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Scone Palace / ˈ s k uː n / is a Category A-listed historic house near the village of Scone and the city of Perth, Scotland. Ancestral seat of Earls of Mansfield, built in red sandstone with a castellated roof, it is an example of the Gothic Revival style in Scotland. Scone was originally the site of an early Christian church, and later an ...
William David Mungo James Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield, 7th Earl of Mansfield, DL, JP (7 July 1930 – 21 October 2015), styled Lord Scone until 1970, was a British nobleman and Conservative politician.
The titles are presently held by his elder son, the ninth Earl of Mansfield of the 1792 creation and the eighth Earl of Mansfield of the 1776 creation. He is also the fifteenth Viscount of Stormont, the fifteenth Lord Scone and the thirteenth Lord Balvaird. The family seat is Scone Palace, near Scone, Perthshire.
Mansfield appointed William Atkinson to undertake essential structural reinforcement to Kenwood house between 1803 and 1839. Although the Mansfields preferred to live at their Scottish seat, Scone Palace, which had also been previously rebuilt by William Atkinson. No. 37 Portland Place would have the same Adams facade as its twin No. 46-48 across.
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. He was appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1843 and was for a time Senior Knight. By 1880s, Lord Mansfield had an estimated income of £45,000 a year. [2]
Scone (/ ˈ s k uː n / ⓘ; Scottish Gaelic: Sgàin; Scots: Scone) is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.The medieval town of Scone, which grew up around the monastery and royal residence, was abandoned in the early 19th century when the residents were removed and a new palace was built on the site by the Earl of Mansfield.
Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761-1804) and Lady Elizabeth Murray (1760-1825), previously at Kenwood now at Scone Palace His friend a fellow diplomat, Sir William Hamilton said to his niece Mary Hamilton, that if it wasn't for his help to get him out of his depression and recovered in Rome, he believed that Stormont might have gone mad, Hamilton said ...
Upload another image See more images Cross Of New Scone Junction Of Cross Street And Abbey Road, New Scone 56°24′56″N 3°24′21″W / 56.415671°N 3.4059°W / 56.415671; -3.4059 (Cross Of New Scone Junction Of Cross Street And Abbey Road, New Scone) Category B 18362 Upload Photo 11 Mansfield Road, New Scone 56°25′12″N 3°24′03″W / 56.419862°N 3.400834°W ...