Mangles may refer to several things and people, mostly related to the one family:
People
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Mangles family
Mangles is the name of a wealthy English family whose members had amongst other things, interests in the Swan River Colony.
Prominent members
Prominent members and interests include:
* James Mangles MP (1762–1838), High Sheriff for Surrey fro ...
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James Mangles (MP)
James Mangles (27 July 1768 – 25 September 1838) was an English merchant and politician.
Life and career
The son of Robert Mangles, a ship chandler in Wapping, he went into his father's business together with his brother John. He was also a shi ...
(1762–1838), English merchant and politician
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James Mangles (Royal Navy officer)
James Mangles (1786 – 18 November 1867) was an officer of the Royal Navy, naturalist, horticulturalist and writer. He served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, rising to the rank of captain. In the post-war period, with his br ...
(1786–1867), FRS, explorer and botanist
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Ross Mangles
Ross Lowis Mangles VC (14 April 1833 – 28 February 1905) was a British administrator in India and the recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to Briti ...
(1833–1905), recipient of the Victoria Cross
Others
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Mangles Bay
Mangles Bay () is a bay of Cockburn Sound in Western Australia which opens out to the Indian Ocean. The town of Rockingham is on its coast, and the causeway to Garden Island runs along its southern edge. The bay was named for the Mangles f ...
, Western Australia
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Mangles River
The Mangles River is in the South Island of New Zealand. Its main tributary is the Tutaki River but it is also fed by water flowing off the Braeburn Range. It feeds into the Buller River near the town of Murchison. The river is popular destin ...
, South Island, New Zealand
See also
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Mangle (disambiguation)
Mangle can refer to:
* Mangle (machine), a mechanical laundry aid consisting of two rollers
* Box mangle, an earlier laundry mangle using rollers and a heavy weight
* Mangled packet, in computing
* Mangrove, woody trees or shrubs
* Name mangling, ...
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