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David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield, 7th Viscount Stormont (1727-1796), known before 1793 as Viscount Stormont was a British politician who served as the last Secretary of State for the Northern Department. Events June 11 - George, Prince of Wales becomes King George II of Great Britain. ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Secretary of State for the Northern Department was a position in the Cabinet of the government of United Kingdom up to 1782. ...



Preceded by:
The Viscount Weymouth
Northern Secretary
1779–1782
Succeeded by:
Office Abolished
Preceded by:
The Lord Camden
Lord President of the Council
1783
Succeeded by:
The Earl Gower
Preceded by:
The Earl Fitzwilliam
Lord President of the Council
1794–1796
Succeeded by:
The Earl of Chatham


Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, 3rd Viscount Weymouth (1734-1796), English politician, was the elder son of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth (1710—1751), and the great-grandnephew of Thomas Thynne (c. ... The Secretary of State for the Northern Department was a position in the Cabinet of the government of United Kingdom up to 1782. ... Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1714-18 April 1794), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, was a leading proponent of civil liberties in eighteenth century England. ... The Office of Lord President of the Council is a British cabinet position, the holder of which acts as Presiding officer of the Privy Council. ... Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, 2nd Earl Gower (4 August 1721 - 26 October 1803) was a British politician. ... William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam in Ireland, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam in Great Britain (30 May 1748 - 8 February 1833) was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ... The Office of Lord President of the Council is a British cabinet position, the holder of which acts as Presiding officer of the Privy Council. ... John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham (9 October 1756 - 24 September 1835) was the eldest son of Pitt the Elder, and elder brother to Pitt the Younger. ...




Preceded by:
William Murray
Earl of Mansfield
Succeeded by:
David William Murray


William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (March 2, 1705 - March 20, 1793), was a British judge and politician who reached high office in the House of Lords. ... The Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield is a peer in the Peerage of Great Britain, holding two separate creations of the title of Earl of Mansfield in that peerage, the first created in 1776 and the second in 1792. ... David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, (7 March 1777 - 11 February 1840). ...


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WILLIAM MURRAY MANSFIELD, 1ST Earl Of (1705-1793), English judge, was born at Scone in Perthshire, on the 2nd of March 1705.
The 2nd earl was ambassador to Vienna and then to Paris; he was secretary of state for the southern.
Mansfield found the law in this chaotic state, and left it in a form that was almost equivalent to a.
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