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Frederica Murray, Countess Of Mansfield
Frederica Murray, Countess of Mansfield (born Frederica Markham; 1774 – 29 April 1860), formerly Frederica Markham, was the wife of David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield. Frederica was one of the seven daughters of William Markham, Archbishop of York, and his wife, the former Sarah Goddard. She also had six brothers, one of whom was Admiral John Markham. Another, George, was Dean of York. In 1796 Murray succeeded his father, David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield, as Earl of Mansfield; he inherited Kenwood House in Camden, London. The family also had homes in Scotland and Ireland. The following year, on 16 September 1797, he married Frederica. They had nine children: # Lady Frederica Louisa Murray (1800–1823), who married James Hamilton Stanhope and had children # Lady Elizabeth Anne Murray (1803–1880), unmarried # Lady Caroline Murray (1805–1873), who became Lady of the Bedchamber to Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh # William David (1806–18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David William Murray, 3rd Earl Of Mansfield
David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, KT (7 March 1777 – 18 February 1840) was a British army officer and peer. Mansfield served as Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire from 1803 until his death. Family David William Murray was born in Paris in 1777 to David Murray, then 7th Viscount Stormont, and Louisa, daughter of Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart. In 1792 Murray's father succeeded to his uncle William Murray's 1792 creation of the Mansfield earldom; Murray himself succeeded in 1796, inheriting Kenwood House in Camden, London. On 16 September 1797 Mansfield married Frederica, daughter of William Markham, Archbishop of York. They had nine children: # Lady Frederica Louisa Murray (1800–1823), married James Hamilton Stanhope in 1823 and had issue # Lady Elizabeth Anne Murray (born 1803), unmarried # Lady Caroline Murray (born 1805), unmarried # William David (1806–1898), who succeeded as 4th Earl of Mansfield and married Louisa, third daughter of Cutbbert E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Markham (bishop)
William Markham (1719 – 3 November 1807), English divine, served as Archbishop of York from 1777 until his death. Early life William Markham was born in 1719 to Major William Markham and Elizabeth (née Markham) of Kinsale in Ireland. He was educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated on 6 June 1738, graduating BA 1742, MA 1745, BCL & DCL 1752. Career He was one of the best scholars of his day, and attained to the headship of his old school and college: he served as Headmaster of Westminster 1753–1765, and Dean of Christ Church 1767–1776. Between those headships, he held the deanery of Rochester 1765–1767. He held from time to time a number of livings, and in 1771 was made Bishop of Chester and tutor to the Prince of Wales (later George IV). In 1776 he became Archbishop of York, and also Lord High Almoner and privy councillor. He was a fierce critic of pamphleteer Richard Price concerning the American rebellion. He was for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Markham (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral John Markham, (13 June 1761 – 13 February 1827) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he served in the American Revolutionary War. He commanded the third-rate HMS Hannibal (1786), HMS ''Hannibal'' in the action of 10 April 1795 and then the third-rate HMS Centaur (1797), HMS ''Centaur'', capturing a French frigate squadron in the action of 18 June 1799, during the French Revolutionary Wars. He went on to be a Admiralty Board, Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and First Sea Lord, First Naval Lord under John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, Earl St Vincent. He also served as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP for Portsmouth (UK Parliament constituency), Portsmouth. Naval career Markham was born in 1761 at Westminster, second son to William Markham (bishop), William Markham, the Archbishop of York, and Sarah Goddard. One of his seven sisters, Frederica Murray, Countess of Mansfield, Frederica, later became Countess of Mansfield. He was educated at Westm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Markham (priest)
George Markham (30 March 1763 – 30 September 1822) served as Dean of York from 1802 and Rector of Stokesley until his death. Life He was born into a large clerical family, the third son of William Markham, Archbishop of York from 1776 to 1807; his brother John Markham was a noted Naval officer, and one of his sisters was Frederica Murray, Countess of Mansfield. He received his education at Westminster School. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1780, graduating B.A. in 1784 and M.A. in 1787. Markham served as Rector of Tattenhall, then as Prebendary of Bilton before becoming Dean of York. Marriage and family He married Elizabeth Evelyn, daughter of Sir Richard Sutton, oNorwoodin 1789: the marriage was to end in divorce in 1803. Of their children: *The eldest daughter, Elizabeth Frances, married Rufane Shaw Donkin. She died in Meerut in 1818, at age 28, and he named Port Elizabeth in South Africa after her. *Their daughter Maria married Rev. (Thomas) Alfred Harr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Murray, 2nd Earl Of Mansfield
David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield, 7th Viscount of Stormont, (9 October 1727 – 1 September 1796), known as the (7th) Viscount of Stormont from 1748 to 1793, was a British politician. He succeeded to both the Mansfield and Stormont lines of the Murray family, inheriting two titles and two fortunes. Background Mansfield was the son of David Murray, 6th Viscount of Stormont, and his wife, Anne Stewart. Lord Chief Justice William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, was his paternal uncle. Viscount Stormont ancestral seat is Scone Palace. Public life Mansfield was ambassador to Warsaw, Vienna and then to France in the early years of the American War of Independence, and played a role in sending news of American actions back to England. He had been elected a Scottish Representative Peer in 1754. When King Frederick II of Prussia invaded Saxony, The Elector of Saxony was forced to retreat to his Polish Kingdom, Mansfield followed and in Warsaw he met his first wife Henrietta Frede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Mansfield
Earl of Mansfield, in the County of Nottingham, and Earl of Mansfield, in the County of Middlesex, are two titles in the Peerage of Great Britain that have been united under a single holder since 1843. History The titles Earl of Mansfield (in the County of Nottingham) and Earl of Mansfield (in the County of Middlesex) were created in 1776 and 1792, respectively, for the Scottish lawyer and judge William Murray, 1st Baron Mansfield, fourth son of David Murray, 5th Viscount of Stormont (see Viscount of Stormont for the earlier history of the family). He was Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 1756 to 1788. Murray had already been created Baron Mansfield, in the County of Nottingham, in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1756, with normal remainder to the heirs male of his body. The two earldoms were created with different remainders. The 1776 earldom was created with remainder to Louisa Murray (née Cathcart), Lady Stormont (daughter of Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord Cath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenwood House
Kenwood House (also known as the Iveagh Bequest) is a former stately home in Hampstead, London, on the northern boundary of Hampstead Heath. The house was originally constructed in the 17th century and served as a residence for the Earls of Mansfield during the 18th and 19th centuries. The house and part of the grounds were bought from the 6th Earl of Mansfield in 1925 by Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, and donated to the nation in 1927. The entire estate came under ownership of the London County Council and was open to the public by the end of the 1920s. It remains a popular local tourist attraction. Location The house is at the north edge of Hampstead Heath, to the south of Hampstead Lane (the B519). It is in the London Borough of Camden, just south of its boundary with the London Borough of Haringey. History Early history The original house on the property was presumed to have been built around 1616 by the King's Printer, John Bill, and was known as Caen Wood House. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hamilton Stanhope
Colonel James Hamilton Stanhope (1788–1825), was a British Army officer who fought in the Peninsular War and at the Battle of Waterloo. He was a Member of Parliament for Buckingham, 1817–1818, Fowey, 1818–1819, and Dartmouth, 1822–1825. Biography He was the third and youngest son of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope. Stanhope was joined in the British Army at the age of 15, contrary to his father's wishes, but by the advice and influence of William Pitt the Younger; who was 3rd Earl's second cousin, by the marriage of his grandfather, the 1st Earl, to Lucy, sister of Robert Pitt of Boconnock (the Minister's grandfather). He entered the British Army as Ensign in the 1st Foot Guards, 26 December 1805; was promoted Lieutenant and Captain, 14 January 1808; brevet Major, 21 June 1813; and Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel in the 1st Foot Guards, 25 July 1814. Stanhope served in Spain, Portugal, Flanders and France. He served as on the staff of General Sir John Moore as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Mary, Duchess Of Gloucester And Edinburgh
Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (25 April 1776 – 30 April 1857) was the eleventh child and fourth daughter of King George III of the United Kingdom and his consort Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She married her first cousin, Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, when both were 40, and was his widow in later life. In her last years, her niece Queen Victoria was on the throne as the fourth monarch during Mary's life, after her father and two of her brothers, George IV and William IV of the United Kingdom. Dying aged 81 at Gloucester House, Weymouth, Mary was the longest-lived and last survivor of George III's fifteen children (of whom thirteen lived to adulthood). Early life and family Princess Mary was born on 25 April 1776, at Buckingham Palace, London. Her father was the reigning British monarch, George III. Her mother was Queen Charlotte, the daughter of Charles, reigning Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Mary was baptized on 19 May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Murray, 4th Earl Of Mansfield And 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. 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). 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 Seni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson
Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson (14 February 1767 – 31 July 1818) was a British politician and peer from the Anson family. Background and career Thomas Anson was born 14 February 1767, the first son of George Anson, of Shugborough and Mary Vernon, the daughter of George Venables Vernon. The family's surname was Adams until 1773, when his father inherited the Anson estates upon the death of his maternal uncles and his unmarried older brother, Thomas. He was the brother of Mary Anson (born 1759), who married Sir Francis Ford, 1st Baronet, in 1785. Thomas's brothers included army generals Sir George Anson and Sir William Anson. He was educated at Eton College in 1779 and Oriel College, Oxford, in 1784. On his father's death in 1789, Thomas Anson succeeded him as Member of Parliament for Lichfield, which he represented until 17 February 1806, when he was succeeded by his brother, George. On leaving the House of Commons on 17 February 1806, Anson was created Viscount Anson, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess Of Hertford
Francis George Hugh Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford (11 February 1812 – 25 January 1884), known as Francis Seymour until 1870, was a British army officer, courtier and Conservative politician. He served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household under Benjamin Disraeli from 1874 to 1879. Family and education Seymour was the eldest son of Admiral Sir George Seymour by his wife Georgiana Mary Berkeley, daughter of Sir George Berkeley; he was the elder brother of Henry Seymour and Lady Laura Seymour. He was the grandson of Lord Hugh Seymour and a great-grandson of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, and it is through this line he succeeded to the Hertford marquessate when his distant cousin, Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, died unmarried and without issue in 1870. He inherited the entailed property from the 4th Marquess, including Ragley Hall, whilst the unentailed property went to his cousin's illegitimate son Richard Wallace, including what ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
