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derived from

Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area (followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield). It gained the Royal Charter of a market tow ...

in Nottinghamshire or a similar

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. It can also be a variant of the surname Mansell or Maunsell, as can be illustrated by the case of the politician and

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

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Robert Mansell Sir Robert Mansell (1573–1656) was an admiral of the English Royal Navy and a Member of Parliament (MP), mostly for Welsh constituencies. His name was sometimes given as Sir Robert Mansfield and Sir Robert Maunsell. Early life Mansel was a ...

.History of the Family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel), C. A. Maunsell, E. P. Stratham, K. Paul, 1920, p. 478 Notable people with this surname include the following: *Sir

Alan Mansfield Sir Alan James Mansfield, (30 September 1902 – 17 July 1980) was an Australian barrister, judge, and the 18th Governor of Queensland, serving from 1966 until 1972. Early life Mansfield was born on 20 September 1902 in Brisbane, Queensland, wh ...

(1902–1980), Australian judge, Governor of Queensland * Arabella Mansfield (1846–1911), first American female lawyer *

Brian Mansfield Brian Mansfield (born September 24, 1963) is an American writer and journalist. Early life and education Mansfield grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from David Lipscomb High School. In 1984, Mansfield received a bachelor's degre ...

(born 1963), American writer and journalist *

Bruce Mansfield Bruce Mansfield (24 April 1944 – 17 April 2016) was an Australian television/ radio personality and narrator. Early career Mansfield began in radio at age 16, when he won a junior announcer's competition at the 3UZ radio station in 1960. The ...

(born 1944), Australian television and radio personality * Charles Mansfield (disambiguation) *

Comins Mansfield Comins Mansfield (14 June 1896 – 27 March 1984) was a chess problem composer. He gained the title International Grandmaster for chess compositions in 1972 and 94.33 points in the FIDE Album. Mansfield was born in the village of Witheridge, n ...

(1896–1984), British chess player and problem composer *

Darrell Mansfield Darrell Mansfield is an American vocalist, harmonica player, songwriter, recording artist, and performer of various genres including gospel, contemporary Christian music, blues, blues rock, rock, country rock, and soul/R&B. He is considered a p ...

, American gospel and blues musician *

David Mansfield David Mansfield (born September 13, 1956) is an American musician and composer. Mansfield was raised in Leonia, New Jersey. His father, Newton Mansfield was a first violinist in the New York Philharmonic. David played guitar, pedal steel guitar ...

(born 1956), American musician * Edward Mansfield (disambiguation) *

Edwin Mansfield Edwin Mansfield (1930 – 17 November 1997) was a professor of economics at University of Pennsylvania from 1964 and until his death. From 1985 he was also a director of the Center for Economics and Technology. Edwin Mansfield is best known ...

, (1930–1997), economist, professor at the University of Pennsylvania * Eric Mansfield (disambiguation) * Eversley Mansfield (1886–1954), English footballer * Fred Mansfield (1915–1992), English footballer *

Frederick Mansfield Frederick William Mansfield (March 26, 1877 – November 6, 1958) was an American politician and 46th mayor of Boston, Massachusetts. Early life Mansfield was born in East Boston, Massachusetts, March 26, 1877. Mansfield was the son of Michael R ...

(1877–1958), American politician, Mayor of Boston *

George Allen Mansfield George Allen Mansfield (15 June 1834 – 20 January 1908) was a prominent Australian architect of the nineteenth century who designed many iconic buildings in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Life Born in 1834 in Sydney, his father, the Reve ...

(1834–1908), Australian architect * Gordon H. Mansfield (1941–2013), American Army veteran, Deputy United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs *

Harvey Mansfield Harvey Claflin Mansfield Jr. (born March 21, 1932) is an American political philosophy, political philosopher. He is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1962. He has held Guggenheim F ...

(born 1932), American professor of government and conservative political commentator * Henry Mansfield (died 1328), English medieval theologian, philosopher, churchman, and university chancellor *Sir

James Mansfield Sir James Mansfield, (originally Manfield; 1734 – 23 November 1821) was a British lawyer, judge and politician. He was twice Solicitor General and served as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas from 1799 to 1814. Early life and career The son ...

(1733–1821), British lawyer, judge and politician * James Mansfield (cricketer, born 1860) (1860–1930), Tasmanian cricketer * James Mansfield (cricketer, born 1862) (1862–1932), English cricketer * Jared Mansfield (1759–1830), American mathematician and surveyor *

Jaymes Mansfield James Jeffrey Wirth (born February 19, 1990), better known as Jaymes Mansfield, is an American drag queen and TV personality, best known for competing on the RuPaul's Drag Race (season 9), ninth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and playing the par ...

(born 1990), American drag queen and TV personality *

Jayne Mansfield Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress, singer, nightclub entertainer, and ''Playboy'' Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s while under contract at 20th Century Fox, Man ...

(1933–1967), American actress and sex symbol * Jayne Marie Mansfield (born 1950), American actress and model * Jeremy Mansfield (1963–2022), South African radio and television personality * Jerry Mansfield (1892–1960), American football player * John Mansfield (disambiguation) *

Joseph K. Mansfield Joseph King Fenno Mansfield (December 22, 1803 – September 18, 1862) was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam. Early life Mansfield was ...

(1803–1862), Union army general in the American Civil War * Joseph J. Mansfield (1861–1947), American Congress representative from Texas *

Katherine Mansfield Kathleen Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp; 14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a New Zealand writer, essayist and journalist, widely considered one of the most influential and important authors of the modernist movement. Her works are celebra ...

(1888–1923), New Zealand author *

Keith Mansfield Keith Mansfield (born 1941 in London, England) is a British composer and arranger known for his creation of prominent television theme tunes, including the '' Grandstand'' theme for the BBC. Career Other works include "The Young Scene" (the ...

(born 1941), British composer and arranger *

Keith Mansfield (writer) Keith Mansfield (born 1965) is an English writer and publisher. He is the author of the Johnny Mackintosh series of novels, has scripted and advised on several television programmes, including '' It's Not Rocket Science'' for the UK network ITV ...

(born 1965), English writer and publisher *

Ken Mansfield Ken Mansfield (October 14, 1937 – November 17, 2022) was an American record producer who was the manager of Apple Records in the United States. He was also a high-ranking executive for several record labels, as well as a songwriter, author o ...

(born 1937), American record executive *

Marie Mansfield Marie Mansfield

elley Elley may refer to: Geography *German exonym for the village Eleja, Latvia People * Chris Elley (born 1977), founder and current Director of Texas-based film production company Electro-Fish Media LLC * Derek Elley, film critic *Elley Duhé (born ...

(born November 4, 1931) is a former pitcher who played from 1950 in baseball, 1950 through 1954 in baseball, 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 140 lb., she batted and threw right ...

(born 1931), American baseball player *

Martha Mansfield Martha Mansfield (born Martha Ehrlich; July 14, 1899 – November 30, 1923) was an American actress in silent films and vaudeville stage plays. Early life She was born in New York City to Maurice and Harriett Gibson Ehrlich. She had a younger sis ...

(1899–1923), American actress *

Michael Mansfield Michael Mansfield (born 12 October 1941) is an English barrister and head of chambers at Nexus Chambers. He was recently described as "The king of human rights work" by The Legal 500 and as a Leading Silk in civil liberties and human rights ( ...

(born 1941), English barrister * Michael Mansfield (footballer) (born 1971), former Australian rules footballer *

Mike Mansfield Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American politician and diplomat. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, he served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative (1943–1953) and a ...

(1903–2001), American politician and diplomat ** Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, named after Mike Mansfield, dedicated to "advancing understanding and cooperation in U.S.-Asia relations" *Sir

Peter Mansfield Sir Peter Mansfield (9 October 1933 – 8 February 2017) was an English physicist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Paul Lauterbur, for discoveries concerning Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Mansfie ...

(1933–2017), British physicist and pioneer of MRI *

Portia Mansfield Portia Mansfield (November 19, 1887 – January 29, 1979) was an American dance educator and choreographer. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2004. The daughter of Edward R. Swett, a hotel manager, and Myra Mansfield, ...

(1887–1979), American dance educator and choreographer *

Ray Mansfield Burt James Ray Mansfield (January 21, 1941 – November 3, 1996), nicknamed "Ranger," was an American football player, a center in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers. Early years Born in Bak ...

(1941–1996), American football player *

Richard Mansfield Richard Mansfield (24 May 1857 – 30 August 1907) was an English actor-manager best known for his performances in Shakespeare plays, Gilbert and Sullivan operas, and the play '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''. Life and career Mansfield was born ...

(1857–1907), Anglo-American stage actor *

Sally Mansfield Marie Mahder (December 3, 1923 – January 27, 2001), best known by her stage name Sally Mansfield, was an American television character actress; she also had a few small roles in feature films including one with Dean Martin and Jerry Lew ...

(1920–2001), American actress *

Shaylee Mansfield Shaylee Ava Mansfield (born April 6, 2009) is an American actress. Mansfield, who is deaf, first gained recognition by making YouTube videos in which she told Christmas stories in American Sign Language. Mansfield appeared in an "Unforgettab ...

(born 2009), deaf American actress and YouTuber *

Stephen Mansfield Stephen Lee Mansfield (born 1958) is an American author who writes about history, modern culture, religion and men's issues. His books have appeared on the New York Times best-seller list. Life and career Mansfield was born in Columbus, Georgia, ...

(born 1958), American author *

Tony Mansfield (hurler) Anthony "Tony" Mansfield (1939 – 10 March 2013) was an Irish hurler and manager who played for the Waterford "Waterford remains the untaken city" , mapsize = 220px , pushpin_map = Ireland#Europe , pushpin_ ...

(1939–2013), Irish hurler *

Tony Mansfield Tony Mansfield (born 19 January 1955) is an English songwriter, musician and record producer. Early work Mansfield was born in Wimbledon, London, and became best known as the main songwriter/producer for New Musik, a synthpop band that perfo ...

(born 1955), English songwriter, musician and record producer * Walter R. Mansfield (1911–1987), American federal judge * Wayne Mansfield, Australian-based marketer and convicted spammer *

William Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst General William Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst (21 June 1819 – 23 June 1876) was a British military commander who served as Commander-in-Chief of India from 1865 to 1870. In Bombay now Mumbai, there is local train station named after B ...

(1819–1876), British Army general

Other uses

*Lord Mansfield (

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, PC, SL (2 March 170520 March 1793) was a British barrister, politician and judge noted for his reform of English law. Born to Scottish nobility, he was educated in Perth, Scotland, before moving to Lond ...

) (1705–1793), British jurist; presided over

Somersett's Case ''Somerset v Stewart'' (177298 ER 499(also known as ''Somersett's case'', ''v. XX Sommersett v Steuart and the Mansfield Judgment)'' is a judgment of the English Court of King's Bench in 1772, relating to the right of an enslaved person on E ...

, which confirmed that slavery was not recognised by English law

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