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Robert Maunsell
Robert Maunsell may refer to: * Robert Maunsell (missionary) (1810–1894), English missionary, linguist and translator in New Zealand * Robert Mansell (1573–1656), admiral of the English Royal Navy and member of parliament * Robert Maunsell (Royal Navy officer) (1785/6–1845), Royal Navy officer, made post-captain in 1812 See also * Maunsell {{hndis, Maunsell, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Maunsell (missionary)
Robert Maunsell (24 October 1810 – 19 April 1894) was a New Zealand missionary, linguist and translator. He was born in Milford, near Limerick, Ireland on 24 October 1810. Life Robert Maunsell joined the Church Missionary Society and arrived in the Bay of Islands in 1835 and was appointed to Te Waimate mission, and he was sent to established the Manukau mission station that same year; where he operated a school. From 1849 to 1865 he worked at Te Kohanga Mission near Port Waikato, including during the Invasion of the Waikato, which was the response of the colonial government to the Kingitanga Movement. After 1844 the Rev. Robert Maunsell worked with William Williams on the revision of the translation of the Bible into the Māori language. William Williams concentrated on the revision of the New Testament; Maunsell worked on the revision of the Old Testament, portions of which were published in 1840 with the full translation completed in 1857. In 1845 the Book o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mansell
Sir Robert Mansell (1573–1656) was an admiral of the English Royal Navy and a Member of Parliament (MP), mostly for Wales, Welsh constituencies. His name was sometimes given as Mansfield and Maunsell. Early life Mansel was a Welshman, the son of Sir Edward Mansel of Penrice Castle, Penrice and Margam (died 1585), although he later established himself among the gentry of Norfolk. His early naval career is not recorded, but he served in the 1596 Capture of Cádiz, raid on Cádiz under Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, commanding English ship Vanguard (1586), ''Vanguard'', and was knighted for his part in it. He subsequently took part in Essex's Islands Voyage to the Azores (1597), then held commands off the Ireland, Irish coast during Essex in Ireland, Essex's campaign in Ireland. In October 1602 he was fitted out with a fleet and with the Dutch helped defeat six Spanish galleys under Federico Spinola at the Battle of the Narrow Seas. As a resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Maunsell (Royal Navy Officer)
Post-captain, Captain Robert Charles Maunsell (1785/6–1845) was an Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish officer in the British Royal Navy, rising to the rank of post-captain. He was born at Limerick, a son of Archdeacon William Maunsell, in 1785 or 1786.Marshall 1829, p. 36. He had one brother in the Church of Ireland, Church, and another in the British Army, Army.Marshall 1829, p. 39. He entered the Royal Navy on board the HMS Mermaid (1784), ''Mermaid'', 32 guns, Captain Robert Dudley Oliver, in 1799; and subsequently served under Captains Richard Hussey Moubray and George Elliot (Royal Navy officer, born 1784), George Elliot, in the HMS Maidstone (1795), ''Maidstone'', 32 guns, on the Mediterranean Station, Mediterranean station. On 11 July 1804, he received a very severe wound in the hip, while assisting at the Action of 11 July 1804 (Bay of Hiérès), destruction of about a dozen French settees, at La Vandour, near Toulon, by the boats of the ''Maidstone'' and her consorts, under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
