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. It was created in 1643 for Sir Patrick Murray, 1st Baronet
Patrick Murray, 1st Lord Elibank
Patrick Murray, 1st Lord Elibank , known as Sir Patrick Murray, 1st Baronet, from 1628 to 1643, was a Scottish peer.Murray was son of Sir Gideon Murray of Elibank...
, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever. He had already been created a Baronet, of Elibank, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1628. His great-great-grandson, the fifth Lord, was an author and economist. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the sixth Lord, who was an Admiral
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in the Royal Navy
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. On his death the titles passed to his nephew, the seventh Lord. He represented Peeblesshire
Peeblesshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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in the House of Commons
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and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire
Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire. The Lieutenancy has been replaced by the Lieutenancy of Tweeddale.*Alexander Murray, 7th Lord Elibank 12 May 1794 – 24 September 1820...
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His great-grandson, the tenth Lord, was also Lord Lieutenant of Peebleshire. In 1911 he was created Viscount Elibank, of Elibank in the County of Selkirk, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. His eldest son and heir apparent, Alexander Murray, Master of Elibank
Alexander Murray, 1st Baron Murray of Elibank
Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, 1st Baron Murray of Elibank PC , called The Master of Elibank between 1871 and 1912, was a Scottish nobleman and Liberal politician. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury under H. H...
, was a Liberal
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politician and was created Baron Murray of Elibank in 1912. However, he predeceased his father and the Viscount was succeeded by his younger son, the second Viscount. He sat as Member of Parliament
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for Glasgow St Rollox and served as Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire. On his death the titles passed to his younger brother, the third Viscount. He represented Kincardineshire
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in Parliament as a Liberal.
However, on his death in 1962 the viscountcy became extinct while he was succeeded in the baronetcy and lordship by his third cousin, the thirteenth Lord. He was the great-grandson of the Hon. James Murray, fourth son of the seventh Lord. He was succeeded by his first cousin, the fourteenth and present holder of the titles. He is the son of Robert Alan Erskine-Murray, uncle of the thirteenth Lord.
The Honourable Alexander Murray of Elibank, fourth son of the fourth Lord, played a significant role in an abortive Jacobite
Jacobitism
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conspiracy, in 1752, thereafter known as the Elibank Plot. He afterwards retired to France, where for some years he was, as "Count Murray", the representative of the Jacobite claimant "James III and VIII"
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, known as the "Old Pretender", who created him Earl of Westminster in the Jacobite Peerage
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, with remainder to heirs male of the body of his father, the fourth Lord Elibank.
Lords Elibank (1643)
- Patrick Murray, 1st Lord ElibankPatrick Murray, 1st Lord ElibankPatrick Murray, 1st Lord Elibank , known as Sir Patrick Murray, 1st Baronet, from 1628 to 1643, was a Scottish peer.Murray was son of Sir Gideon Murray of Elibank...
(d. 1649) - Patrick Murray, 2nd Lord Elibank (d. 1661)
- Patrick Murray, 3rd Lord Elibank (d. 1687)
- Alexander Murray, 4th Lord Elibank (1677–1736)
- Patrick Murray, 5th Lord ElibankPatrick Murray, 5th Lord ElibankPatrick Murray, 5th Lord Elibank . Son of Alexander Murray, 4th Lord Elibank and Elizabeth Stirling. An author and economist much respected in his own time. Member of the Cocoa Tree Club and The Poker Club. Uncle of Major Patrick Ferguson killed at the Battle of King's Mountain in 1780.In 1722...
(1703–1778) - George Murray, 6th Lord Elibank (1706–1785)
- Alexander Murray, 7th Lord ElibankAlexander Murray, 7th Lord Elibank-Background:Elibank was the son of Reverend Gideon Murray, younger son of Alexander Murray, 4th Lord Elibank. His mother was Elizabeth, daughter of General David Montolieu, Baron de St Hypolite, while Patrick Murray, 5th Lord Elibank was his paternal uncle. His brother was David Murray.-Political...
(1747–1820) - Alexander Murray, 8th Lord Elibank (1780–1830)
- Alexander Oliphant-Murray, 9th Lord Elibank (1804–1871)
- Montolieu Fox Oliphant-Murray, 10th Lord Elibank (1840–1927) (created Viscount Elibank in 1910)
Viscount Elibank (1910)
- Montolieu Fox Oliphant-Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank (1840–1927)
- Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, 1st Baron Murray of ElibankAlexander Murray, 1st Baron Murray of ElibankAlexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, 1st Baron Murray of Elibank PC , called The Master of Elibank between 1871 and 1912, was a Scottish nobleman and Liberal politician. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury under H. H...
(1870–1920)
- Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, 1st Baron Murray of Elibank
- Gideon Oliphant-Murray, 2nd Viscount ElibankGideon Oliphant-Murray, 2nd Viscount ElibankGideon Oliphant-Murray, 2nd Viscount Elibank was a Scottish politician and nobleman, inheriting the viscountcy as the eldest surviving son of 1st Viscount Elibank....
(1877–1951) - Arthur Cecil Murray, 3rd Viscount Elibank (1879–1962)
Lords Elibank (1643; Reverted)
- James Alastair Frederick Campbell Erskine-Murray, 13th Lord Elibank (1902–1973)
- Alan D'Ardis Erskine-Murray, 14th Lord Elibank (b. 1923)