Baron Mansel
Baron Mansel , of Margam in the County of Glamorgan , was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Great Britain .
The family seat of the barons was Margam Abbey in Glamorgan, South Wales.
Award and expiration
Queen Anne bestowed the title on January 1, 1712, on Sir Thomas Mansel, 5th Baronet , of the Mansel family . The title was one of eight new peer dignities created at the same time to secure the Tories the government majority in the House of Lords . The title expired with the death of his youngest son, the 4th Baron Mansel , in 1750.
Subordinate title
The 1st Baron had already inherited the title 5th Baronet, of Margam in the County of Glamorgan from his father in 1706, which was created on May 22, 1611 for his great-great-grandfather Thomas Mansel . The title expired together with the barony in 1750.
List of Mansel Baronets and Barons Mansel
Mansel Baronets, of Margram (1611)
- Sir Thomas Mansell, 1st Baronet († 1631)
- Sir Lewis Mansel, 2nd Baronet (around 1594–1638)
- Sir Henry Mansel, 3rd Baronet (around 1629 – around 1640)
- Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet (around 1637–1706)
- Sir Thomas Mansel, 5th Baronet (1667–1723) ( raised to Baron Mansel in 1712 )
Barone Mansel (1711)
- Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel (1667–1723)
- Thomas Mansel, 2nd Baron Mansel (1719–1744)
- Christopher Mansel, 3rd Baron Mansel (around 1699–1744)
- Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel (around 1701–1750)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ David Hume, Thomas Gaspey, T. Smollett: The history of England. From the text of Hume and Smollett to the reign of George III ... , London Print. and pub. Co, London 1852, p. 363