Earl of Mansfield

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The Earl of Mansfield is a hereditary British peerage title in the Scottish nobility, historically associated with the Murray family and notable holders such as the influential 18th-century jurist William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British judge ⓘ
Scottish politician ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ
historic house ⓘ
associatedEstate Scone Palace ⓘ
associatedRegion Perthshire ⓘ
associatedWith 18th-century British judiciary ⓘ
British legal history ⓘ
Clan Murray ⓘ
Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
category Murray family titles ⓘ
Scottish earls ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
creationDate 18th century ⓘ
family Murray family ⓘ
genderRestriction male-preference succession (historically) ⓘ
hasJuristHolder William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
hereditary true ⓘ
historicalSignificance important in development of commercial law through 1st Earl’s judgments ⓘ
jurisdiction Scotland ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
legislativeRole seat in House of Lords (historically) ⓘ
linkedNobleHouse House of Murray ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
monarchAtCreation George III ⓘ
namedAfter Mansfield, Nottinghamshire ⓘ
nobilityType Scottish nobility ⓘ
nobleTitle Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
notableFor influence on English common law ⓘ
notableHolder William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
partOf Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
peerageStatus extant ⓘ
positionHeld Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench ⓘ
precedence above viscount ⓘ
below marquess ⓘ
rank earl ⓘ
seatType peerage seat ⓘ
styleOfAddress Lord Mansfield ⓘ
titleHolderStyle The Right Honourable ⓘ
transmission hereditary succession ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scone Palace → currentOwner → Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
Lord Stormont → nobleTitle → 2nd Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
linked to: Earl of Mansfield
Lord Stormont → successorTitle → Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
Scone Palace gardens → ownedBy → Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
House of Murray → notableTitle → Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield → nobleTitle → Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
subject linked to: Earl of Mansfield
Scone Palace → associatedWith → Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
subject linked to: Earl of Mansfield
Mansfield family → nobleTitle → Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
Mansfield family → hasTitle → Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield ⓘ
linked to: Earl of Mansfield
Lord Mansfield → nobleTitle → Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
Viscount Stormont → subsidiaryTitleOf → Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield → heldTitle → Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
subject linked to: Viscount Stormont
Murray family → notableTitle → Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
subject linked to: Viscount Stormont