William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield

William David Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield, 3rd Earl of Mansfield KT DL (21 February 1806 – 1 August 1898), was a British Conservative politician.

Kenwood House, London. Seat of the Earls of Mansfield

The son of David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield and Frederica Markham, daughter of William Markham, Archbishop of York, 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).

Murray was Tory 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 1828–55, 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 died in 1898. In 1829 he had married Louisa, daughter of Cuthbert Ellison, Hebburn Hall, Durham, and they had one daughter and one son, Viscount Stormont, who predeceased him. He was succeeded by his grandson, William, 8th Lord Balvaird.

Arms

Coat of arms of William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield

Coronet A Coronet of an Earl Crest A Buck's Head couped Or with a Cross Patée between his antlers Argent Escutcheon Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Azure three Mullets Argent within a Double Tressure flory counterflory Or (Murray); 2nd and 3rd, Gules three Crosses Patée Argent (Barclay) Supporters On either side a Lion Gules armed Or

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Murray, Viscount Stormont