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P0063 · Person · 1682-1742

He was the only son of James Graham, 3rd Marquess of Montrose and Lady Christian Leslie. On 31 March 1702 he married Christian Carnegie, daughter of David Carnegie, 3rd Earl of Northesk. Together they had several sons, including William Graham and Lord George Graham.

Originally the fourth Marquess of Montrose, James was elevated to a dukedom in 1707, as a reward for his important support of the Act of Union, whilst being Lord President of the Scottish Privy Council. He was Lord High Admiral of Scotland from 1705 to 1706. He was Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland from 1709 to 1713 and served as Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland from 1716 to 1733. He was also a Lord of the Regency for Great Britain in 1714, upon the death of Queen Anne. Furthermore, he served rather shortly as Secretary of State for Scotland at the time of the Georgian ministry of Lord Townshend. In 1719 he was one of the main subscribers to the Royal Academy of Music (1719), a corporation that produced baroque opera on the stage. He served as a Governor of London's Foundling Hospital at the time of its foundation in 1739. For much of his adult life he was Chancellor of the University of Glasgow.

Apart from his political career, the Duke is frequently associated with Robert MacGregor, who is popularly remembered by the name of Rob Roy. Graham was a primary creditor of MacGregor whom the latter blamed for his financial ruin; MacGregor then carried out a feud with Graham for some years.

Gibson, Cecilia, d. 1737
P0065 · Person · d. 1737

Married William Murray of Polmaise. Daughter of Gibson of Durie, and had a son, who died in infancy.

P0064 · Person · d. 1748

David Murray, 6th Viscount of Stormont (c.1690-23 July 1748) was a Scottish peer, succeeding to the Viscountcy of Stormont on his father David's death in 1731 and holding it until his own death. His mother was Marjory Scott, and among his brothers were the Earl of Mansfield and the Jacobite James Murray. The 6th Viscount was also tended towards Jacobitism, writing the unpublished poem An Elegy sacred to the Memory of John, Earl of Strathmore, who was killed in 1715, memorialising this Jacobite's death at the Battle of Sheriffmuir.

Murray, James, 1685 – 1743
P0059 · Person · 1685 – 1743

Son of John Murray of Touchadam and Polmaise. Born 21 November 1685. Died 1743.

Murray, John, c. 1720 –
P0069 · Person · c. 1720 –

Son of George Murray and uncle to William Murray of Polmaise.

Murray, Margaret, d. 1746
P0057 · Person · d. 1746

Married John Haldane, 2nd of Lanrick. Died 1746 (see PD189/2/267).

P0070 · Person · c. 1708 – 1778

Sir John Douglas, 3rd Baronet Kelhead (c. 1708 – 13 November 1778) came from a junior branch of the Douglas family and was related to the Dukes of Queensberry. In 1741, he was elected Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire, a borough controlled by the Queensberry interest.

Like many members of the Tory party, he was a Jacobite sympathiser and his brothers Erskine (c. 1725-1791) and Francis (c. 1726-1793) participated in the 1745 Rising. He was arrested in August 1746 after Murray of Broughton provided evidence he visited Charles outside Stirling in January. Released in 1748 without charge, he was excluded from the 1747 Act of Indemnity and forced to resign his seat.

Constantly in financial difficulty, Douglas was imprisoned for debt in January 1778 and died in November; he was succeeded by his son William.

P0004 · Person · 1752 – 1838

Third son of William Murray, born 16th November 1752; died 6th April 1838. He married, 14th January 1789, Isabella, daughter of Professor Hercules Lindsay, and had a
son :

John Murray of Touchadam and Polmaise, born 5th July 1797 ; died 15th April 1862.