Colonel Sir Charles Mansfield KCMG (11 October 1828 – 1 August 1907) was a British army officer and diplomat, envoy to several countries.
Career Charles Edward Mansfield joined the army in 1848 as an ensign in the 33rd Regiment of Foot.The London Gazette, 1 September 1848 He became a lieutenant in 1831.The London Gazette, 8 August 1851 He was aide-de-camp to Sir Colin Campbell during the Crimean War, was present at the battles of Alma and Balaclava in September and October 1854, was mentioned in despatches and promoted to captain in December 1854.The London Gazette, 29 December 1854 He was present in the trenches at the attack and fall of Sevastopol in 1855 and was again mentioned in despatches. He was appointed aide-de-camp to his brother, William Mansfield, then a brigadier-general attached as military adviser to the British ambassador at Constantinople. William Mansfield returned to India as Chief of Staff, with Charles continuing as aide-de-camp. During the Indian Mutiny in 1857 Charles was severely wounded at the Second Battle of Cawnpore.The London Gazette, 29 January 1858, J.W. Mansfield should read C.E. Mansfield, see The London Gazette, 2 February 1858 Afterwards he was again mentioned in despatchesThe London Gazette, 29 January 1858 and was made brevet major, and substantive major in June 1858.The London Gazette, 15 June 1858
In 1865 Charles Mansfield was appointed Consul-General at WarsawThe London Gazette, 27 June 1865 with local rank of lieutenant-colonel.The London Gazette, 22 August 1865 He was made permanent lieutenant-colonel in 1869.The London Gazette, 2 April 1869 He was agent and consul-general at Bucharest 1876–78,The London Gazette, 7 July 1876 during which he was promoted to full colonel.The London Gazette, 9 November 1877 He was Minister Resident at Bogotá 1878–81,The London Gazette, 23 August 1878 at Caracas 1881–84The London Gazette, 6 May 1881 (representing the United Kingdom at the centenary of Simón Bolívar in 1883), and at Lima from 1884The London Gazette, 6 January 1885 until 1894 when he retired. He was knighted KCMG in 1887.The London Gazette, 8 July 1887
Publication A Latter-Day Novel, Chapman and Hall, London, 1878A Latter-Day Novel. By Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Mansfield., The Spectator, 13 July 1878
References MANSFIELD, Sir Charles Edward, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 Obituary, The Times, London, 8 August 1907, page 3
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