page_title: John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl / Career
caption_attribution_description: Statesmen No.316: Caricature of The John Stewart-Murray the 7th Duke of Athole. Caption reads: "the seventh Duke"
context_page_description: John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl, KT, styled Marquess of Tullibardine between 1846 and 1864, was a Scottish peer.
context_section_description: Atholl served in the Scots Fusilier Guards, achieving the rank of captain in 1864. The latter year he also succeeded his father in the dukedom. In 1865 he registered the additional surname of Stewart at the Lyon Court. From 1878 to 1917 he served as Lord-Lieutenant of Perthshire. He was appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1868 and was Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle from 1913 until his death. He is also remembered for having devoted years of his life to editing the records of the family and the related history.
caption: Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1879.
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