The first Lord's great-great-grandson, the fifth Lord, was an author and economist. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the sixth Lord, who was an
admiral in the
Royal Navy. On his death the titles passed to his nephew, the seventh Lord. He represented
Peeblesshire in the
House of Commons and also served as
Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire. His great-grandson, the tenth Lord, was also Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire. In 1911 he was created
Viscount Elibank, of Elibank in the County of Selkirk, in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom. His eldest son and heir apparent,
Alexander Murray, Master of Elibank, was a
Liberal politician and was created
Baron Murray of Elibank in 1912. However, he predeceased his father and the Viscount was succeeded by his younger son, the second Viscount. He sat as
Member of Parliament for
Glasgow St Rollox and served as Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire. On his death the titles passed to his younger brother, the third Viscount. He represented
Kincardineshire in Parliament as a Liberal. However, on his death in 1962 the viscountcy became extinct while he was succeeded in the baronetcy and lordship by his third cousin, the thirteenth Lord. He was the great-grandson of the Hon. James Murray, fourth son of the seventh Lord. He was succeeded his first cousin, the fourteenth Lord. He was the son of Robert Alan Erskine-Murray, uncle of the thirteenth Lord. the titles are held by his son, the fifteenth Lord, who succeeded his father in that year. The Honourable
Alexander Murray of Elibank, fourth son of the fourth Lord, played a significant role in an abortive
Jacobite conspiracy, in 1752, thereafter known as the Elibank Plot. He afterwards retired to France, where for some years he was, as "Count Murray", the representative of the Jacobite claimant
"James III and VIII", known as the "Old Pretender", who created him Earl of Westminster (Letters Patent, August 12, 1759) in the
Jacobite Peerage, with remainder to heirs male of the body of his father, the fourth Lord Elibank. ==Family seat==