medal
- Museum number
- SSB,227.3
- Description
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Silver medal. (whole)
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Bust of John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl, bare head, right. (obverse)
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Female seated in attitude of mourning. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1774
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 37.000 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Brown 1980 states:
John Murray (1729-1774), successfully claimed the dukedom on the death in 1764 of his uncle, second Duke of Atholl, whose daughter he had married. He sold the sovereignty of the Isle of Man to the Treasury in 1765.
Bibliography: Cochran-Patrick, R. W., 'Catalogue of the Medals of Scotland from the earliest period to the present time', Edinburgh, 1884, 104/19; Grueber, H. A., English Personal Medals for 1760, 'Numismatic Chronicle', third series vol. VII, 1887/256.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: Death of John Murray, Third Duke of Atholl,1774
- Acquisition date
- 1818
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- SSB,227.3
- C&M catalogue number
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MB3 (Brown 1) (45) (192)