David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield, 7th Viscount Stormont

• Born: 9 October 1727
• Died: 1 September 1796

Contents 1 Known as 2 Education 3 Offices 4 Honorary Positions 5 Peerage Titles 6 Representative Peer 7 Chivalric Orders 8 Privy Council

Known asEdit

• 1727-1748 David Murray
• 1748-1793 The Viscount Stormont
• 1793-1796 The Earl of Mansfield

EducationEdit

• Westminster School
• Christ Church, Oxford

OfficesEdit

• Minister to Saxony and Poland, 1755-1763
• Ambassador to Austria, 1763-1772
• Ambassador to France, 1772-1778
• Secretary of State for the Northern Department, 1779-1782
• Lord President of the Council, 1783, 1794-1796

Honorary PositionsEdit

• Lord Justice General of Scotland, 1778-1794

Peerage TitlesEdit

• Viscount Stormont (Peerage of Scotland), 1748
• Earl of Mansfield, 1793

Representative PeerEdit

• Scottish Representative Peer, 1763-1793

Chivalric OrdersEdit

• Knight of the Thistle, 1768

Privy CouncilEdit

• Privy Councillor, 1763

Preceded by: The Viscount Weymouth

Northern Secretary 1779–1782

Succeeded by: Charles James Fox (Foreign Secretary) and The Earl of Shelburne (Home Secretary)