George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl

George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl

George Augustus Frederick John Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl KT (20 September 1814 – 16 January 1864) was the son of James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon.

On 29 October 1839, he married Anne Home-Drummond and they had one child:

*John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl (1840–1917)

He died in 1864, aged 49, from cancer of the neck.

As Lord Glenlyon, he formed the Atholl Highlanders in 1839 as his personal bodyguard. In 1844, when Queen Victoria stayed at Blair Castle, the Atholl Highlanders provided the guard for the Queen. So impressed was she with their turnout that she ordered they be presented with colours, giving them official status as a British regiment.


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