William Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst
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Vanity Fair caricature, 1874
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| Birth name | William Rose Mansfield |
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21 June 1819 Ruxley, Kent, United Kingdom |
| Died | 23 June 1876 (aged 57) London, United Kingdom |
| Buried at | Digswell church, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1835–1876 |
| Rank | General |
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General William Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst GCB GCSI PC (Ire) (21 June 1819 – 23 June 1876) was a British military commander who served as Commander-in-Chief of India from 1865 to 1870.
Mansfield was born in Ruxley, Kent, 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. 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.
In 1854, he married Margaret Fellowes, who became a noted suffragist and spiritualist after his death.
Mansfield was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned into the 53rd Foot as an ensign in 1835. He was promoted to lieutenant on 31 August 1838 and to captain on 10 February 1843. He was mostly active in India and served in the Sutlej campaign of 1845 to 1846. Promoted to major on 3 December 1847, he commanded the 53rd Regiment in the Punjab from 1848 to 1849 and was employed in the Peshawar operations in 1851 and 1852, receiving promotion to lieutenant-colonel on 9 May 1851 and to colonel on 6 October 1854.
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