{{Short description|Welsh politician, died 1706}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Use British English|date=February 2018}} [[File:Mansel arms.png|thumb|200px|Canting arms of Mansel: ''Argent, a chevron between three maunches sable'']] '''Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet''' ({{circa}} October 1637{{spaced ndash}}14 November 1706) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in three periods between 1660 and 1689.
Mansel was the son of Sir Lewis Mansel, 2nd Baronet of Margam and his third wife Lady Elizabeth Montagu, daughter of Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester. He inherited the baronetcy of Margam on the death of his brother Henry who died in infancy in around 1640.<ref name=Burke>[https://books.google.com/books?id=K1kBAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22Edward+Mansel%22+baronet+Margam&pg=PA339 John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies'']</ref>
In 1660, Mansel was elected Member of Parliament for Glamorgan in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Glamorgan in 1670 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679. In 1681 he was re-elected MP for Glamorgan and held the seat until 1689.<ref>{{Rayment-hc|g|1|date=March 2012}}</ref> In 1660 he was appointed a commissioner of militia in Glamorgan and was the Colonel of the Glamorganshire Militia in 1665<ref name = HOPEdwardMansel>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/mansel-sir-edward-1637-1706 Sir Edward Mansel profile], HistoryofParliamentonline.org. Accessed 19 January 2023.</ref> and again, in 1697.<ref>{{cite book | last=Hay | first=George Jackson, Sir | title=An epitomized history of the militia (the "Constitutional force") | publisher=R. Westlake, Military Books | publication-place=Malpas | date=1987 | isbn=0-9508530-7-0 | oclc=33085577 | url = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044015608839&view=1up&seq=5}}</ref> In 1688, he was appointed High Sheriff of Glamorgan. Mansel was an influential person in South Wales. The Duke of Beaufort, when Lord President of Wales, visited Margam during his "Progress" in 1684.<ref name=WBO>{{Cite DWB|id=s-MANS-OXW-1250|title=Mansel family}}</ref> Mansel died at the age of 69.
==Family== Mansel married Martha Carne, daughter of Edward Carne of Ewenny, Glamorgan. His son, Thomas, succeeded to the baronetcy and was created Baron Mansel. His daughter Martha married Thomas Morgan of Tredegar, which marriage and its after-effects caused the baronet much trouble because Thomas Morgan was reluctant to return from a tour on the continent of Europe.<ref name=WBO/> His daughter Elizabeth married Sir Edward Stradling, 5th Baronet.<ref name=Burke/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-par|en}} {{s-bef | before = Evan Seys }} {{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Glamorganshire | years = 1660 – 1661 }} {{s-aft | after = William Herbert }}
{{s-bef | before = William Herbert }} {{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Glamorganshire | years = 1670 – 1679 }} {{s-aft | after = Bussy Mansel }}
{{s-bef | before = Bussy Mansel }} {{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Glamorganshire | years = 1681 – 1689 }} {{s-aft | after = Bussy Mansel }}
{{s-reg|en-bt}} {{s-bef|before=Henry Mansel}} {{s-ttl|title=Baronet<br />'''(of Margam)''' | years=1860–1892}} {{s-aft|after=Thomas Mansel}} {{s-end}}
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