Samuel Mansfield (1815 – 12 December 1893) was a member of the
Bombay Civil Service
The Civil Services refer to the career government civil servants who are the permanent executive branch of the Republic of India. Elected cabinet ministers determine policy, and civil servants carry it out.
Central Civil Servants are employ ...
from 1834 to 1872.
[Hughes, A.W.]
''A Gazetter of the Province of Sind''
George Bell and Sons, London 2nd Edition, 1876. Pg. 60
Mansfield was the brother of General
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 ...
, who was Commander-in-Chief of India from 1865 to 1870. He was educated at
Haileybury.
He was the Commissioner in Sind from 1862 to March 1867. During his tenure, a separate Judicial Commissioner was appointed for Sind, thus relieving him of this role.
He was a member of the senior council of Bombay from 1867 to 1872.
Mansfield was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India in the
1866 Birthday Honours.
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1815 births
1893 deaths
Indian Civil Service (British India) officers
Companions of the Order of the Star of India
British East India Company civil servants
People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College
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