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Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray

Scottish military commander (died 1332)

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Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray (died 11 August 1332), a Scottish military commander, held his title for just 23 days.

The son of Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, a companion-in-arms of King Robert the Bruce, he succeeded his father on 20 July 1332.

Thomas, 2nd Earl of Moray had a chief command under the Earl of Mar ranged against the army of Edward Balliol at the Battle of Dupplin Moor, where he was killed. He died childless.

Traquair, Peter, Freedom's Sword 1997

Anderson, William, The Scottish Nation, Edinburgh, 1867, vol.vii, pp. 200–1.

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