Biography of Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield 1758-1843

On 24th July 1753 [her father] Charles Cathcart 9th Lord Cathcart [aged 32] and [her mother] Jane Hamilton [aged 26] were married. They had nine children.

In 1758 Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield was born to Charles Cathcart 9th Lord Cathcart [aged 36] and Jane Hamilton [aged 31].

On 16th August 1759 [her future husband] David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield [aged 31] and Henrietta Frederica von Bünau were married.

On 13th November 1771 [her mother] Jane Hamilton [aged 45] died.

In 1776 William Murray 1st Earl Mansfield [aged 70] was created 1st Earl Mansfield in Nottinghamshire with a special remainder to Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield [aged 18] the second wife of his nephew [her future husband] David Murray [aged 48].

On 5th May 1776 David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield [aged 48] and Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield [aged 18] were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

On 14th August 1776 [her father] Charles Cathcart 9th Lord Cathcart [aged 55] died.

On 7th March 1777 [her son] David William Murray 3rd Earl of Mansfield was born to [her husband] David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield [aged 49] and Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield [aged 19]. He married 16th September 1797 Frederica Markham Countess Mansfield, daughter of Archbishop William Markham, and had issue.

On 19th October 1777 Robert Fulke Greville [aged 26] and Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield [aged 19] were married. He the son of Francis Greville 1st Earl Brooke Warwick Castle 1st Earl Warwick and Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Brooke Warwick Castle and Warwick [aged 57]. They were half first cousins.

On 10th December 1785 George Finch-Hatton [aged 38] and [her step-daughter] Elizabeth Murray [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of [her husband] David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield [aged 58] and Henrietta Frederica von Bünau.

On 26th December 1790 [her sister] Jane Cathcart [aged 36] died.

On 20th March 1793 William Murray 1st Earl Mansfield [aged 88] died. Baron Mansfield in Nottinghamshire extinct. His nephew [her husband] David [aged 65] succeeded 2nd Earl Mansfield in Middlesex. Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield [aged 35] by marriage Countess Mansfield in Middlesex. His niece-in-law Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield succeeded 2nd Countess Mansfield in Nottinghamshire.

On 1st September 1796 [her husband] David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield [aged 68] died. His son David [aged 19] succeeded 3rd Earl Mansfield in Middlesex, 8th Viscount Stormont.

On 16th September 1797 David William Murray 3rd Earl of Mansfield [aged 20] and Frederica Markham Countess Mansfield [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Mansfield in Middlesex. She the daughter of Archbishop William Markham [aged 78]. He the son of David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield and Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield [aged 39].

In 1816 [her brother-in-law] George Greville 2nd Earl Warwick and Brooke [aged 69] died. His son Henry [aged 36] succeeded 3rd Earl Warwick, 3rd Earl Brooke Warwick Castle, 10th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court in Warwickshire.

On 27th April 1824 [her husband] Robert Fulke Greville [aged 73] died.

On 15th December 1825 [her son-in-law] Reverend Daniel Heneage Finch-Hatton [aged 30] and Louisa Greville were married. She the daughter of Robert Fulke Greville and Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield [aged 67].

On 18th February 1840 David William Murray 3rd Earl of Mansfield [aged 62] died. His son William [aged 33] succeeded 4th Earl Mansfield in Middlesex, 9th Viscount Stormont.

On 11th July 1843 Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield [aged 85] died. Her grandson William [aged 37] succeeded 3rd Earl Mansfield in Nottinghamshire.

[her daughter] Louisa Greville was born to Robert Fulke Greville and Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.14%. She married 15th December 1825 Reverend Daniel Heneage Finch-Hatton and had issue.