Sir Thomas Mansell, 1st Baronet (1556 – 20 December 1631) was a Welsh politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1597 and 1614. Mansell was the eldest son of Sir Edward Mansall of

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. Mansell was knighted in 1581. Then in 1593 Mansell was

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/ref> In 1597, he was elected

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for

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. He was appointed one of council of the Marches on 7 July 1602 and was High Sheriff of Glamorgan again in 1603. In 1605 Mansell was re-elected MP for Glamorgan and sat until 1611. He was created a

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on 22 May 1611. He was re-elected MP for Glamorgan in 1614 for the

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. Mansell died at the age of 75 and was buried at Margam. Mansell married firstly Mary daughter of Lewis Lord Mordaunt. His second marriage was to Jane Fuller, widow successively of John Bussey of Hainor Lincolnshire and John Fuller, and daughter of Thomas Pole or Powell of Bishops Hall.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mansell, Thomas 1556 births 1631 deaths People from Neath Port Talbot Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales English MPs 1597–1598 English MPs 1604–1611 English MPs 1614 Baronets in the Baronetage of England High Sheriffs of Glamorgan