 1^st Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillemot and 1^st Viscount Fincastle. After the Revolution, he was suspected of being a Jacobite, deprived of his offices and committed to prison periodically. When Queen Anne came to the throne he was created a Privy Counsellor, and he supported the Act of Union.

2^nd Earl of Dunmore, John Murray, b.1685, a.1710, d.1752

Son of the 1^st Earl and Catherine Watts (b.?, d.c.1711). He joined the army and saw considerable action across Europe, and was Colonel of the 3^rd Foot in 1713. In 1743 he fought a Dettingen as a Lieutenant-General and in 1745 was made a full General. He also served a period as Lord of the Bedchamber to George II and was a Representative Peer from 1727 to 1752.

3^rd Earl of Dunmore, William Murray, b.1696, a.1752, d.1756

Younger brother of the 2^nd Earl. He was found guilty of treason as a Jacobite in 1746 but pardoned by King George II.

4^th Earl of Dunmore, John Murray, b.1730, a.1756, d.1809

Son of the 3^rd Earl and the Honorable Catherine Murray, daughter of William Murray, 2^nd Baron Nairne (another son of the Marquess of Atholl). As well as acting as a Representative Peer from 1761 to 1784, he also served as Governor of New York and then Virginia prior to the American Revolution, and in 1787 as Governor of the Bahamas.

5^th Earl of Dunmore, George Murray, b.1762, a.1809, d.1836

Son of the 4^th Earl and Lady Charlotte Stewart (b.?, d.1818), daughter of Sir Alexander Stewart, 6^th Earl of Galloway. In addition to his existing titles, he was also made 1^st Baron Dunmore in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him an automatic seat in the House of Lords.

6^th Earl of Dunmore, Alexander Edward Murray, b.1804, a.1836, d.1845

Son of the 5^th Earl and Lady Susan Hamilton (b.1774, d.1846), daughter of Archibald Hamilton, 9^th Duke of Hamilton. He gained the rank of Captain in the 9^th Lancers, and was later Grand Master of the Masonic Order in Scotland. He gave this up on receiving the earldom.

7^th Earl of Dunmore, Charles Adolphus Murray, b.1841, a.1845, d.1907

Son of the 6^th Earl and Lady Catherine Herbert (b.?, d.1886), daughter of George Augustus Herbert, 11^th Earl of Pembroke. He gained the rank of Captain in the Scots Fusiliers before joining the government as Lord-in-Waiting from 1874 to 1880. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire in 1875.

8^th Earl of Dunmore, Alexander Edward Murray, b.1871, a.1907, d.1962

Son of the 7^th Earl and Lady Gertrude Coke (b.1847, d.1943), daughter of Sir Thomas William Coke, 2^nd Earl of Leicester. A career soldier, he first reached the rank of Lieutenant in the 16^th Lancers and served in Sudan and India, receiving the Victoria Cross for courage under enemy fire. He then fought in the Boer War, commanding the 31^st Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, a cavalry regiment he raised himself. Further awards for bravery include Member of the Royal Victorian Order and Distinguished Service Order. He continued earning bravery awards during the Boer War and the First World War, and retired from active service as a Major. He later served as a Lord-in-Waiting and as Deputy-Lieutenant of Inverness-shire.

9^th Earl of Dunmore, John Alexander Murray, b.1939, a.1962, d.1980

Grandson of the 8^th Earl and Dorothea Kemble (b.?, d.1966), and son of Edward David Murray (b.1908, d.1940, killed in action) and the Honorable Pamela Kate Hermon-Hodge (b.1908, d.1978). He served in the Cameronians and reached the rank of Lieutenant before entering the business world. On his death, the UK Barony became extinct.

10^th Earl of Dunmore, Reginald Arthur Murray, b.1911, a.1980, d.1981

When the 9^th Earl died, there were no close male relatives available to succeed, many of the military Murray family being killed in action during various conflicts. The nearest mail relative was a descendant of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Murray (b.1764, d.1842), a younger brother of the 5^th Earl. He married Deborah Hunt (b.?, d.1870). Their son Virginius Murray (b.1817, d.1861) married Elizabeth Alicia Poitiers (b.?, d.1877). Their son Reginald Augustus Frederick Murray (b.1846, d.1925) married Jane Louisa Otway Ford (b.?, d.1887). Their son Arthur Charles Murray (b.1882, d.1981) married Susan Maud Richards (b.?, d.1922), and two of their sons became earl in turn. He lived in Australia and had two daughters.

11^th Earl of Dunmore, Kenneth Randolph Murray, b.1913, a.1981, d.1995

Younger brother of the 10^th Earl, and at the time a village postmaster in Tasmania, Australia.

12^th Earl of Dunmore, Malcolm Kenneth Murray, b.1946, a.1995

Son of the 11^th Earl and Margaret Joy Cousins. As well as being the 12^th Earl, he is also 12^th Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillemot, and 12^th Viscount Fincastle. He also lives in Australia.

The courtesy title for the heir is Viscount Fincastle.