Dukedom of Atholl

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The Dukedom of Atholl is a prominent Scottish peerage title historically associated with the powerful Murray family, whose holders have played significant roles in Scottish and British political and social life.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dukedom of Atholl canonical 4
Dukedom of Atholl (1703 creation) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf duchy ⓘ
hereditary peerage title ⓘ
associatedEstate Atholl Estates ⓘ
associatedWith Clan Murray ⓘ
Murray family ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
createdBy Queen Anne ⓘ
createdFor John Murray, 2nd Marquess of Atholl ⓘ
creationDate 1703 ⓘ
culturalAssociation Highland culture ⓘ
currentHolderTitle Duke of Atholl ⓘ
economicBase landed estates ⓘ
familySeat Blair Castle ⓘ
firstHolder John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl ⓘ
governingLaw Scottish peerage law ⓘ
hasHeraldicArms Arms of the Duke of Atholl ⓘ
hasUniquePrivilege maintains private army ⓘ
hereditaryChiefOf Clan Murray ⓘ
historicalRole landowning aristocracy in Scotland ⓘ
linkedTo Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
Jacobite risings ⓘ
locatedIn Perthshire ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
monarchAtCreation Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
notableResidence Blair Castle ⓘ
partOf Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
peerageRank duke ⓘ
politicalInfluence significant in British politics ⓘ
significant in Scottish politics ⓘ
precedence one of the senior Scottish dukedoms ⓘ
privateArmyJurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
privateArmyName Atholl Highlanders ⓘ
privateArmyStatus ceremonial infantry regiment ⓘ
privateArmyUniqueness only legal private army in the United Kingdom ⓘ
regionHistoricallyInfluenced Highlands ⓘ
Perthshire ⓘ
socialRole Scottish aristocracy ⓘ
styleOfAddress His Grace ⓘ
subsidiaryTitlesInclude Earl of Atholl ⓘ
Earl of Tullibardine ⓘ
Lord Murray of Tullibardine ⓘ
Lord Murray, Balvenie and Gask ⓘ
Marquess of Atholl ⓘ
Viscount of Balquhidder ⓘ
succession hereditary male-preference primogeniture ⓘ
titleType noble title ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalAlignment Tory ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl → titleHolderOf → Dukedom of Atholl ⓘ
subject linked to: John Murray
Marquess of Tullibardine → subsidiaryOf → Dukedom of Atholl ⓘ
Marquess of Tullibardine → linkedDukedomCreation → Dukedom of Atholl (1703 creation) ⓘ
linked to: Dukedom of Atholl