Viscount of Stormont
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The title of Viscount Stormont is a title in the Peerage of Scotland; it was created in 1621 by James VI for his friend and helper Sir David Murray who had saved him from the attack of Earl Gowrie in 1600. Murray had already been created Lord Scone, also in the Peerage of Scotland in 1605. The 2nd Viscount also succeeded to the title Baron Balvaird in 1641.
The 7th Viscount succeeded his uncle as Earl of Mansfield in 1793, that title having been created in William Murray, a son of the 4th Viscount, in 1776. The title of Viscount Stormont is now used as a courtesy title by the heir apparent to that Earldom.
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Viscounts Stormont (1621)
- Sir David Murray, 1st Viscount Stormont (d. 27 Aug 1631)
- Mungo Murray, 2nd Viscount Stormont (d. Mar 1642)
- James Murray, 2nd Earl of Annandale, 3rd Viscount Stormont (d. 28 Dec 1658)
- David Murray, 4th Viscount Stormont (d. 24 Jul 1668)
- David Murray, 5th Viscount Stormont (d. 19 Nov 1731)
- David Murray, 6th Viscount Stormont (c 1689 - 23 Jul 1748)
- David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont (1727-1796)