William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Murray,_1st_Earl_of_Mansfield
GPTKB entity
Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:judge
gptkb:peer
gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:birthDate 1705-03-02
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Scone,_Perthshire,_Scotland
gptkbp:child none
gptkbp:deathDate 1793-03-20
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Christ_Church,_Oxford
gptkb:Westminster_School
gptkbp:father gptkb:David_Murray,_5th_Viscount_of_Stormont
gptkbp:honorificPrefix PC
The Right Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
gptkbp:knownFor abolition of slavery in England
reforming English law
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Margaret_Murray
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Somerset_v_Stewart
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:judge
politician
gptkbp:parliamentaryService gptkb:Member_of_Parliament_for_Boroughbridge
gptkbp:parliamentaryTerm 1742
1756
gptkbp:peerage gptkb:Peerage_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:portrait William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield by John Singleton Copley.jpg
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Lord_Chief_Justice_of_the_King's_Bench
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Dudley_Ryder
gptkbp:reformed common law
commercial law
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:signature William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Finch
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Lloyd_Kenyon,_1st_Baron_Kenyon
gptkbp:termEnd 1788
gptkbp:termStart 1756
gptkbp:title gptkb:Earl_of_Mansfield
gptkb:Baron_Mansfield
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mansfield,_Massachusetts
gptkb:Lord_Stormont
gptkb:Murray_family
gptkb:Kenwood_House,_London
gptkb:William_Murray
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6