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'''William Lort Mansel''' (2 April 1753 in [[Pembroke, Pembrokeshire|Pembroke]] – 27 June 1820 in [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]) was an English churchman and Cambridge fellow. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1798 to his death in 1820, and also [[Bishop of Bristol]] from 1808 to 1820.
'''William Lort Mansel''' (2 April 1753 – 27 June 1820) was an English churchman and Cambridge fellow. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1798 to his death in 1820, and also [[Bishop of Bristol]] from 1808 to 1820.

==Life==
He was born in [[Pembroke, Pembrokeshire|Pembroke]], the son of William Wogan Mansel and his wife Anne (née Lort), sister of [[Michael Lort]], [[Regius Professor of Greek (Cambridge)|Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge]]. He was educated at the [[King's School, Gloucester]] under Edward Sparkes, and at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] (matriculated 1770, scholarship 1771, graduated [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] 1774, [[Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin)|M.A.]] 1777, [[Doctor of Divinity|D.D.]] 1798).<ref name=Venn>{{acad|id=MNSL770WL|name=Mansel, William Lort}}</ref>

Elected a fellow of Trinity in 1775, Mansel was ordained deacon in 1780 and priest in 1783. He became Vicar of [[Bottisham]] 1783–1790, Vicar of [[Chesterton, Cambridge|Chesterton]] in 1788 and Rector of [[Fowlmere]] in 1789.<ref name=Venn/>

Mansel was known as a wit, writer of epigrams,<ref name=Venn/> and satirist of academic rivalries. His popularity led to his election as [[Public Orator]] of Cambridge, 1788–1798.<ref name=Chapel/> Appointed Master of Trinity in 1798, Mansel served as University [[List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge|Vice-Chancellor]] 1799–1800.<ref name=Venn/> Appointed Bishop of Bristol in 1808 on the recommendation of his former pupil [[Spencer Perceval]], the then Chancellor of the Exchequer,<ref name=Chapel/> he combined the bishopric with his mastership until his death in 1820.

[[Lord Byron]], who was a student at Trinity from 1805 to 1808,<ref>{{acad|id=BRN805G|name=Byron [post Noel], George (Gordon), Baron Byron}}</ref> described Mansel ("Magnus", for his corpulence) presiding in college:

{{Poemquote
|text=High in the midst, surrounded by his peers,
Magnus his ample front sublime uprears:
Plac'd on his chair of state, he seems a God,
While Sophs and Freshmen tremble at his nod;
As all around sit wrapt in speechless gloom,
His voice, in thunder, shakes the sounding dome;
Denouncing dire reproach to luckless fools,
Unskill'd to plod in mathematic rules.
|author=[[Lord Byron]]
|title=''Thoughts Suggested by a College Examination''<ref>{{cite wikisource|editor-last1=Coleridge|editor-first1=E. H.|editor-last2=Prothero|editor-first2=R. E.|title=The Works of Lord Byron|volume=1|page=28|wslink=Page:The Works of Lord Byron (ed. Coleridge, Prothero) - Volume 1.djvu/68}}</ref>
}}

Mansel died in the Master's Lodge at Trinity College, Cambridge, and is interred in the College Chapel.<ref name=Chapel>{{cite web|website=Trinity College Chapel|title=William Lort Mansel|url=http://trinitycollegechapel.com/about/memorials/interments/mansel/|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>

==Family==
Mansel married in 1779 Isabella Haggerston(e), daughter of John Haggerston, a Cambridge attorney.<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=17990|first=S. J.|last=Skedd|title=Mansel, William Lort}}</ref><ref name="Maunsell">{{cite book |last1=Maunsell |first1=Charles Albert |last2=Stratham |first2=Edward Phillips |title=History of the family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel) |date=1917 |publisher=Kegan Paul |location=London |page=252|volume=I |url=https://archive.org/details/historyoffamilyo01maun/page/n614/mode/1up}}</ref> They had 13 children:<ref>{{cite book|last=Phillips|first=Edward Statham|year=1920|title=History of the Family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel)|volume=2|page=68|url=https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G004721B.pdf|access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref>

* Isabella Mansel (1789–1866), married the Rev. Lort Mansel, a cousin.<ref>{{alox2|title=Mansel, Lort}}</ref>
* William Lort Mansel (1790–1810), lieutenant in the Navy, died at sea.
* Anne Mansel (1792–1832), married in 1819 Edward Peacock, Fellow of Trinity and cleric.<ref>{{acad|id= PCK803E|name=Peacock, Edward}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry |date=1847 |publisher=H. Colburn |page=1013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0NEKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1013 |language=en}}</ref>
* Elizabeth Mansel (1793–1880), married in 1823 James Devereux Hustler, Fellow of Trinity and cleric.<ref>{{acad|id=HSTR801JD|name=Hustler, James Devereux}}</ref>
* Frederick Mansel (1794)
* Edward Mansel (1794) – Frederick and Edward, twins, both died in infancy.
* William Frederick Mansel (1795–1839), godson of [[Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh|Prince William Frederick]], priest.<ref>{{acad|id=MNSL814WF|name=Mansel, William Frederick}}</ref>
* Spencer Perceval Mansel (1797–1862), godson of [[Spencer Perceval]], priest.<ref>{{acad|id=MNSL814SP|name=Mansel, Spencer Perceval}}</ref>
* Fanny Mansel (1798–1878), married in 1821 the Rev. Thomas Tayler of Whitlings.<ref>{{acad|id=TLR816T|name=Tayler, Thomas}}</ref>
* Emily Mansel (1800–1874), married in 1823 the Rev. Edward Miller.<ref>{{acad|id=MLR816E|name=Miller, Edward}}</ref>
* Sophia Matilda Caroline Mansel (1801–1873), married in 1823 the Rev. John Horsley Dakins.<ref>{{acad|id=DKNS818JH|name=Dakins [post Dakyns], John Horsley}}</ref>
* Catherine Mansel (1803)
* Mary Mansel (1803) – Catherine and Mary, twins, both died in infancy.


On Mansel's death, his executors were [[Edward Daniel Clarke]] and [[James Devereux Hustler]]; his estate was left in will to his five unmarried daughters.<ref>{{cite book |title=The London Magazine |date=1820 |publisher=Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy |page=350 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-MIxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA350 |language=en}}</ref>
William Lort Mansel was the son of William Wogan Mansel of Pembroke. He was educated at the school of Mr Sparks in [[Gloucester]] and at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], where he graduated BA in 1774.<ref name=Venn>{{acad|id=MNSL770WL|name=Mansel, William Lort}}</ref> Elected a fellow of Trinity in 1775, he was ordained deacon in 1780 and priest in 1783, and became Vicar of [[Bottisham]] from 1783 to 1790. He became Vicar of [[Chesterton, Cambridge]] in 1788 and Vicar of [[Fowlmere]] in 1789.<ref name=Venn/> In 1798 Mansel was appointed Master of Trinity. Made Bishop of Bristol in 1808, he combined the bishopric with his mastership until his death in 1820. He is interred at Trinity College.<ref>{{Find a Grave|6871463}}</ref>


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For other people named William Mansel, see William Mansel (disambiguation).

The Right Reverend

William Lort Mansel

Bishop of Bristol
DioceseDiocese of Bristol
In office1808–1820
PredecessorJohn Luxmoore
SuccessorJohn Kaye
Personal details
Born(1753-04-02)2 April 1753
Pembroke, Wales
Died27 June 1820(1820-06-27) (aged 67)
Trinity College, Cambridge, England
BuriedChapel, Trinity College, Cambridge
DenominationAnglican
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

William Lort Mansel (2 April 1753 – 27 June 1820) was an English churchman and Cambridge fellow. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1798 to his death in 1820, and also Bishop of Bristol from 1808 to 1820.

Life[edit]

He was born in Pembroke, the son of William Wogan Mansel and his wife Anne (née Lort), sister of Michael Lort, Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge. He was educated at the King's School, Gloucester under Edward Sparkes, and at Trinity College, Cambridge (matriculated 1770, scholarship 1771, graduated B.A. 1774, M.A. 1777, D.D. 1798).[1]

Elected a fellow of Trinity in 1775, Mansel was ordained deacon in 1780 and priest in 1783. He became Vicar of Bottisham 1783–1790, Vicar of Chesterton in 1788 and Rector of Fowlmere in 1789.[1]

Mansel was known as a wit, writer of epigrams,[1] and satirist of academic rivalries. His popularity led to his election as Public Orator of Cambridge, 1788–1798.[2] Appointed Master of Trinity in 1798, Mansel served as University Vice-Chancellor 1799–1800.[1] Appointed Bishop of Bristol in 1808 on the recommendation of his former pupil Spencer Perceval, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer,[2] he combined the bishopric with his mastership until his death in 1820.

Lord Byron, who was a student at Trinity from 1805 to 1808,[3] described Mansel ("Magnus", for his corpulence) presiding in college:

High in the midst, surrounded by his peers,
Magnus his ample front sublime uprears:
Plac'd on his chair of state, he seems a God,
While Sophs and Freshmen tremble at his nod;
As all around sit wrapt in speechless gloom,
His voice, in thunder, shakes the sounding dome;
Denouncing dire reproach to luckless fools,
Unskill'd to plod in mathematic rules.

— Lord Byron, Thoughts Suggested by a College Examination[4]

Mansel died in the Master's Lodge at Trinity College, Cambridge, and is interred in the College Chapel.[2]

Family[edit]

Mansel married in 1779 Isabella Haggerston(e), daughter of John Haggerston, a Cambridge attorney.[5][6] They had 13 children:[7]

  • Isabella Mansel (1789–1866), married the Rev. Lort Mansel, a cousin.[8]
  • William Lort Mansel (1790–1810), lieutenant in the Navy, died at sea.
  • Anne Mansel (1792–1832), married in 1819 Edward Peacock, Fellow of Trinity and cleric.[9][10]
  • Elizabeth Mansel (1793–1880), married in 1823 James Devereux Hustler, Fellow of Trinity and cleric.[11]
  • Frederick Mansel (1794)
  • Edward Mansel (1794) – Frederick and Edward, twins, both died in infancy.
  • William Frederick Mansel (1795–1839), godson of Prince William Frederick, priest.[12]
  • Spencer Perceval Mansel (1797–1862), godson of Spencer Perceval, priest.[13]
  • Fanny Mansel (1798–1878), married in 1821 the Rev. Thomas Tayler of Whitlings.[14]
  • Emily Mansel (1800–1874), married in 1823 the Rev. Edward Miller.[15]
  • Sophia Matilda Caroline Mansel (1801–1873), married in 1823 the Rev. John Horsley Dakins.[16]
  • Catherine Mansel (1803)
  • Mary Mansel (1803) – Catherine and Mary, twins, both died in infancy.

On Mansel's death, his executors were Edward Daniel Clarke and James Devereux Hustler; his estate was left in will to his five unmarried daughters.[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Mansel, William Lort (MNSL770WL)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ a b c "William Lort Mansel". Trinity College Chapel. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Byron [post Noel], George (Gordon), Baron Byron (BRN805G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ Coleridge, E. H.; Prothero, R. E. (eds.). The Works of Lord Byron . Vol. 1. p. 28 – via Wikisource.
  5. ^ Skedd, S. J. "Mansel, William Lort". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17990. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ Maunsell, Charles Albert; Stratham, Edward Phillips (1917). History of the family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel). Vol. I. London: Kegan Paul. p. 252.
  7. ^ Phillips, Edward Statham (1920). History of the Family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel) (PDF). Vol. 2. p. 68. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  8. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Mansel, Lort" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  9. ^ "Peacock, Edward (PCK803E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  10. ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. H. Colburn. 1847. p. 1013.
  11. ^ "Hustler, James Devereux (HSTR801JD)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  12. ^ "Mansel, William Frederick (MNSL814WF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  13. ^ "Mansel, Spencer Perceval (MNSL814SP)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  14. ^ "Tayler, Thomas (TLR816T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  15. ^ "Miller, Edward (MLR816E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  16. ^ "Dakins [post Dakyns], John Horsley (DKNS818JH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  17. ^ The London Magazine. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. 1820. p. 350.

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