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Sir William Murray, of Tullibardine, Governor to James VI (James I of England), Keeper of Sterling Castle, Comptroller of Scotland 1520 – 1583 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland

Death Date: 16 Mar 1583

Death Location: Gask, Inverness-shire, , Scotland

Father: Sir Montros

Mother: Lady Montrose

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Sir William Murray, of Tullibardine, Governor to James VI (James I of England), Keeper of Sterling Castle, Comptroller of Scotland was born in 1520 in Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland, the child of Sir William Murray, Earl of Tullibardine and Montros and Lady Catherine (Catharina) Campbell, Countess of Montrose. Sir William Murray, of Tullibardine, Governor to James VI (James I of England), Keeper of Sterling Castle, Comptroller of Scotland passed away in 1583 in Gask, Inverness-shire, , Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir William Murray, of Tullibardine, Governor to James VI (James I of England), Keeper of Sterling Castle, Comptroller of Scotland was born in 1520 in Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland, the child of Sir William Murray, Earl of Tullibardine and Montros and Lady Catherine (Catharina) Campbell, Countess of Montrose.
  • Sir William Murray, of Tullibardine, Governor to James VI (James I of England), Keeper of Sterling Castle, Comptroller of Scotland passed away in 1583 in Gask, Inverness-shire, , Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Montros
1495 – 1562
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lady Montrose
1498 – 1579
Birth Location: Kilchurn Castle, Glenorchy, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Sir Scotland's Ancestors

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Sir Scotland
1520 – 1583
Birth Place: Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
Parents
Sir William Murray, Earl of Tullibardine and Montros
1495 – 1562
Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Catherine (Catharina) Campbell, Countess of) Montrose
1498 – 1579
Kilchurn Castle, Glenorchy, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (William Murray, Earl of) Castleton
1485 – 1513
Tullibardine Castle, Blackford, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaret) Stewart
1487 – 1524
Castle Balveny, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Duncan, (2nd Lord of Glenorchy) Campbell
1452 – 1513
Glenorchy, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaret Moncrieff, Baroness) Campbell
1480 – 1554
Craignish Castle, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Niall Campbell
1752 – 1475
Margaret NSN,
1756 – 1787
John Moncrieffe
1460 – 1513
Beatrix Foreman
1464 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Colin Ederline
1715 – 1807
John Moncrieff
1512 – 1513

Sir Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Sir William Murray, of Tullibardine, Governor to James VI (James I of England), Keeper of Sterling Castle, Comptroller of Scotland in Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
1583
16 Mar 1583
Age 63
Death of Sir William Murray, of Tullibardine, Governor to James VI (James I of England), Keeper of Sterling Castle, Comptroller of Scotland in Gask, Inverness-shire, , Scotland
Gask, Inverness-shire, , Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Mar 1583
    Event Place: Gask, Inverness-shire, , Scotland
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