Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet ( October 163714 November 1706) was a Welsh politician who sat in the

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in three periods between 1660 and 1689. Mansel was the son of Sir Lewis Mansel, 2nd Baronet of Margam and his third wife Lady Elizabeth Montagu, daughter of Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester. He inherited the

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of Margam on the death of his brother Henry who died in infancy in around 1640.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> In 1660, Mansel was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Glamorgan in 1670 for the

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and sat until 1679. In 1681 he was re-elected MP for Glamorgan and held the seat until 1689. In 1660 he was appointed a commissioner of militia in Glamorgan and was the

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of the Glamorganshire Militia in 1665Sir Edward Mansel profile
HistoryofParliamentonline.org. Accessed 19 January 2023. and again, in 1697. In 1688, he was appointed

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. Mansel was an influential person in South Wales. The Duke of Beaufort, when Lord President of Wales, visited Margam during his "Progress" in 1684. Mansel died at the age of 69.

Family

Mansel married Martha Carne, daughter of Edward Carne of Ewenny, Glamorgan. His son,

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, succeeded to the baronetcy and was created Baron Mansel. His daughter Martha married Thomas Morgan of Tredegar, which marriage and its after-effects caused the baronet much trouble because Thomas Morgan was reluctant to return from a tour on the continent of Europe. His daughter Elizabeth married Sir Edward Stradling, 5th Baronet.

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