Lieutenant-General Robert Christopher Mansel KH (12 February 1789 – 8 April 1864) was a

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officer.

Military career

Born the son of Sir William Mansel, 9th Baronet, Mansel was commissioned as an

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in the

10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army raised on 20 June 1685 as the Earl of Bath's Regiment for its first Colonel, John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath. In 1751, it was numbered like most other Army regiments ...

on 29 January 1807. He fought at the Battle of Toulouse in April 1814, where he was severely wounded, during the

Peninsular War The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain ...

and was deployed to

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in 1848 during the Young Irelander Rebellion. He became General Officer Commanding South-Eastern District in 1857. He also served as colonel of the

68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) The 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1758. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry), 106th Bombay Light Infantry to ...

from 4 June 1857 until his death.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mansel, Robert 1789 births 1864 deaths British Army lieutenant generals Royal Lincolnshire Regiment officers Durham Light Infantry officers British Army personnel of the Peninsular War