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Robert Christopher Mansel

Robert Christopher Mansel

British Army officer

Lieutenant-General Robert Christopher Mansel KH (12 February 1789 – 8 April 1864) was a British Army officer.

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Military career

Born the son of Sir William Mansel, 9th Baronet, Mansel was commissioned as an ensign in the 10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot on 29 January 1807.[1] He fought at the Battle of Toulouse in April 1814, where he was severely wounded, during the Peninsular War and was deployed to Ireland in 1848 during the Young Irelander Rebellion.[1] He became General Officer Commanding South-Eastern District in 1857.[2]

He also served as colonel of the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) from 4 June 1857 until his death.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Bromley, Janet; Bromley, David (2015). Wellington's Men Remembered: M to Z Volume 2: A Register of Memorials to Soldiers Who Fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo. Pen & Sword Military. p. 116. ISBN 978-1848847507.
  2. [2]
    "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  3. [3]
    "No. 22011". The London Gazette. 16 June 1857. p. 2088.
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