Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl KT PC (28 September 1690 8 January 1764) was a Scottish peer and a patron of Niel Gow, the Scottish fiddler and composer. James was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1690, the son of the John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl. From 1715 to 1724, he was Whig MP for Perthshire and he was a founding Governor of the Foundling Hospital, established in 1739 to alleviate London''s problem with abandoned children. He was also Governor of the Isle of Man from 1736 to 1744. On 28 April 1726, James married Jane Frederick and they had four children.