David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield
| The Right Honourable The Earl of Mansfield KT | |
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| Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire | |
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In office 4 May 1803 – 18 February 1840 | |
| Preceded by | The Lord Cathcart |
| Succeeded by | George Abercromby |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
David William Murray 7 March 1777 Paris, France |
| Died |
18 February 1840 (aged 62) Leamington, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
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; Murry himself succeeded in 1796.[1]
On 16 September 1797 Mansfield married Frederica, daughter of William Markham, Archbishop of York.[1] They had nine children:[1][2]
- Frederica Louisa (1800–1823), married James Hamilton Stanhope in 1823 and had issue
- Elizabeth Anne (born 1803), unmarried
- Caroline (born 1805), unmarried
- William David (1806–1898), who succeeded as 4th Earl of Mansfield and married Louisa, third daughter of Cutbbert Ellison, in 1829 and had issue
- Georgina Catherine (born 1807)
- Charles John (born 1810), married Frances Elizabeth, second surviving daughter of Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson in 1835
- David Henry (born 1811), Captain in the Scots Fusilier Guards
- Cecilia Sarah (1814–1830)
- Emily (born 1816), married Francis Seymour, later 5th Marquess of Hertford, in 1839 and had issue
Education and career
He received a degree, Doctor of Civil Law, from Christ Church, Oxford in 1793.[1] He joined the army, becoming a colonel in the Eastern Regiment of the Middlesex Militia in 1798[3] and the Perthshire Regiment of the North British Militia in 1803.[4]
Mansfield served as Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire from 1803 until his death.[5][6]
In 1835 Mansfield was elected a Knight of the Order of the Thistle.[7] He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society (elected 1802)[8] and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.[1]
Mansfield died at Leamington on 18 February 1840.[1] He is buried in St Andrew's Churchyard, Kingsbury, London.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Urban, Sylvanus (1840). The Gentleman's Magazine 167. London: J. B. Nichols and Son. p. 428.
- ↑ Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1. London: G. Woodfall. 1831. p. 211.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 15048. p. 741. 17 August 1798.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 15580. p. 513. 30 April 1803.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 15581. p. 521. 3 May 1803.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 19851. p. 1080. 28 April 1840.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 19246. p. 413. 6 March 1835.
- ↑ "List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660–2007" (PDF). Royal Society. July 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
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| Honorary titles | ||
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| Preceded by The Lord Cathcart |
Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire 1803–1840 |
Succeeded by George Abercromby |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by David Murray |
Earl of Mansfield 2nd creation 1796–1840 |
Succeeded by William David Murray |
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