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 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 ...

. 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,

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, was Dean of York. In 1796 Murray succeeded his father,

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, as

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; he inherited

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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

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and had children # Lady Elizabeth Anne Murray (1803–1880), unmarried # Lady Caroline Murray (1805–1873), who became Lady of the Bedchamber to

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(1806–1898), who succeeded as 4th Earl of Mansfield, married Louisa Ellison, and had children # Lady Georgina Catherine Murray (1807–1871) # Honourable Charles John Murray (1810–1851), who married Frances Elizabeth, daughter of

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, and had children # Honourable David Henry Murray (1811–1862), a captain in the Scots Fusilier Guards, who married Margaret Grant, Lady Gray, and had no children # Lady Cecilia Sarah Murray (1814–1830) # Lady Emily Murray (1816–1902), who married Francis Seymour, later 5th Marquess of Hertford, and had children The countess's father, the Archbishop of York, died in 1807. The countess is thought to have been responsible for extensive works carried out on Kenwood House in the period 1813–1816, which necessitated a doubling of staff.

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