William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield

Murray was born at 56 Portland Place (later renumbered to 37), known as Mansfield House, the London residence of his parents in Marylebone.

He was the eldest son of nine children born to the former Frederica Markham and David Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield.

After leaving Oxford, he toured Europe, attending the coronation of Czar Nicholas I in Moscow in the summer of 1826.

He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Stirlingshire Militia from 1828 to 1855, Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire from 1852, hereditary keeper of Scone Palace, and Senior Member of the Carlton Club.

[8] Between 1803 and 1839, his father had architect William Atkinson update and undertake essential structural reinforcements to Kenwood House.

Between 1802 and 1807 at a cost of around £60,000, Atkinson had updated the old Palace whilst maintaining characteristics of the medieval Gothic abbey buildings it was built upon.

[10] In 1842, the 4th Earl had further work undertaken to make Scone ready for the visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Alexander David Murray (who married Christian Maule Stewart-Richardson, a daughter of Sir James Stewart-Richardson, 14th Baronet) and Lady Mabel Emily Murray (wife of Admiral Sir Herbert Goodenough King-Hall).