Baron Sandhurst, ofSandhurst in theCounty of Berkshire, is a title in thePeerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 28 March 1871 for the soldierSir William Mansfield,Commander-in-Chief of India between 1865 and 1870 andCommander-in-Chief of Ireland between 1870 and 1875. He was the grandson ofSir James Mansfield,Solicitor-General andChief Justice of the Common Pleas. Lord Sandhurst's eldest son, the second Baron, was aLiberal politician and also served asGovernor of Bombay. On 1 January 1917 he was createdViscount Sandhurst, of Sandhurst in the County of Berkshire, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[2] However, he had no surviving male issue and on his death in 1921 the viscountcy became extinct. He was succeeded in the barony by his younger brother, the third Baron. As of 2021[update] the title is held by the latter's great-grandson, the sixth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2002. He is a barrister and judge and was elected to a hereditary-peers' seat in theHouse of Lords in 2021.
Theheir apparent is the present holder's only son, Hon. Edward James Mansfield (b. 1982)
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