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Preceded by | John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl |
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Born | Bruce George Ronald Murray 6 April 1960 Louis Trichardt, South Africa |
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Residence(s) | Louis Trichardt, South Africa |
Bruce George Ronald Murray, 12th Duke of Atholl OStJ (born 5/6 April 1960), is a South African-born hereditary peer in the Peerage of Scotland and Chief of Clan Murray. [1] As Duke of Atholl, he has the right to raise Europe's only legal private army, the Atholl Highlanders, a unique privilege granted to his family by Queen Victoria after visiting Blair Atholl in 1844. [2]
The elder son of John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl, and Margaret Yvonne ( née Leach), now styled the Dowager Duchess of Atholl, [3] [4] graduated from Jeppe High School for Boys Johannesburg in 1979. He was educated at Saasveld Forestry College before serving his two years' National Service with the South African Infantry Corps. [1] He is currently a volunteer member of the Transvaal Scottish Regiment, holding the rank of lieutenant. [4] Previously, he managed a tea plantation, but then ran a signage business producing signs for commercial buildings. [5] [6] He was commissioned into the Atholl Highlanders in 2000, [1] [7] being appointed as lieutenant colonel. [8] Upon the death of his father on 15 May 2012, he succeeded to all his father's titles, becoming the 12th Duke of Atholl. [2] [9]
The Duke first married on 4 February 1984, in Johannesburg, to Lynne Elizabeth Andrew (born Johannesburg, 7 June 1963), daughter of Nicholas George Andrew of Bedfordview, South Africa (born Brighton, East Sussex, June 1939) and wife Evelyn Donne de Villiers, [3] and they divorced in 2003. Together they had two sons and one daughter: [3] [4] [10] [11] [12] [13]
He married secondly Charmaine Myrna du Toit in 2009, without issue.
The Duke of Atholl | |
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Preceded by | John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl |
Personal details | |
Born | Bruce George Ronald Murray 6 April 1960 Louis Trichardt, South Africa |
Parents |
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Residence(s) | Louis Trichardt, South Africa |
Bruce George Ronald Murray, 12th Duke of Atholl OStJ (born 5/6 April 1960), is a South African-born hereditary peer in the Peerage of Scotland and Chief of Clan Murray. [1] As Duke of Atholl, he has the right to raise Europe's only legal private army, the Atholl Highlanders, a unique privilege granted to his family by Queen Victoria after visiting Blair Atholl in 1844. [2]
The elder son of John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl, and Margaret Yvonne ( née Leach), now styled the Dowager Duchess of Atholl, [3] [4] graduated from Jeppe High School for Boys Johannesburg in 1979. He was educated at Saasveld Forestry College before serving his two years' National Service with the South African Infantry Corps. [1] He is currently a volunteer member of the Transvaal Scottish Regiment, holding the rank of lieutenant. [4] Previously, he managed a tea plantation, but then ran a signage business producing signs for commercial buildings. [5] [6] He was commissioned into the Atholl Highlanders in 2000, [1] [7] being appointed as lieutenant colonel. [8] Upon the death of his father on 15 May 2012, he succeeded to all his father's titles, becoming the 12th Duke of Atholl. [2] [9]
The Duke first married on 4 February 1984, in Johannesburg, to Lynne Elizabeth Andrew (born Johannesburg, 7 June 1963), daughter of Nicholas George Andrew of Bedfordview, South Africa (born Brighton, East Sussex, June 1939) and wife Evelyn Donne de Villiers, [3] and they divorced in 2003. Together they had two sons and one daughter: [3] [4] [10] [11] [12] [13]
He married secondly Charmaine Myrna du Toit in 2009, without issue.