JOHN MURRAY, 2ND MARQUESS and IST DUKE OF ATHOLL ) , was born on Feb. 24, 166o. He was a supporter of William and the Revolution in 1688, raking the oaths in Sept. 1689, but was unable to prevent the majority of his clan, during his fath er's absence, from joining Dundee under the command of his brother James. In 1703-04 an unsuccessful attempt was made by Simon, Lord Lovat, who used the duke of Queensberry as a tool, to implicate him in a Jacobite plot against Queen Anne; but the in trigue was disclosed by Robert Ferguson, and Atholl sent a me morial to the Queen on the subject, which resulted in Queensberry's downfall. He vehemently opposed the Union during the years 1705-07, and according to Lockhart, he could have raised 6,000 of the best men in the kingdom for the Jacobites. On the occasion, however, of the invasion of 1708, he took no part, on the score of illness, and was placed under arrest at Blair Castle. On the down fall of the Whigs and the advent of the Tories to power, Atholl re turned to office, and from 1712 to 1714 was high commissioner. On the accession of George I. he was again dismissed, but at the re bellion of 1715, while three of his sons joined the Jacobites, he re mained faithful to the Government, whom he assisted in various ways, on June 4 1717 apprehending Robert Macgregor (Rob Roy), who, however, succeeded in escaping. He died Nov. 14 17 24.