John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, KT, PC (24 February 1660 – 14 November 1724) was a Scottish nobleman, politician, and officee.

He served in numerous positions during his life, and fought in the Glorious Revolution for William III and Mary II.

In 1704 an unsuccessful attempt was made by Lord Lovat, who used the Duke of Queensberry as a tool to implicate him in a Jacobite plot against Queen Anne.

The intrigue was disclosed by Robert Ferguson, and Atholl sent a memorial to the Queen on the subject, which resulted in Queensberry's downfall.

He vehemently opposed Union during the years 1705–1707, and entered into a project which would have resisted the Crown by force by holding Stirling Castle with the aid of the Cameronians[2] but this plan was never followed.

He supported the Society in its establishment of the first schools in Blair Atholl and Balquhidder, but did not share its antipathy to the Gaelic language.

He was chosen a Scottish representative peer in the House of Lords in 1710 and in 1712 was restored to his position as High Commissioner and Keeper of the Privy Seal.