Ralph Mansfield, 4th Baron Sandhurst
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Ralph Sheldon Mansfield, 4th Baron Sandhurst, OBE (19 July 1892 – 1964) was the son of . 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 Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Military service[]
During World War I he served with the Royal Engineers Signal Service, and was made OBE in 1918. In 1939 he was commissioned as a Major in the Royal Corps of Signals 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)
- John Edward Terence Mansfield, 5th Baron Sandhurst (born 4 September 1920)
- Ralph Geoffrey Knyvet Mansfield (born 8 November 1926)
Arms[]
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References[]
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.
Categories:
- 1892 births
- 1964 deaths
- Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Eldest sons of British hereditary barons
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Engineers soldiers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Royal Corps of Signals officers