Patrick Murray, 1st Earl of Tullibardine (died 1644) was a Scottish aristocrat.
He was a son ofJohn Murray, 1st Earl of Tullibardine and Catherine Drummond, a daughter of David, 2nd Lord Drummond and Lilias Ruthven.
He became a gentleman of the bedchamber toJames VI and I. He was knighted on 25 July 1603 at thecoronation of James I.[1] On 12 June 1607 Murray dined with the King at theClothworker's Hall in London and was made free of the Company.[2]
He had letters of denization in 1613,[3] and was keeper of the Parks ofTheobalds in 1617, as successor to Miles Whittaker.[4]
Patrick Murray becameEarl of Tullibardine (new creation) in January 1628 when his older brother,William Murray, 2nd Earl of Tullibardine was madeEarl of Atholl.
In 1603 Patrick Murray married Prudence Bulmer, a daughter of the English mining entrepreneurBevis Bulmer.[5] She was the widow of John Beeston, a nephew of the Cheshire landownerHugh Beeston. They were granted a royal pension of £300 on 18 January 1604.[6]
He married secondly, in 1613,Elizabeth Denton or Dent, widow of the English soldier SirFrancis Vere.[7] Their children included: