# David Murray, 6th Viscount of Stormont

David Murray, 6th Viscount of Stormont (c. 1690 – 23 July 1748) was a Scottish peer.

## Biography

He succeeded to the Viscountcy of Stormont on his father David's death in 1731. His mother was Marjory Scott, and among his brothers were the Earl of Mansfield and the Jacobite James Murray.
The 6th Viscount also tended towards Jacobitism in his politics, writing the unpublished poem An Elegy sacred to the Memory of John, Earl of Strathmore, who was killed in 1715, memorialising this Jacobite's death at the Battle of Sheriffmuir. Following the Jacobite rising of 1715 he was arrested on suspicion of Jacobitism and briefly imprisoned by the British government alongside his father.
In 1723 he married Anne Stewart(1703-1735), only daughter and heiress of John Stewart of Innernytie, and they had two sons (including his heir, also named David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield) and James, who died unmarried and two daughters Anne and Marjory. In 30 April 1793, King George III granted Anne and Marjory the place and precedency of the daughter of an Earl, hence making them Lady Anne and Lady Marjory respectively.

## Family tree

vteMansfield tree :
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | David Murray | David Murray | David Murray | David Murray | David Murray | David Murray | | | Marjory Scott | Marjory Scott | Marjory Scott | Marjory Scott | Marjory Scott | Marjory Scott |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | David Murray | David Murray | David Murray | David Murray | David Murray | David Murray | | | Anne Stewart | Anne Stewart | Anne Stewart | Anne Stewart | Anne Stewart | Anne Stewart | | | James Murray | James Murray | James Murray | James Murray | James Murray | James Murray | | | Marjory Murray | Marjory Murray | Marjory Murray | Marjory Murray | Marjory Murray | Marjory Murray | | | John Hay | John Hay | John Hay | John Hay | John Hay | John Hay | | | | | Amelia Murray | Amelia Murray | Amelia Murray | Amelia Murray | Amelia Murray | Amelia Murray | Sir Alexander Lindsay of Evelick | Sir Alexander Lindsay of Evelick | Sir Alexander Lindsay of Evelick | Sir Alexander Lindsay of Evelick | Sir Alexander Lindsay of Evelick | Sir Alexander Lindsay of Evelick |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2) Louisa Cathcart | 2) Louisa Cathcart | 2) Louisa Cathcart | 2) Louisa Cathcart | 2) Louisa Cathcart | 2) Louisa Cathcart | | | David Murray | David Murray | David Murray | David Murray | David Murray | David Murray | | | 1) Henrietta Frederica Bunau | 1) Henrietta Frederica Bunau | 1) Henrietta Frederica Bunau | 1) Henrietta Frederica Bunau | 1) Henrietta Frederica Bunau | 1) Henrietta Frederica Bunau | | | Daniel Finch | Daniel Finch | Daniel Finch | Daniel Finch | Daniel Finch | Daniel Finch | | | Anne Hatton | Anne Hatton | Anne Hatton | Anne Hatton | Anne Hatton | Anne Hatton | | | | | | | | | David Lindsay | David Lindsay | David Lindsay | David Lindsay | David Lindsay | David Lindsay | John Lindsay | John Lindsay | John Lindsay | John Lindsay | John Lindsay | John Lindsay | | | Margaret Lindsay Ramsay | Margaret Lindsay Ramsay | Margaret Lindsay Ramsay | Margaret Lindsay Ramsay | Margaret Lindsay Ramsay | Margaret Lindsay Ramsay |
| Frederica Murray | Frederica Murray | Frederica Murray | Frederica Murray | Frederica Murray | Frederica Murray | | | David William Murray | David William Murray | David William Murray | David William Murray | David William Murray | David William Murray | | | Henry Murray | Henry Murray | Henry Murray | Henry Murray | Henry Murray | Henry Murray | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Edward Finch | Edward Finch | Edward Finch | Edward Finch | Edward Finch | Edward Finch | | | Elizabeth Finch | Elizabeth Finch | Elizabeth Finch | Elizabeth Finch | Elizabeth Finch | Elizabeth Finch | | | William Murray | William Murray | William Murray | William Murray | William Murray | William Murray | William Lindsay | William Lindsay | William Lindsay | William Lindsay | William Lindsay | William Lindsay | Dido Elizabeth Belle | Dido Elizabeth Belle | Dido Elizabeth Belle | Dido Elizabeth Belle | Dido Elizabeth Belle | Dido Elizabeth Belle |
| | | | | Frederica Murray | Frederica Murray | Frederica Murray | Frederica Murray | Frederica Murray | Frederica Murray | | | James Hamilton Stanhope | James Hamilton Stanhope | James Hamilton Stanhope | James Hamilton Stanhope | James Hamilton Stanhope | James Hamilton Stanhope | | | William David Murray | William David Murray | William David Murray | William David Murray | William David Murray | William David Murray | | | Lady Elizabeth Murray | Lady Elizabeth Murray | Lady Elizabeth Murray | Lady Elizabeth Murray | Lady Elizabeth Murray | Lady Elizabeth Murray | | | George Finch-Hatton | George Finch-Hatton | George Finch-Hatton | George Finch-Hatton | George Finch-Hatton | George Finch-Hatton |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | James Stanhope | James Stanhope | James Stanhope | James Stanhope | James Stanhope | James Stanhope | | | | | | | | | | | | | George Finch-Hatton | George Finch-Hatton | George Finch-Hatton | George Finch-Hatton | George Finch-Hatton | George Finch-Hatton |
Notes:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Burke, Bernard (1865). Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (27 ed.). Harrison. p. 734. :