Biography of David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield 1727-1796
On 09 Oct 1727 David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield was born to David Murray 6th Viscount Stormont (age 37).
On 19 Nov 1731 [his grandfather] David Murray 5th Viscount of Stormont (age 66) died. His son [his father] David Murray 6th Viscount Stormont (age 41) succeeded 6th Viscount Stormont.
On 23 Jul 1748 [his father] David Murray 6th Viscount Stormont (age 58) died. His son David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield (age 20) succeeded 7th Viscount Stormont.
On 16 Aug 1759 David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield (age 31) and Henrietta Frederica von Bünau were married.
On 18 May 1760 [his daughter] Elizabeth Murray was born to David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield (age 32) and [his wife] Henrietta Frederica von Bünau at Warsaw.
On 10 Mar 1766 [his wife] Henrietta Frederica von Bünau died.
In 1776 [his uncle] William Murray 1st Earl Mansfield (age 70) was created 1st Earl Mansfield in Nottinghamshire with a special remainder to [his future wife] Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield (age 18) the second wife of his nephew David Murray (age 48).
On 05 May 1776 David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield (age 48) and Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield (age 18) were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.
On 07 Mar 1777 [his son] David William Murray 3rd Earl of Mansfield was born to David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield (age 49) and [his wife] Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield (age 19).
On 19 Oct 1777 Robert Fulke Greville (age 26) and [his wife] Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield (age 19) were married. He the son of Francis Greville 1st Earl Brooke Warwick Castle 1st Earl Warwick and Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Brooke Warwick Castle and Warwick (age 57).
On 10 Dec 1785 [his son-in-law] George Finch-Hatton (age 38) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Murray (age 25) were married. She the daughter of David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield (age 58) and Henrietta Frederica von Bünau.
In 1792 [his uncle] William Murray 1st Earl Mansfield (age 86) was created 1st Earl Mansfield in Middlesex with a special remainder to his nephew David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield (age 64). There was no such place as Mansfield in Middlesex; it was invented to differentiate it from the earlier Mansfield in Nottinghamshire creation.
On 20 Mar 1793 [his uncle] William Murray 1st Earl Mansfield (age 88) died. His nephew David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield (age 65) succeeded 2nd Earl Mansfield in Middlesex. [his wife] Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield (age 35) by marriage Countess Mansfield in Middlesex.
His niece-in-law Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield (age 35) succeeded 2nd Countess Mansfield in Nottinghamshire.
Baron Mansfield in Nottinghamshire extinct.
On 01 Sep 1796 David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield (age 68) died. His son [his son] David William Murray 3rd Earl of Mansfield (age 19) succeeded 3rd Earl Mansfield in Middlesex, 8th Viscount Stormont.
On 11 Jul 1843 [his former wife] Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield (age 85) died. Her grandson William David Murray 4th and 3rd Earl Mansfield (age 37) succeeded 3rd Earl Mansfield in Nottinghamshire.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Andrew Murray 1st Lord Balvaird
Great x 1 Grandfather: David Murray 4th Viscount of Stormont
GrandFather: David Murray 5th Viscount of Stormont
Great x 4 Grandfather: David Carnegie of Colluthie
Great x 3 Grandfather: David Carnegie 1st Earl Southesk
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Carnegie 2nd Earl Southesk
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jean Carnegie Viscountess Stormont
Father: David Murray 6th Viscount Stormont
Great x 2 Grandfather: David Scott of Scotstarvit
Great x 1 Grandfather: David Scott of Scotstarvit
GrandMother: Marjory Scott Viscountess Stormont
