7th Earl of Dunmore

7th Earl of Dunmore
Title:7th Earl of
Surname:Dunmore
Year elected:1866
Last year on list:1868
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Charles Adolphus Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore VD (24 March 1841 – 27 August 1907), styled Viscount Fincastle from birth until 1845, was a Scottish peer, Conservative politician, explorer, author, and artist.

He traveled to North America to observe the American Civil War with a number of other British officers. He then traveled at least as far as Manitoba and painted a number of watercolors across the United States and Canada.

In 1874, he was appointed a Lord-in-waiting in Disraeli's government, a post he held until 1880.

In 1875, he was made Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire, which he remained until 1885. In 1882 he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Inverness-shire Rifle Volunteers (later the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders). He retired in 1896.

In 1892–93 he traveled through the eastern Pamirs to Kashgar. He was engaged in some form of diplomacy or espionage but the matter is not clear.

Yachts Owned

NameRig ClassfromtoMMSI
Maid of Harris Schooner 1866 1868  

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