Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel

Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel PC (9 November 1667 – 10 December 1723) was a British Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1689 until 1712, when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Mansel as one of Harley's Dozen and sat in the House of Lords.

Early life Mansel was the second and first surviving son of Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet, of Margam Abbey, Glamorgan, Wales, sometime Member of Parliament for Glamorganshire, and his wife Martha Carne. Mansel's great-grandfather was Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester. He received his BA in 1686 from Jesus College, Oxford and by 1699 he was awarded his MA from New Inn Hall, Oxford. On 18 May 1686 he married Martha Millington, daughter of Francis Millington, merchant, of London and Newick Place, Sussex. From 1712 to 1714, he was Teller of the Exchequer and from 1714 to 1715 he was Vice-Admiral of South Wales and Governor of Milford Haven. He also held the office of Chamberlain of South Wales from circa 1714. Mansel reduced his participation in politics in 1715, with a proxy attending Parliament in his stead. He and his wife had six children. Robert Mansel MP (1695–1723), who married Anne Shovell, daughter of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley Shovell, and predeceased his father by a few months Mary Mansel (1697–1735), who married John Ivory-Talbot Christopher Mansel, 3rd Baron Mansel (died 1744) Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel (1701–1750), who married firstly Lady Elizabeth Hervey, daughter of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, and secondly Barbara Villiers, daughter of William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey Martha Mansell

Known for his amorous exploits, Mansel was reputed to have had three illegitimate children by Mrs. Catherine Thomas of Margam.

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