William Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield

The Right Honourable The Earl of Mansfield & Mansfield
Born	7 July 1930
Died	21 October 2015
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Occupation	Barrister, politician
Title	8th Earl of Mansfield and 7th Earl of Mansfield
Spouse(s)	Pamela
Children	2 sons, 1 daughter
Parent(s)	Mungo Murray, 7th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield Dorothea Helena Carnegie
Relatives	Lancelot Carnegie (maternal grandfather)

William David Mungo James Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield, 7th Earl of Mansfield DL, JP (7 July 1930 – 21 October 2015), 13th Viscount Stormont, and Lord Scone, 11th Lord Balvaird and Hereditary Keeper of Bruce's Castle of Lochmaben, was a Scottish nobleman and Conservative politician. Lord Murray was a supporter of Bonnie Prince Charlie when conferred with the titles Earl of Dunbar, Viscount of Drumcairn and Lord Halldykes in the Jacobite peerage. after the '45 they fell into abeyance.

William Murray was born on 7 July 1930. He was the only son of Mungo Murray, 7th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield, and his wife Dorothea Helena, younger daughter of Sir Lancelot Carnegie. Educated at Eton College Murray read Law at Christ Church, Oxford. Lieutenant Murray did National Service with the Scots Guards in Malaya from 1949 to 1950. He was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1958.

Murray was a common law barrister in London chambers from 1958 until 1971, when he succeeded his father as Earl of Mansfield, and then returned to Scone.

He was a member of the British Delegation to the European Parliament from 1973 to 1975 (prior to the direct election of Members of the European Parliament), and was an opposition spokesman in the House of Lords from 1975 to 1979. He was a Minister of State in the Scottish Office from 1979 to 1983 and in the Northern Ireland Office from 1983 to 1984.

He was appointed an Honorary Sheriff for Perthshire in 1974, a Justice of the Peace in 1975 and a Deputy Lieutenant for Perth and Kinross in 1980.

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