William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield

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William David Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield, 3rd Earl of Mansfield KT DL (21 February 1806 – 1 August 1898), was a British Conservative politician.

Kenwood House, London. Seat of the Earls of Mansfield

The son of David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, and Frederica Markham, daughter of William Markham, Archbishop of York, he succeeded his father in 1840 to the Earl of Mansfield (1792 creation), and grandmother, Louisa Murray, 2nd Countess of Mansfield, in 1843 as Earl of Mansfield (1776 creation).[1]

Murray was Tory Member of Parliament for Aldborough in 1830; for Woodstock in 1831; for Norwich from 1832–1837, and for Perthshire from 1837–1840. He served as a Lord of the Treasury in Sir Robert Peel's Administration from 1834–1835.

Murray was appointed Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1852, 1858 and 1859. He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Stirlingshire Militia from 1828–55, Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire from 1852, hereditary keeper of Scone Palace, and Senior Member of the Carlton Club.

He was appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1843 and was for a time Senior Knight.

He died in 1898. In 1829 he had married Louisa, daughter of Cuthbert Ellison, Hebburn Hall, Durham, and they had one daughter and one son, William David Murray, Viscount Stormont,[2] who predeceased him. He was succeeded by his grandson, William, 8th Lord Balvaird.

Arms[]

Coat of arms of William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield hide
Coronet
A Coronet of an Earl
Crest
A Buck's Head couped Or with a Cross Patée between his antlers Argent
Escutcheon
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Azure three Mullets Argent within a Double Tressure flory counterflory Or (Murray); 2nd and 3rd, Gules three Crosses Patée Argent (Barclay)
Supporters
On either side a Lion Gules armed Or

References[]

  1. ^ "MURRAY, William David, Visct. Stormont (1806-1898)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by

Sir Alexander Cray Grant, Bt 		Member of Parliament for Aldborough
1830–1831
With: 		Succeeded by

Michael Thomas Sadler
Preceded by
Marquess of Blandford
Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill 		Member of Parliament for Woodstock
2-seat constituency until 1832
1831–1832
With: Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill 		Succeeded by
Marquess of Blandford
Preceded by
Robert Grant
Member of Parliament for Norwich
1832–1837
With: Sir James Scarlett 1832–1835
Hon. Robert Campbell Scarlett 1835–1837 		Succeeded by
Marquess of Douro
Hon. Robert Campbell Scarlett
Preceded by
Fox Maule 		Member of Parliament for Perthshire
1837–1840 		Succeeded by
Henry Home-Drummond
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Lord Abercromby 		Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire
1852–1898 		Succeeded by
The Earl of Mar
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Louisa Murray 		Earl of Mansfield
1st creation
1843–1898 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
David William Murray 		Earl of Mansfield
2nd creation
1840–1898


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