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

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politician. Kenwood House front with extensions 2005

The son 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 ...

, and Frederica Markham, daughter of William Markham,

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, he succeeded his father in 1840 to the Earldom of Mansfield (1792 creation), and grandmother,

Louisa Murray, 2nd Countess of Mansfield Louisa, 2nd Countess of Mansfield (born The Hon. Louisa Cathcart; 1758 – 11 July 1843), was a Scottish noblewoman, who was married twice: first to David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield, and then to The Hon. Robert Fulke Greville. Louisa was ...

, in 1843 as Earl of Mansfield (1776 creation). Murray was

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for Aldborough in 1830; for

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in 1831; for

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from 1832 to 1837, and for

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from 1837 to 1840. He served as a

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in Sir

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's Administration from 1834 to 1835. Murray was appointed Lord High Commissioner to the

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in 1852, 1858 and 1859. He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Stirlingshire Militia from 1828 to 1855,

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from 1852, hereditary keeper of

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, and Senior Member of the

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. He was appointed a

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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,Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. who predeceased him. He was succeeded by his grandson, William, 8th Lord Balvaird.

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* 1806 births 1898 deaths Deputy Lieutenants of Perthshire 4 Knights of the Thistle

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