David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield
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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 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Cathcart |
| Succeeded by | George Abercromby |
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| 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.
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; Murray himself succeeded in 1796.
On 16 September 1797 Mansfield married Frederica, daughter of William Markham, Archbishop of York. They had nine children:
He received a degree, Doctor of Civil Law, from Christ Church, Oxford in 1793. He joined the army, becoming a colonel in the Eastern Regiment of the Middlesex Militia in 1798 and the Perthshire Regiment of the North British Militia in 1803.
Mansfield served as Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire from 1803 until his death.
In 1835 Mansfield was elected a Knight of the Order of the Thistle. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society (elected 1802) and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Mansfield died at Leamington on 18 February 1840. He is buried in St Andrew's Churchyard, Kingsbury, London.
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