William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

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British judge human jurist peer of the Kingdom of Great Britain

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, was an influential 18th-century British jurist and Lord Chief Justice whose landmark decisions helped shape English common law and contributed to the development of modern commercial and civil law.

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William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield canonical 6
Lord Mansfield 4
1st Earl of Mansfield 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British judge ⓘ
human ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
peer of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
appointedBy George II of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1705-03-02 ⓘ
birthPlace Scone, Perthshire, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1793-03-20 ⓘ
deathPlace Kenwood House, Hampstead, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Perth Grammar School NERFINISHED ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ
endTime 1788 ⓘ
familyName Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ
father David Murray, 5th Viscount of Stormont NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil law ⓘ
commercial law ⓘ
common law ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
heritage Scottish ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
knownFor Somersett’s Case NERFINISHED ⓘ
development of English commercial law ⓘ
influence on English common law ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Lincoln’s Inn NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOfParliamentFor Boroughbridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Newark NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother Margaret Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle 1st Earl of Mansfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork judgment in Carter v Boehm (1766) ⓘ
judgment in Pillans v Van Mierop (1765) ⓘ
judgment in Somersett v Stewart (1772) ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
judge ⓘ
politician ⓘ
parliamentaryHouse House of Commons of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment Tory ⓘ
positionHeld Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
residence Bloomsbury Square, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenwood House NERFINISHED ⓘ
sibling James Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Finch NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1756 ⓘ

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Lord Mansfield's house → occupant → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
Lord Mansfield's house → ownedBy → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
Douglas Cause → participant → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Mansfield
Monument to Lord Mansfield in Westminster Abbey → dedicatedTo → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
Monument to Lord Mansfield in Westminster Abbey → commemorates → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
Monument to Lord Mansfield in Westminster Abbey → depicts → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
Monument to Lord Mansfield in Westminster Abbey → subjectTitle → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st Earl of Mansfield
Belle (2013 film) → mainCharacter → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Mansfield
Somerset v Stewart → hasJudge → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Mansfield
Somerset v Stewart → hasPresidingJudge → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
Zong massacre → significantFigure → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Mansfield