Thomas Mansel (politician, around 1648)
Thomas Mansel (* around 1648; † December 13, 1684 ) was a Welsh politician.
He came from the old Welsh Mansel family and was the only son of Bussy Mansel , who had inherited from his mother Jane Price Briton Ferry at Neath in Glamorgan .
From 1663 he studied at Jesus College in Oxford . In 1667 he married Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of Richard Games of Penderin. By marrying an old family from Breconshire , he was able to win the local constituency of the House of Commons unchallenged in a 1678 by-election . In the Kavalierparlarment he was counted as part of the opposition, but renounced in the parliamentary election the following year in favor of John Jeffreys on a renewed candidacy. He died at the age of 38 and was buried in Westminster Abbey .
With his wife he had a son and two daughters:
- Thomas
- Mary
- Elizabeth († 1697) ∞ Sir Thomas Powell, 1st Baronet, of Broadway, Laugharne, County Carmarthen
His son Thomas became his heir .
Web links
- Leonard Naylor: Mansel, Thomas I (c.1648-84), of Briton Ferry, Glam. and Penderin, Brec. (History of Parliament Online)
Individual evidence
- ^ Westminster Abbey: Mansell family . Westminster Abbey site. Retrieved January 20, 2015
- ^ The House of Commons, 1690-1715 . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2002. ISBN 0-521-77221-4 , p. 182
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mansel, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Welsh politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1648 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1684 |