Thomas Mansel (politician, around 1556)

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Sir Thomas Mansel, 1st Baronet (also Thomas Mansell ) (* around 1556; † December 20, 1631 in Margam Abbey ), was an English nobleman and politician .

origin

Thomas Mansel came from the old Welsh Mansel family . He was the eldest son of Sir Edward Mansel and his wife Jane Somerset , a daughter of Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester and his second wife Elizabeth Browne. Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Mansell was one of his siblings . In 1578 he went on a grand tour to Italy.

Political activity

After his father's death in 1585, he inherited the family's estates in South Wales, including Margam Abbey and Oxwich and Penrice Castle . Through his mother he was a member of the powerful Somerset family, some of the largest landowners in South Wales. He served this family for many years as the manager of their estates on Gower and in Swansea . Before 1593 he was knighted . He was sheriff of Glamorgan from 1593 to 1594, from 1603 to 1604 and from 1622 to 1623 . In addition to numerous other offices, he succeeded his father from 1585 until his death, Chamberlain and Chancellor of South Wales. In the 1597 general election, he was elected Knight of the Shire for Glamorgan. After first John Herbert in 1601 and then Philip Herbert were elected Knight of the Shire in 1604 , Mansel was again Knight of the Shire by by-election in 1605, after Philip Herbert had been elevated to Earl of Montgomery . In the general election in 1614 Mansel was re-elected. Several times, so in 1606 and 1610, he was a member of delegations from the House of Commons , who complained to King James I about his government. Thomas Mansel was one of the 200 members of the gentry who were first raised to the rank of baronet on May 22, 1611 by Letters patent , he received the title of Baronet, of Margam in the County of Glamorgan .

Marriages and offspring

In his first marriage Mansel married Mary Mordaunt on May 30, 1582 , the eldest daughter of Lewis Mordaunt, 3rd Baron Mordaunt from Bedfordshire and his wife Elizabeth Darcy . He had several children with her, including:

  • Lewis Mansel (around 1594–1637)
  • Arthur Mansel ⚭ Jane Price

After his wife died before 1603, he married Jane Bussy , the widow of John Fuller and John Bussey , in 1603 in second marriage . Through this marriage he acquired considerable real estate in Lincolnshire . He had a daughter with his second wife:

He was buried in Margam Abbey. His heir became his eldest son, Lewis Mansel . His third eldest son Arthur Mansel married Jane Price , the daughter and heiress of William Price, and thus acquired Briton Ferry at Neath . Arthur's son Bussy probably got his unusual first name after Jane Bussy, the second wife of his grandfather Thomas.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AM Johnson: Bussy Mansel (1623-1699). Political survivalist . In: Morganwgg. Transactions of the Glamorgan historical Society , Vol. 20 (1976), p. 9
predecessor Office successor
New title created Mansel Baronet, of Margam
1611-1631 		Lewis Mansel
personal data
SURNAME Mansel, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mansel, Sir Thomas, 1st Baronet Mansel, of Margam (full name); Mansell, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1555 or 1556
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 1631
Place of death Margam Abbey