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Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of

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Lord Chief-Justice of England, born in Perth, called to the bar in 1730; distinguished himself as a lawyer, entered Parliament in 1743, and became Solicitor-General, accepted the chief-justiceship in 1756; was impartial as a judge, but unpopular; raised to the peerage in 1776, and resigned his judgeship in 1789 (1704-1793).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/mansfield-william-murray-earl-of.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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