Biography of Charles Adolphus Murray 7th Earl Dunmore 1841-1907

On 27th September 1836 [his father] Alexander Murray 6th Earl Dunmore [aged 32] and [his mother] Catherine Herbert Countess Dunmore [aged 21] were married at Frankfurt. She by marriage Countess Dunmore. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery and [his grandmother] Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 51]. He the son of George Murray 5th Earl Dunmore [aged 74] and Susan Hamilton Countess Dunmore [aged 62].

On 24th March 1841 Charles Adolphus Murray 7th Earl Dunmore was born to [his father] Alexander Murray 6th Earl Dunmore [aged 36] and [his mother] Catherine Herbert Countess Dunmore [aged 26].

On 15th July 1845 [his father] Alexander Murray 6th Earl Dunmore [aged 41] died. His son Charles [aged 4] succeeded 7th Earl Dunmore, 3rd Baron Dunmore of Dunmore in the Forest of Athole in Perthshire.

In 1860 [his brother-in-law] James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk [aged 32] and [his sister] Susan Catherine Mary Murray Countess Southesk [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Countess Southesk. She the daughter of [his father] Alexander Murray 6th Earl Dunmore and [his mother] Catherine Herbert Countess Dunmore [aged 45]. He the son of James Carnegie 5th Baronet.

On 5th April 1866 Charles Adolphus Murray 7th Earl Dunmore [aged 25] and Gertrude Coke [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 43] and Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester [aged 40]. He the son of Alexander Murray 6th Earl Dunmore and Catherine Herbert Countess Dunmore [aged 51].

On 22nd April 1871 [his son] Alexander Murray 8th Earl of Dunmore was born to Charles Adolphus Murray 7th Earl Dunmore [aged 30] and [his wife] Gertrude Coke [aged 24]. He married 5th January 1904 Lucinda Dorothea Kemble Countess Dunmore and had issue.

On 2nd September 1873 Robert Bermingham Clements 4th Earl of Leitrim [aged 26] and [his sister-in-law] Winifred Coke Countess of Leitrim [aged 22] were married at Walsingha, possibly Walsingham Priory [Map]. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 50] and [his mother-in-law] Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester.

On 2nd April 1878 William Clements 3rd Earl Leitrim [aged 71] was assassinated along with his clerk and driver, near Cratlagh Wood while on his way to Milford (a village he owned in its entirety) from his home, Manor Vaughan (usually known as Mulroy House), on Mulroy Bay. Michael Heraghty and brothers Thomas and Bernard McGranahan were arrested. The gun butt had been traced to Heraghty, and paper for the wadding used to load the rifle was traced to a school copybook owned by the McGranahans. The McGranahans were released from Lifford Jail due to a lack of evidence. Heraghty died in Lifford Jail of typhus. The assassins, Nial Shiels of Doughmore, an itinerant tailor, Michael Hergarty of Tullyconnell, and Michael McElwee of Ballyworiskey, were from the remote Fanad Peninsula. His nephew Robert [aged 31] succeeded 3rd Earl Leitrim. [his sister-in-law] Winifred Coke Countess of Leitrim [aged 27] by marriage Countess Leitrim.

On 5th November 1878 Thomas Francis Anson 3rd Earl Lichfield [aged 22] and [his sister-in-law] Mildred Coke Countess Lichfield [aged 24] were married at St Withburga's Church, Holkham [Map]. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 55] and [his mother-in-law] Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester. He the son of Thomas George Anson 2nd Earl Lichfield [aged 53] and Harriet Georgiana Louisa Hamilton Countess Lichfield [aged 44]. They were half first cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 18th December 1879 William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth [aged 28] and [his sister-in-law] Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth [aged 30] were married. She by marriage Countess Dartmouth. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 56] and [his mother-in-law] Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester. He the son of William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth [aged 56] and Augusta Finch Countess Dartmouth [aged 57]. They were half fifth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 12th February 1886 [his mother] Catherine Herbert Countess Dunmore [aged 71] died.

On 7th January 1892 Thomas George Anson 2nd Earl Lichfield [aged 66] died. His son Thomas [aged 36] succeeded 3rd Earl Lichfield, 4th Viscount Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire and 4th Baron Soberton of Soberton in Hampshire. [his sister-in-law] Mildred Coke Countess Lichfield [aged 38] by marriage Countess Lichfield.

On 5th January 1904 Alexander Murray 8th Earl of Dunmore [aged 32] and Lucinda Dorothea Kemble Countess Dunmore [aged 26] were married. He the son of Charles Adolphus Murray 7th Earl Dunmore [aged 62] and Gertrude Coke [aged 57].

On 27th August 1907 Charles Adolphus Murray 7th Earl Dunmore [aged 66] died. His son Alexander [aged 36] succeeded 8th Earl Dunmore, 4th Baron Dunmore of Dunmore in the Forest of Athole in Perthshire. Lucinda Dorothea Kemble Countess Dunmore [aged 29] by marriage Countess Dunmore.

On 28th November 1943 [his former wife] Gertrude Coke [aged 96] died.