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Samuel Mansfield

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Samuel Mansfield CSI (1815 – 12 December 1893) was a member of the Bombay Civil Service from 1834 to 1872.[1][2]

Mansfield was the brother of General William Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst, who was Commander-in-Chief of India from 1865 to 1870. He was educated at Haileybury.[3][4]

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.[1] He was a member of the senior council of Bombay from 1867 to 1872.[2][3]

Mansfield was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India in the 1866 Birthday Honours.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hughes, A.W., A Gazetter of the Province of Sind George Bell and Sons, London 2nd Edition, 1876. Pg. 60
  2. ^ a b Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed & Official Classes. Kelly and Company. 1882. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b Buckland, Charles Edward (1906). Dictionary of Indian Biography. S. Sonnenschein. p. 274. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. ^ The Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review and Oriental and Colonial Record. Oriental Institute. 1894. p. 250. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. ^ "No. 23119". The London Gazette. 25 May 1866. p. 3129.
Government offices
Preceded by Commissioner in Sind
1867–1877
Succeeded by