Marquess of Atholl

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The Marquess of Atholl is a Scottish noble title historically associated with the powerful Murray family, whose holders played prominent roles in the political and social life of Scotland and later Great Britain.

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Marquess of Atholl canonical 4

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marquessate
noble title
associatedEstate Atholl estates
linked to: Atholl Estates
associatedWith Clan Murray
Highland regiments (historically raised by the family)
Jacobite era
category Marquesses in the Peerage of Scotland
Scottish nobility
country Scotland
hereditary true
higherTitle Duke of Atholl
historicalEra Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom of Scotland
historicalRole British politics
Scottish politics
nobleFamily Murray family
notableFamilyName Murray of Atholl
linked to: Duke of Atholl
notableSeat Blair Castle
notableSeatCounty Perth and Kinross
notableSeatLocation Blair Atholl
peerage Peerage of Scotland
rank marquess
region Perthshire
Scottish Highlands
style The Most Honourable
succession male-preference primogeniture (historically typical)
titleLanguage English
Scots
titleTerritorialDesignation Atholl
traditionalAllegiance Royalist cause (historically, in Scotland)
traditionalClanChief Chief of Clan Murray

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John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl nobleTitle Marquess of Atholl
Earl of Atholl hasHigherTitleRelated Marquess of Atholl
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl nobleTitle Marquess of Atholl
Dukedom of Atholl subsidiaryTitlesInclude Marquess of Atholl