Ralph Sheldon Mansfield, 4th Baron Sandhurst,

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(19 July 1892 – 1964) was an English nobleman. Mansfield became 4th Baron Sandhurst upon the death of his father, John William Mansfield, the 3rd Baron Sandhurst, in 1933.

Biography

He was educated at

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and

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Military service

During

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he served with the

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Signal Service, and was made

in 1918. In 1939 he was commissioned as a Major in the

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in 1939 and worked for MI8.

Family

He married Morley Victoria Upcher (died 17 June 1961), daughter of Edward Berners Upcher, on 8 February 1917. They had three children: * Valerie Mansfield (25 December 1918 - 3 August 1994), who in 1938 married George Parker, Viscount Parker * John Edward Terence Mansfield, 5th Baron Sandhurst (born 4 September 1920) * Ralph Geoffrey Knyvet Mansfield (born 8 November 1926)

Arms

References

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