Everything about David Murray 2nd Earl Of Mansfield totally explained
David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield PC KT (
9 October 1727-
1 September 1796), known from 1748 to 1793 as the
Viscount Stormont, was a British politician. He succeeded to both the
Mansfield and
Stormont lines of the Murray family, inheriting two titles and two fortunes.
Life
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 uncle. He was ambassador to
Vienna and then to
France in the early years of the
American Revolutionary War, and played a role in sending news of American actions back to England. Mansfield had been elected a
Scottish Representative Peer in 1754 and served as the last
Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1779 to 1782 and as
Lord President of the Council in 1783 and again from 1794 to 1796 and was also
Lord Justice General between 1778 and 1795. He was appointed a
Privy Counsellor in 1763 and made a
Knight of the Thistle in 1768.
Lord Mansfield married firstly Henrietta Frederica, daughter of Henry Graf Bunau, in 1759, whilst he was British ambassador to
Saxony. They had one child,
Lady Elizabeth Murray. After Henrietta's death in 1766 he married secondly the Hon. Louisa, daughter of
Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart, in 1776. Louisa was his junior by over thirty years, and they'd 5 children - Caroline, David, George, Charles, and Henry.
In 1793 he succeeded his uncle Lord Mansfield as second Earl of Mansfield of the 1792 creation while his wife succeeded as second Countess of Mansfield of the 1776 creation according to special remainders in the
letters patent. Lord Mansfield died in September 1796, aged 68, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son
David. His second son the Hon. George Murray became a
Lieutenant-General in the Army while his fourth son the Hon. Sir Henry Murray rose to the rank of General. The Countess of Mansfield survived her husband by 47 years, marrying the Hon.
Robert Fulke Greville in 1797, and died in July 1843, aged 85.
Mansfield family tree
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