The son of Sir John Murray, fourth Duke of Atholl; he was a military officer, MP for Perthshire (1807-12), and Lord of the Bedchamber (1812-32), raised to the peerage in 1821.

REFERENCES TO Sir James Murray, first baron Glenlyon:

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 26 March 1828 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)