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EARLS AND DUKES OF ATHOLL

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 849 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EARLS AND

DUKES OF ATHOLL  . The Stewart
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line of the Scottish earls of Atholl, which ended with the 5th Stewart
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earl in 1595, the earldom reverting to the
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crown, had originated with
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Sir John Stewart of Balveny (d . 1512), who was created earl of Atholl about 1457 (new charter 1481) . The 5th earl's daughter, Dorothea, married William Murray, earl of Tullibardine (cr . 16o6), who in 1626 resigned his earldom in favour of Sir Patrick Murray, on condition of the revival of the earldom of Atholl in his wife and her descendants . The earldom thus passed to the Murray line, and John Murray, their only son (d . 1642), was accordingly acknowledged as earl of Atholl (the 1st of the Murrays) in 1629 .

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