William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

E579377

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.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British judge ⓘ
human ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
peer of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
appointedBy George II of Great Britain ⓘ
birthDate 1705-03-02 ⓘ
birthPlace Scone, Perthshire, Scotland ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster Abbey ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1793-03-20 ⓘ
deathPlace Kenwood House, Hampstead, London ⓘ
linked to: Kenwood House
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Perth Grammar School ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ
endTime 1788 ⓘ
familyName Murray ⓘ
father David Murray, 5th Viscount of Stormont ⓘ
linked to: Viscount Stormont
fieldOfWork civil law ⓘ
commercial law ⓘ
common law ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
heritage Scottish ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
knownFor Somersett’s Case ⓘ
linked to: Somersett's Case

development of English commercial law ⓘ
influence on English common law ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Lincoln’s Inn ⓘ
linked to: Lincoln's Inn
memberOfParliamentFor Boroughbridge ⓘ
Newark ⓘ
mother Margaret Scott ⓘ
nobleTitle 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
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 ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
politicalAlignment Tory ⓘ
positionHeld Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
residence Bloomsbury Square, London ⓘ
linked to: Bloomsbury Square

Kenwood House ⓘ
sibling James Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Finch ⓘ
startTime 1756 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

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

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 → Lord Mansfield ⓘ
linked to: William Murray, 1st Earl of 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 → 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
linked to: William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
Belle (2013 film) → mainCharacter → Lord Mansfield ⓘ
linked to: William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
Somerset v Stewart → hasJudge → Lord Mansfield ⓘ
linked to: William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
Somerset v Stewart → hasPresidingJudge → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
Zong massacre → significantFigure → Lord Mansfield ⓘ
linked to: William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
Earl of Mansfield → notableHolder → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
Earl of Mansfield → styleOfAddress → Lord Mansfield ⓘ
linked to: William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
Earl of Mansfield → hasJuristHolder → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
Mansfield family → notableMember → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
Murray family → hasNotableMember → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
Lord Mansfield → honorificTitle → 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
linked to: William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield → nobleTitle → 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
linked to: William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
Kenwood House, London → commissionedRemodellingBy → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
Kenwood House, London → formerOwner → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
Letters to Lord Mansfield → about → William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ⓘ
Letters to Lord Mansfield → criticizes → Lord Mansfield ⓘ
linked to: William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield