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

On 27 Sep 1836 [his father] Alexander Murray 6th Earl Dunmore (age 32) and [his mother] Catherine Herbert Countess Dunmore (age 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 (age 51). He the son of [his grandfather] George Murray 5th Earl Dunmore (age 74) and [his grandmother] Susan Hamilton Countess Dunmore (age 62).

On 24 Mar 1841 Charles Adolphus Murray 7th Earl Dunmore was born to Alexander Murray 6th Earl Dunmore (age 36) and Catherine Herbert Countess Dunmore (age 26).

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

On 05 Apr 1866 Charles Adolphus Murray 7th Earl Dunmore (age 25) and Gertrude Coke (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 43) and Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester (age 40). He the son of Alexander Murray 6th Earl Dunmore and Catherine Herbert Countess Dunmore (age 51). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 22 Apr 1871 [his son] Alexander Murray 8th Earl of Dunmore was born to Charles Adolphus Murray 7th Earl Dunmore (age 30) and [his wife] Gertrude Coke (age 24).

On 02 Sep 1873 Robert Bermingham Clements 4th Earl of Leitrim (age 26) and [his sister-in-law] Winifred Coke Countess of Leitrim (age 22) were married at Walsingha, possibly Walsingham Priory [Map]. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 50) and [his mother-in-law] Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 02 Apr 1878 William Clements 3rd Earl Leitrim (age 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 (age 31) succeeded 3rd Earl Leitrim. [his sister-in-law] Winifred Coke Countess of Leitrim (age 27) by marriage Countess Leitrim.

On 05 Nov 1878 Thomas Francis Anson 3rd Earl Lichfield (age 22) and [his sister-in-law] Mildred Coke Countess Lichfield (age 24) were married at St Withburga's Church, Holkham [Map]. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 55) and [his mother-in-law] Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester. He the son of Thomas George Anson 2nd Earl Lichfield (age 53) and Harriet Georgiana Louisa Hamilton Countess Lichfield (age 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 18 Dec 1879 William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth (age 28) and [his sister-in-law] Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth (age 30) were married. She by marriage Countess Dartmouth. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 56) and [his mother-in-law] Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester. He the son of William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth (age 56) and Augusta Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 57). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 12 Feb 1886 [his mother] Catherine Herbert Countess Dunmore (age 71) died.

On 07 Jan 1892 Thomas George Anson 2nd Earl Lichfield (age 66) died. His son Thomas (age 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 (age 38) by marriage Countess Lichfield.

On 05 Jan 1904 [his son] Alexander Murray 8th Earl of Dunmore (age 32) and [his daughter-in-law] Lucinda Dorothea Kemble Countess Dunmore were married. He the son of Charles Adolphus Murray 7th Earl Dunmore (age 62) and [his wife] Gertrude Coke (age 57).

On 27 Aug 1907 Charles Adolphus Murray 7th Earl Dunmore (age 66) died. His son [his son] Alexander (age 36) succeeded 8th Earl Dunmore, 4th Baron Dunmore of Dunmore in the Forest of Athole in Perthshire. [his daughter-in-law] Lucinda Dorothea Kemble Countess Dunmore by marriage Countess Dunmore.

On 28 Nov 1943 [his former wife] Gertrude Coke (age 96) died.