MURRAY, DAVID, 2ND EARL OF MANSFIELD, eldest son of David Murray, 6th Viscount Stormont (S), and Anne, only dau. of John Stewart, Invernytie; b. 9 Oct 1727; adm. Jun 1739 (Hawkins'); KS (Capt. ) 1740; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1744, matr. 28 May 1744, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1744 – void 1756; BA 1748; DCL 3 Jul 1793; succ. father as 7th Viscount Stormont (S) 23 Jul 1748; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1751-2; attaché, British Embassy, Paris 1751; Scottish Representative Peer from May 1754; Envoy Extraordinary to Elector of Saxony Jun 1756 - Oct 1763; Ambassador to Vienna Nov 1763 – Dec 1772, Paris Dec 1772 - Mar 1778; Lord Justice-Gen., Scotland 1778-95; Secretary of State, Southern Dept., 27 Oct 1779 – Jul 1782; Lord President of the Council 2 Apr – 19 Dec 1783, and from 17 Dec 1794; succ. uncle as 2nd Earl of Mansfield 20 Mar 1793, by special remainder under creation of 1792; Privy Councillor 20 Jul 1763; KT 30 Nov 1768; Chancellor, Mareschall Coll., Aberdeen 1793; Busby Trustee 20 Mar 1775; m. 1st, 16 Aug 1759 Henrietta Frederica, widow of M. de Berargaard, and dau. of Graf Heinrich von Bünau, Privy Councillor to Elector of Saxony; m. 2nd, 5 May 1776 Hon. Louisa Cathcart, Countess of Mansfield (under creation of 1776), third dau. of Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Baron Cathcart (S) (qv); d. 1 Sep 1796. Buried North Transept, Westminster Abbey. DNB.