Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Murray da farko ya kasance mai goyon bayan ingantattun manufofin Lord Lauderdale, yana shiga cikin harin 1678 akan Covenanters, amma daga baya ya rasa tagomashin sarauta na ɗan lokaci ta hanyar ba da shawara game da matakan da aka ɗauka a kansu. A 1679, duk da haka, ya kasance a nan a
Yaƙin Bothwell Bridge; a watan Yuli 1680 an sanya shi mataimakin admiral na Scotland, kuma a 1681 shugaban majalisar.