Perthshire aristocrat, lawyer and politician the Earl of Mansfield of Scone Palace has died aged 85.
William David Mungo James Murray held the titles of 8th and 9th earl.
Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he served with the Scots Guards in Malaya.
He was called to the bar and was a barrister from 1958 until 1971, when he succeeded his father as Earl of Mansfield.
The Earl of Mansfield was appointed an Honorary Sheriff for Perthshire, a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for Perth and Kinross.
He has also held a number of business and charitable appointments.
The family home of Scone Palace is steeped in history and is the site of an early Christian church and it housed the Stone of Destiny.
Robert the Bruce was crowned at Scone in 1306 and the last coronation was of Charles II, when he accepted the Scottish crown in 1651.
The place of coronation was called Caislean Credi, Hill of Credulity, which survives as the present Moot Hill.
In recent years the grounds of Scone Palace have become known as a venue for various events including the Rewind festival.
Lord Mansfield was also 13th Viscount Stormont and Lord Scone, 11th Lord Balvaird and Hereditary Keeper of Bruce’s Castle of Lochmaben.