John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl

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John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl, is a South African-born Scottish peer known for inheriting the historic Atholl dukedom and its ceremonial command of the Atholl Highlanders, the only legal private army in Europe.

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11th Duke of Atholl 2
John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish peer
duke
human
associatedWith Atholl Highlanders
Blair Castle
birthPlace South Africa
coatOfArms Murray of Atholl arms
surface form: Arms of the Duke of Atholl
command Atholl Highlanders
countryOfCitizenship South Africa
United Kingdom
countryOfResidence South Africa
United Kingdom
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName Murray
givenName John
hasAncestralSeat Blair Castle
hasLegalPrivilege right to maintain the Atholl Highlanders as a private army
hasMotto Furth, Fortune, and Fill the Fetters
hasTitleFrom Monarch of the United Kingdom
honorificPrefix His Grace
languageSpoken English
nobleFamily Clan Murray
House of Murray
nobleRank duke in the Peerage of Scotland
nobleTitle Duke of Atholl
notableFact commands the only legal private army in Europe
notableFor being a South African-born Scottish peer
ceremonial command of the Atholl Highlanders
inheriting the Atholl dukedom
ordinalNumber John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl self-linksurface differs
surface form: 11th Duke of Atholl
peerage Peerage of Scotland
positionHeld Colonel-in-Chief of the Atholl Highlanders
regionOfActivity Perth and Kinross
surface form: Perthshire

Scotland
religion Christianity
residence Blair Castle
successionType hereditary peerage
titleHeld John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl self-linksurface differs
surface form: 11th Duke of Atholl

Baron Glenlyon
Baron Murray
Earl of Atholl
Earl of Tullibardine
Lord Balquhidder
Lord Gask
Lord Murray of Tullibardine
William Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine
surface form: Marquess of Tullibardine

Viscount of Balquhidder

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Atholl family notableMember John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl ordinalNumber John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 11th Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl titleHeld John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 11th Duke of Atholl
Bruce Murray, 12th Duke of Atholl predecessor John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl