Freskin, ancestor of the great family of Murray, was, there is reason to believe, a Pictish noble of the old race of Moray. His grandson, William, assumed the name “De Moravia." From him is decended the great house of which Lyon Court has judicially held is now the chiefly line of the Murrays.
Sir John Murray, 12th feudal Baron of Tullibardine, was by James VI in 1606 created Earl of Tullibardine, Lord Murray, Gask and Balquhidder. William, 2nd Earl of Tullibardine, married Lady Dorothea Stewart, daughter and heir-in line of the 5th Earl of Atholl, who died 1594. His son John, as heir-of-line of the Stewart Earls of Atholl, was in 1629 by King Charles I confirmed in his mother's peerage, and so became the 1st Murray Earl of Atholl. John, 2nd Earl, was created Marquis of Atholl, 1676, and John, 2nd Marquis, Duke of Atholl in 1703.
His eldest son, William, Marquis of Tullibardine, unfurled Prince Charlie's standard in Glenfinnan in 1745. John, 4th Duke, raised the Atholl Highlanders. The 8th Duke originated the Scottish National Memorial in Edinburgh Castle. The seat of the Duke of Atholl is Blair Castle, Perthshire.

Chief: Duke of Atholl.
Patronymic: Am Moireach Mor.
Clan Seats: Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Perthshire; Tullibardine, Perthshire; Duffus Castle, by Elgin.
Plant: Juniper.
Memorials: Tullibardine Old Kirk.
Pipe Music: Duke of Atholl's Salute.