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William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

British barrister, politician and judge (1705–1793)

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About William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield,, was a British barrister, politician and judge best known for his reforms to English law. Born in Scone Palace, Perthshire into the Scottish nobility, he was educated in Perth before moving to London at the age of 13 to study at Westminster School. Accepted into Christ Church, Oxford, in May 1723, Mansfield graduated four years later and returned to London, where he was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn in November 1730 and quickly gained a reputation as an excellent barrister.

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Occupation: judge, politician, jurist
Position held: Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Speaker, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Attorney General for England and Wales
Citizenship: Kingdom of Great Britain
Born: March 2, 1705, March 2, 1704
Died: March 20, 1793

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