William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield

William David Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, KT, DL (21 February 1806 – 1 August 1898) was a British Conservative politician. Known as Lord Stormont from 1806-1840.

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 Earldom of Mansfield (1792 creation), and grandmother, Louisa Murray, 2nd Countess of Mansfield, in 1843 as Earl of Mansfield (1776 creation).^[1] Murray was born in 56 Portland Place (later renumbered to 37) named Mansfield House, London. The London home of his parents. The Murrays also owned Kenwood House

Murray was Tory Member of Parliament for Aldborough in 1830; for Woodstock in 1831; for Norwich from 1832 to 1837, and for Perthshire from 1837 to 1840. He served as a Lord of the Treasury in Sir Robert Peel's Administration from 1834 to 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 to 1855, 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.

By 1880s, Lord Mansfield had an estimated income of £45,000 a year.^[2]

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, Lady Louisa Murray who married third son of Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood and William David Murray, Viscount Stormont,^[3] who predeceased him. He was succeeded by his grandson, William, 8th Lord Balvaird.

Arms

Coat of arms of William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield
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

^ "MURRAY, William David, Visct. Stormont (1806–1898)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
^ Bateman, John (1883). The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland; a list of all owners of three thousand acres and upwards ... also, one thousand three hundred owners of two thousand acres and upwards in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, their acreage and income from land culled from The modern Domesday book . Robarts - University of Toronto. London, Harrison.
^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Murray, Viscount Stormont

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Clinton James Fynes Clinton Sir Alexander Cray Grant, Bt	Member of Parliament for Aldborough 1830–1831 With: Clinton James Fynes Clinton	Succeeded by Clinton James Fynes Clinton 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 Richard Hanbury Gurney	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 William David Murray
Preceded by David William Murray	Earl of Mansfield 2nd creation 1840–1898	Succeeded by William David Murray

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[1] "MURRAY, William David, Visct. Stormont (1806–1898)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

[2] Bateman, John (1883). The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland; a list of all owners of three thousand acres and upwards ... also, one thousand three hundred owners of two thousand acres and upwards in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, their acreage and income from land culled from The modern Domesday book . Robarts - University of Toronto. London, Harrison.

[3] 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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