Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet (of Margam)

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Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet (* around 1637; † November 14 or 17, 1706 ) was an English nobleman and politician.

Origin and youth

Edward Mansel came from the old Welsh Mansel family . He was the second son of Lewis Mansel , 2nd Baronet, and his third wife Elizabeth Montagu. His father died as early as 1638, and after the early death of his older brother Henry, who had died when he was nine or ten years old, he became the heir of his father's estates and the title of Baronet , of Margam in 1640 at the age of three or four in the County of Glamorgan. He studied at Queens' College in Cambridge from 1653 and went on a grand tour to France and Italy from 1656 to 1657 .

Political career

After his return to England, Mansel was briefly arrested as an alleged royalist , but quickly released. After the end of the Commonwealth of England in March 1660 he was a member of the committee that should set up a militia in Glamorgan . In August 1660 he became Deputy Lieutenant of Glamorgan, and in the 1660 general election he was elected Knight of the Shire for Glamorgan in the House of Commons . As early as 1661, however, he resigned his mandate in favor of William Herbert , who was elected as his successor. When he inherited the title of Earl of Pembroke in 1670 and thus retired from the House of Commons, Mansel was again elected Knight of the Shire in 1670 without opposing candidates. As a rather inactive member of parliament, he initially supported the government before joining the opposition in 1677. In 1679 he renounced in favor of his cousin Bussy Mansel on a new candidacy, but when he ran for Cardiff in 1681, Edward Mansel was again elected Knight of the Shire for Glamorgan in 1681. In 1678 he complained about the administration of the Lord President of Wales , Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort , who held arbitrary offices in South Wales. The Lord President was only able to resolve this conflict in 1684 by visiting Edward Mansel in his residence at Margam Abbey . Between 1662 and 1682 he was Vice Admiral of South Wales, Colonel of the Glamorgan militia, justice of the peace and holder of numerous other offices, which is why he was counted among the most influential nobles of South Wales after the Earls of Pembroke. In 1685 Mansel was re-elected as Knight of the Shire, but he resigned his mandate and most of his other offices for health reasons in 1687. From February to November 1688 he still served as sheriff of Glamorgan. Nevertheless, Mansel retained considerable influence. He retained the office of Justice of the Peace of Glamorgan, and when there was an economic conflict between his relative Thomas Mansel of Briton Ferry and Sir Humphrey Mackworth at Neath at the beginning of the 18th century over coal mining , he covered his relative's actions as Justice of the Peace. In May 1705 he had workers from Mackworth's factories illegally forced into military service.

Family and offspring

Mansel had married Martha Carne , daughter of Edward Carne and Martha Wyndham from Ewenny in 1665 . After her father's death, she was one of her father's heiresses. He had three sons and two daughters with her, including:

He was buried in the church of Margam Abbey. His heir became his eldest surviving son, Thomas.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ronald Rees: The black mystery: coalmining in South-West Wales. Y Lolfa, Talybont 2008. ISBN 978-0-86243-967-5 , p. 56
  2. ↑ Ronald Rees: The black mystery: coalmining in South-West Wales. Y Lolfa, Talybont 2008. ISBN 978-0-86243-967-5 , p. 58
predecessor Office successor
Henry Mansel Mansel Baronet, of Margam
around 1640–1706 		Thomas Mansel
personal data
SURNAME Mansel, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mansell, Edward; Mansel, Sir Edward, 4th Baronet (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1637
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1706 or November 17, 1706