Mungo David Malcolm Murray, 7th Earl of Mansfield, 6th Earl of Mansfield FLS FZS FSAScot FRHS JP DL (9 August 1900 – 2 September 1971), styled Lord Scone from 1906 to 1935, was a Scottish Unionist Party politician.

Early life

Mansfield was the son of Alan David Murray, and Margaret Helen Mary MacGregor, who were first cousins. Upon the death of his unmarried uncle in 1906, his father became the

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and young Mungo was styled Lord Scone. His paternal grandparents were William Murray, Viscount Stormont (heir apparent to the 4th Earl of Mansfield) and Emily Louisa MacGregor (a daughter of

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). His uncle,

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, who was a friend of King

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, was known as "The most eligible bachelor" in London, and threw lavish parties at

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. His maternal grandparents were

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Sir Malcolm Murray-MacGregor, 4th Baronet and Lady Helen Laura McDonnell (a daughter of the 4th Earl of Antrim). His paternal grandmother was the sister of his maternal grandfather.Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition).

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, 1990, He graduated from

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, in 1922.

Career

He was active in the extreme anti-Catholic

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before breaking with them following the 1929 United Kingdom general election. This came about when the SPL leader Alexander Ratcliffe offered to support the Unionist candidate for

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if he supported the partial repeal of the Education (Scotland) Act 1918 which allowed Catholic schools into the state system funded through education rates. When this didn't happen Ratcliffe stood as an 'Independent Protestant', coming in third behind the Unionist and Labour Party candidates. Scone entered Parliament for

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in 1931, a seat he held until 1935, when he succeeded his father and entered the

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. He was also Governor of the Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture from 1925 to 1930,

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from 1961 to 1962 and

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from 1960 to 1971. In 1933 he was one of eleven people, involved in the appeal that led to the foundation of the

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(BTO), an organisation for the study of

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in the British Isles, of which he became the founding chairman. He was appointed Fellow, Linnean Society, a Fellow, Zoologicial Society, a Fellow, Society of Antiquaries, Scotland, and a Fellow, Royal Horticultural Society. He also served as a Justice of the Peace for

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, Dumfries-shire and was Deputy Lieutenant of Dumfries-shire in 1947.

Personal life

In 1928, Lord Mansfield married Dorothea Helena Carnegie, a younger daughter of the British diplomat Sir Lancelot Carnegie (second son of

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). Dorothea was a half first cousin to

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and was a part of his 1923 wedding to Princess Maud (daughter of

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and the 1st Duke of Fife). Together, they were the parents of: * William David Mungo James Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield (1930–2015), who married Pamela Joan Foster, a daughter of Wilfred Neill Foster and Millicent Agnes Mary Duckham, in 1955. * Lady Malvina Dorothea Murray (b. 1936), who married

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, in 1964. * Lady Mariota Cecilia Murray (1945–2001), who was admitted to

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; she married Hon. Charles Malcolm Napier, son of Lt.-Col. William Napier, 13th Lord Napier, in 1969. Mansfield died in September 1971, aged 71, and was succeeded in his titles by his only son

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. The Countess of Mansfield died in 1985.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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, 2003, volume 2, page 2598.

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