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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.