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HERALDRY. 
PERCY, EARL OF BEVERLEY. 
ALGERNON PERCY, Earl of BEVERLEY, 
fucceeded to the dignity of Lord Louvaint, June 6, 1786, 
by virtue of a fpecial limitation; and was created earl 
or Beverley, by George I IT. born January 21, 1750; 
married, June 8, 1775, Ifiibella-Sufanna Burrell, fecond. 
daughter of Peter Burrell, of Beckenham in Kent, efq, 
fifter to the' duchefs of Northumberland, the duchefs- 
dowager of Hamilton, and.marchionefs of Exeter, and 
to Peter lord Gwydir; by whom he had ill'ue, Char¬ 
lotte, born June 3, 1776, married to George vifcount 
St. Afaph, fon of John earl of Affiburnham; Elizabeth, 
died April 28, 1779; George, lord Louvaine, heir appa¬ 
rent, born June 22, 1778, married, June 23, 1801, Mifs 
Louifa Wortley, and lias iffue a daughter, born Septem¬ 
ber 26, 1802 ; a fon, born Odlober 2, 1803, died May 19, 
1805; and a daughter, born March 19, 1805; Alger¬ 
non, born Auguft 19, 1779; Sufanna-Elizabeth, born 
December 29, 1782; Amelia-Charlotte, born Novem¬ 
ber 9, 17S6 ; Hugh, born January 29, 1784, married. 
May 19, 1806, Diana Manners Sutton, eldeft daughter 
to his grace the archbiftiop of Canterbury ; Jofceline, 
a captain in the royal navy, twin-brother with Hugh, 
born January 29, 1784; Henry, born September 14, 
1785 ; William-Henry, born March 24, 1788; Francis- 
John, born May 1, 1790; Charles, born March 4, 1794. 
His lordffiip is next brother to the prefent duke of 
Northumberland, and fon to the late duke. His pedigree 
is therefore dated in our (ketch of that illuftrious houfe. 
Creation. —Earl of Beverley, November 2, 1790. 
Residences. —Louvaine, in the county of York; 
and Bennington, in Hertfordlhire.—Town-houfe, Port- 
man-fquare. 
Armorial Bearings.— See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Efperance en Dieu .—“ Truft in God.” 
MURRAY, EARL OF MANSFIELD. 
DAVID-WILLI AM MURRAY, Earl of MANS¬ 
FIELD, and Baron Murray, in Middlefex; Vifcount 
Stormont, Baron of Scone and Balvaird, in Scotland; 
Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanfliire, Hereditary Keep¬ 
er of Scone, and F.R.S. born March 7, 1777; fucceeded 
fiis father, David, the late earl, September 1, 1796; 
married, September 16, 1797, Frederica Markham, 
daughter of the late archbifhop of York, and has iffue a 
daughter, born January 8, 1800; a daughter, born Sep¬ 
tember 13, ( 1803; vifcount Stormont, heir apparent, 
born February 21, 1806; and a daughter, born July jo, 
1807. 
The family of Murray earl of Mansfield is defcended 
from fir William Murray of Tullibardine, in the reign 
of James III. king of Scotland, who had iffue, William, 
anceflor to the duke of Athol; and Andrew, who mar¬ 
ried Margaret, daughterand heir of James Barclay, baron 
of Arngofk, Balvaird, and Kippo. Andrew, grandfon 
of this marriage, headed a rebellion again!! James VI. 
king of Scotland, and being defeated at .the battle of 
Corrichie,' fuffered decapitation in 1563. David, his 
fon, was matter of the horfe to James VI. and, having 
rendered him fignal fervice upon occafion of the con- 
fpiracy of the earl of Gowrie, was created by that mo¬ 
narch, April 7, 1695, baron of Scone in the kingdom of 
Scotland ; and, Auguft 16, 1621, vifcount Stormont, of 
that kingdom. Thefe honours defcended, upon his 
death, Auguft 27, 1631, firft to Mungo, fon of John 
Murray, firft earl of Tullibardine, of the kingdom of 
Scotland, and next to James Murray, earl of Annandale, 
of that kingdom. 
Andrew, grandfon of William, younger brother of 
Andrew, who was beheaded for his concern in the bat¬ 
tle of Corrichie,. was by Charles I. November 14, 1641, 
created baron Balvaird, of the kingdom of Scotland, 
and had iffue David, fecond lord Balvaird, who fuc¬ 
ceeded upon tire death, of James earl of Annandale, in 
1638, to the honour of third lord vifcopnt Stormont, of 
the kingdom of Scotland. He was fined by Cromwell in 
the fum of fifteen hundred pounds, for his attachment 
to Charles 11. 
David, fifth lord vifcount Stormont, his fon, married 
Margaret, daughter and heir of David Scot, of Scotftar- 
vet; by which lady he had fix fons and eight daughters ; 
of whom, Margery was married to colonel John Hay, of 
Cromlix, who had the title of earl of Invernefs. He was fe¬ 
cond fon of Thomas, and fixth earl of Kinnoul ; Amelia 
married to fir Alexander Lindfay, bart. of.Evelick, in 
Perthfiiire, by whom !he had the late fir John Lindfay, 
knight of the Bath, and rear-admiral of Great Britain, 
who died June 4, 1788 ; Catharine, died November 25, 
1754. The. fecond fon, James, was one of her majefty’s 
commiffaries for fettling the trade with France ; John, 
the third fon, died young; William, the fourth, wasap- 
pointe.d folicitor-general to his ntajefty in 1742, in 1754 
attorney-general, in 1756 lord chief juftice of jhe court 
King’s Bench, and created a peer of Great Britain, by 
the title of lord Mansfield, earl and baron of Mansfield, 
in the county of Nottingham, and afterwards the firft 
earl of Mansfield in Middlefex, Auguft i, 1792. Charles 
and Robert, both died without iffue y Elizabeth; Jane, 
Nicholas, and Mary, all died unmarried. 
William, the firft earl of Mansfield, ftudied in Chrift- 
Church College, Oxford; and gained a poetical prize in 
that univerfity, in 1728. It is to this nobleman that Mr. 
Pope alludes, when, fpeaking of his choice of the pro- 
feflion of the law, he exclaims, 
“ How fvveet an Ovid is in Murray loft!” 
He was conftituted, November 27, 1742, folicitor gene¬ 
ral to George II. which office lie exchanged, April 20, 
1754, for that of attorney general. He was early diftin- 
guilhed in the houfe of commons by the moft infinu- 
ating eloquence; and on the part of the then adminiftra- 
tion was a moft powerful fpeaker. Having refigned the 
office of attorney-general, he was conftituted, Novem¬ 
ber 8, 1756, lord chief juftice of the court of King’s 
Bench, and created baron Mansfield, of Mansfield, in 
the county of Nottingham. He twice filled /iro tempore 
the offices of chancellor and under treafurer of the ex¬ 
chequer; firft in 1757, and afterwards in 1767. He was 
created by George Jill, earl of Mansfield, with re¬ 
mainder to the iffue of his confort; and in default of 
her iffue, to Louifa, confort of David lord vifcount 
Stormont and her iffue. He refigned the office of lord 
chief juftice of the court of King’s Bench June 3, 1788, 
after having filled the office for the long period of thirty- 
two years. He married, September 1738, Elizabeth 
Finch, fixth daughter of Daniel earl of Winchilfea, by 
whom he had no iffue. She died in 1784, and his lord- 
fliip March 20, 1793. 
David, fixth vifcount Stormont, fucceeded his father, 
and married Anne, daughterand foie heir of John Stew¬ 
art, of Invernetty, efquire, by whom he had two fons 
and two daughters: David, the late vifcount, and fe¬ 
cond earl; Jamqs; Anne; Margery, who died April 22, 
1779. His lordffiip, dying in 1748, was fucceeded as 
vifcount by his eldeft fon, David, who fucceeded to his 
uncle William’s Englilh honours alfo in 1793. He mar¬ 
ried, firft, Henrietta-Frederica, daughter of Henry, count 
Brinau, in Saxony ; by whom, who died March 6, 1767, 
he had iffue, Elizabeth-Mary, born May 18, 1760; 
married, December 10, 1785, George-Finch Hatton, 
efq. by whom file left iffue, and died OiSiober 9, 1797 ; 
and Henrietta-Anne, born at Drefden, and died an infant. 
His lordftiip married, fecondly, May 5, 1776, Louifa, 
third daughter of the late lord Cathcart, on whom and 
her heirs are entailed the honours of William, the late 
earl of Mansfield. Her ladyfhip has iffue, David-Wil- 
liam, the prefent earl; George, born April 8, 1780; 
Charles, born Auguft 21, 1781 ; Henry, born Auguft 6, 
1784; and Caroline, born December 44, 1789. His 
lordffiip, the late earl, died September 1, 1796, and was 
fucceeded 
