David Murray, 5th Viscount of Stormont (1665 – 19 November 1731) was a Scottish peer. He was the son of David Murray, 4th Viscount Stormont (c.1636-24 Jul 1668) and Jean Carnegie, daughter of James Carnegie, 2nd Earl of Southesk

James Carnegie, 2nd Earl of Southesk

James Carnegie, 2nd Earl of Southesk was a Scottish nobleman. He inherited the Earldom of Southesk from David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk....

 and Lady Mary Kerr. His family was Jacobite

Jacobitism

Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...

 in its politics, most particularly his second son James

James Murray (Jacobite)

James Murray, Earl of Dunbar was a Jacobite.-Family:He was the second child of David Murray, 5th Viscount of Stormont and Majory Scott. His brothers included David Murray, 6th Viscount of Stormont and the First Earl of Mansfield.-Life:...

 (c.1690–1770).

Marriage and issue

On 31 January 1688 he married Majory Scott (d. 8 April 1746, daughter of David Scott of Scotstarvit (d. 1718)). The couple had the following children:

1. David Murray, 6th Viscount of Stormont
   David Murray, 6th Viscount of Stormont
   David Murray, 6th Viscount of Stormont was a Scottish peer, succeeding to the Viscountcy of Stormont on his father David's death in 1731 and holding it until his own death. His mother was Marjory Scott, and among his brothers were the Earl of Mansfield and the Jacobite James Murray...
   
    (c.1689–1748)
2. Hon. James Murray
   James Murray (Jacobite)
   James Murray, Earl of Dunbar was a Jacobite.-Family:He was the second child of David Murray, 5th Viscount of Stormont and Majory Scott. His brothers included David Murray, 6th Viscount of Stormont and the First Earl of Mansfield.-Life:...
   
    (c.1690–1770), Jacobite Earl of Dunbar
3. Hon. John Murray (died young)
4. William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
   William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
   William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, SL, PC was a British barrister, politician and judge noted for his reform of English law. Born to Scottish nobility, he was educated in Perth, Scotland before moving to London at the age of 13 to take up a place at Westminster School...
   
    (1705–1793)
5. Hon. Catherine Murray (d. 25 November 1754), died unmarried
6. Hon. Marjory Murray, married Col. John Hay of Cromlix
   John Hay of Cromlix
   John Hay of Cromlix was the Jacobite duke of Inverness and a courtier and army officer to the 'Old Pretender'. He was from the Clan Hay.-Life:...
   
   
7. Hon. Amelia Murray (d. 8 February 1774), married Sir Alexander Lindsay of Evelick
   Sir Alexander Lindsay of Evelix (1683-1762)
   Sir Alexander Lindsay of Evelick was a Scottish nobleman from the Lindsay of Evelick family. He married into the Clan Murray by his marriage with Amelia Murray, daughter of David Murray, 5th Viscount Stormont and sister of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield...
   
   , by whom she was mother to Margaret and John Lindsay
   John Lindsay (admiral)
   Admiral Sir John Lindsay KB was a British naval officer of the 18th century, and the father of Dido Elizabeth Belle.-Family:...
   
   .
8. Hon. Charles Murray, died without children
9. Hon. Robert Murray, died without children
10. Hon. Margaret (c.1702 – 18 April 1785), died without children
11. Hon. Jean Murray (d. 10 August 1758), unmarried
12. Hon. Nicola Helen Murray (d. 7 November 1777), died without children
13. Hon. Mary Murray, died unmarried

External links

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