David Murray, 4th Viscount of Stormont
David Murray, 4th Viscount of Stormont (1665-1731) was a Scottish politician.
Lord Stormont's family was Jacobite in its politics, and his second son James (c. 1690-1728), being apparently mixed up in some of the plots of the time, joined the court of the exiled Stuarts and in 1711 was created Earl of Dunbar by James Francis Edward Stuart, the "Old Pretender".
Marriage and issue
On 20 January 1726 he married Anne Stewart (d 10.07.1735, dau of John Stewart of Innernytie). The couple had the following children (this is all wrong, check names and dates):
- David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (b 09.10.1727, d 01.09.1796)
- James Murray (b c1690, dsp 08.1770, MP)
- John Murray (died young)
- William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (b 02.03.1705, d 20.03.1793)
- Catherine Murray (d unm 25.11.1754)
- Marjory Murray
- Amelia Murray (d 08.02.1774) , married Sir Alexander Lindsay of Evelick, and mother to Margaret and John.
Other (disputed) issue of the 4th Viscount includes Charles, Robert, Margaret (b c1702, d 18.04.1785), Jean (died unmarried 10.08.1758), Nicola Helen (d 07.11.1777), Mary (died unmarried).
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| Preceded by: James Murray |
Viscount of Stormont | Followed by: David Murray |
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