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About James Murray
James Murray, titular Earl of Dunbar from 1721, was a Scottish Tory politician who became a leading Jacobite agent and courtier. After representing two Scottish constituencies in the House of Commons between 1711 and 1715, he moved to France and became Viscount Bolingbroke's private secretary in the exiled court of James Francis Edward Stuart. He later served as the Jacobite secretary of state in exile in Rome from 1728 to 1747, and as governor and tutor to Charles Edward Stuart.
Everything about James Murray →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 3rd Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 4th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain
- Born
- 1690
- Died
- 1770, August 1770