Robert Mansel (politician)
Robert Mansel ( November 2, 1695 - April 29, 1723 ) was a British politician.
Mansel came from the Welsh Mansel family and was the eldest son of Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel and Martha Millington . He was considered an active Jacobite , whose name Jakob Franz , the Old Pretender , was mentioned in 1721 for a planned rebellion to reinstate the Stuarts as leader in Glamorgan . Mansel was elected MP for Minehead for the House of Commons in a by-election in December 1721 . However, he died in 1723, a few months before his father's death.
He married Anne Shovell , daughter and co-heir of Admiral Clowdisley Showell of Crayford , Kent , in April 1718 . He had two sons and a daughter with her. His son Thomas Mansel, 2nd Baron Mansel (1719–1744) , became his heir . While his son was a minor, his brother Bussy Mansel managed the family's extensive estates in South Wales.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hon. Robert Mansell on thepeerage.com , accessed August 20, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mansel, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1695 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1723 |