| Lord Sandhurst | |
|---|---|
 1874 illustration of William Mansfield | |
| Born | June 21, 1819 |
| Died | June 23, 1876 (aged 57) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held |
Bombay Army Indian Army |
| Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India |
General William Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst, GCB, GCSI, DCL (21 June 1819 – 23 June 1876), was a British military commander who served as Commander-in-Chief of India from 1865 to 1870.
Military career[]
Mansfield was the fifth of the seven sons of John Mansfield of Diggeswell House in Hertfordshire, and his wife, daughter of General Samuel Smith of Baltimore in the United States.[1] His grandfather was the prominent lawyer Sir James Mansfield, Solicitor General from 1780 to 1782 and in 1783 and Chief Justice of the Common Pleas from 1804 to 1814.[1]
Mansfield was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned into the 53rd Foot in 1835.[1] He was mostly active in India and served in the Sutlej campaign of 1845 to 1846, commanded the 53rd Regiment in the Punjab from 1848 to 1849[1] and was employed in the Peshawar operations in 1851 and 1852.[1]
In 1855, during the Crimean War, Mansfield was appointed military adviser to the Ambassador at Constantinople Lord Stratford de Redcliff, and accompanied him to the Crimea.[1] He then returned to India and served as Chief-of-Staff during the Indian Mutiny campaign from 1857 to 1859, as Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Army from 1860 to 1865 and as Commander-in-Chief, India from 1865 to 1870.[1] Mansfield was then Commander-in-Chief, Ireland from 1870 to 1875.[1] In 1871 he was admitted to the Irish Privy Council and raised to the peerage as Baron Sandhurst, of Sandhurst in the County of Berkshire.[1] Lord Sandhurst died in June 1876, aged 57.[1] He was succeeded in the Barony by his eldest son William, who was created Viscount Sandhurst in 1917.[1] However, this title became extinct on his death while he was succeeded in the Barony by his younger brother.
References[]
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