William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield

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William David Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield KT DL (21 February 1806 – 1 August 1898)

The son of David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield and Frederica, daughter of Archbishop Markham, he succeeded his father in 1840 to the Earl of Mansfield (1792 creation), and grandmother, Louisa Murray, 2nd Countess of Mansfield, in 1843 as Earl of Mansfield (1776 creation). In 1829 he married Louisa, daughter of Cuthbert Eddison, Hebburn Hall, Durham, and they had one daughter and one son.

Murray was Conservative Member of Parliament for Aldborough in 1830; for Woodstock in 1831; for Norwich from 1832–1837, and for Perthshire from 1837–1840. He served as a Lord of the Treasury in Sir Robert Peel's Administration from 1834–1835.

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 1828–1855, 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.

He was succeeded by his grandson, Lord Balvaird.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Clinton James Fynes Clinton Sir Alexander Cray Grant, Bt	Member of Parliament for Aldborough with Clinton James Fynes Clinton 1830–1831	Succeeded by Clinton James Fynes Clinton Michael Thomas Sadler
Preceded by Marquess of Blandford	Member of Parliament for Woodstock 1831–1832	Succeeded by constituency reduced to one member
Preceded by Richard Hanbury Gurney	Member of Parliament for Norwich 1832–1837	Succeeded by Marquess Douro
Preceded by Fox Maule	Member of Parliament for Perthshire 1837–1840	Succeeded by Henry Home-Drummond
Political offices
Preceded by The Lord Abercromby	Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire 1852–1898	Succeeded by The Earl of Mar
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by David William Murray	Earl of Mansfield (1792 creation) 1840–1898	Succeeded by William David Murray
Preceded by Louisa Murray	Earl of Mansfield (1776 creation) 1843–1898