A plaque on this building (now 15-19 North Port) claims this the site of Lord John Murray’s Town House, occupied by him from 1758 – 1787. It is now the headquarters of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. An earlier information board (now replaced by Panel 4 of the Medieval Trail) gave more information and reported that it was actually the stable block for the town house.
Some modern histories suggest the building may in fact have been an arcade of shops at one time.
Lord John Murray was the second son of Duke of Atholl and brother of Lord George Murray who was the general of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s army. John Murray was serving in the British army in Europe at the time of the “45” and therefore was not involved in the uprising. He was MP for Perthshire from 1734 – 1761 and was appointed General of H M Forces in 1770.
