Lord Glenlyon refers to Lieutenant-General James Murray,
1st Baron Glenlyon KCH FRS
(29 May 1782 – 12 October 1837), styled as Lord James
Murray until 1821. Murray was born in 1782 at Dunkeld,
Perthshire, the son of John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl
and his wife the Hon. Jane Cathcart. He was first
commissioned into the British Army in 1798 and rose to
the rank of Major-General by 1819. In 1807, he was
elected Member of Parliament for Perthshire, holding the
seat until 1812. He served as a Gentleman of the
Bedchamber from 1812 to 1832 and from 1813 to 1819 was
also aide-de-camp to the Prince Regent. He was created
Baron Glenlyon, of Glenlyon, Perthshire, on 17 July
1821, and was promoted Lieutenant-General in 1837. Lord
Glenlyon died at Fenton's Hotel, St James's Street,
London, on 12 October 1837, aged fifty-five, and was
buried on 30 October at Dunkeld.
Glen Lyon
is a glen in the Perth and Kinross region of Scotland.
It is the longest enclosed glen in Scotland and runs for
34 miles from Loch Lyon in the west to the village of
Fortingall in the east. This glen was also known as "An
Crom Ghleann", (the bent glen). It forms part of the
Loch Rannoch and Glen Lyon National Scenic Area, one of
40 such areas in Scotland, which are defined so as to
identify areas of exceptional scenery and to ensure its
protection from inappropriate development by restricting
certain forms of development. Sir Walter Scott described
Glen Lyon as the longest, loneliest and loveliest
glen in Scotland.
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