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About John Clavell Mansel-Pleydell
Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900
- Name: John Clavell. Mansel [post Mansel-Pleydell]
- College: ST JOHN'S
- Entered: Michs. 1835
- Died: 1902
Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Feb. 13, 1835.
[Elder twin s. of John, of Smedmore, Dorset, C.B., sometime Lieut.-Colonel, 53rd Regt. (and his second wife, Louisa, dau. of Edmund Morton Pleydell, of Whatcombe). B. Dec. 4, 1817. School, private.] Matric. Michs. 1835; B.A. 1839. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, May 2, 1840.
He succeeded on his mother's death to the family estate of Whatcombe, Dorset, and to landed property in the Isle of Purbeck in 1863. In 1872 he assumed the additional name of Pleydell, his mother's maiden name.
He was a keen student of geology, botany, and ornithology.
He was the author of :
- 1 . 'The Flora of Dorsetshire,' 1874 ; 2nd edit. 1895.
- 2. 'The Birds of Dorsetshire,' 1888.
- 3. 'The Mollusca of Dorsetshire,' 1898. He also contributed many papers on natural science and archaeology to the journals of learned societies.
Of Whatcombe, Dorset. County Councillor. J.P. and D.L. High Sheriff, 1876.
Married
- (1) June 6, 1844, Emily Agnata Harriott, dau. of Capt. Arthur Batt Bingham, R.N.;
- (2) June 21, 1849, Isabel, dau. of Frederick Charles Acton Colvile, Esq., of Barton House, Warws. F.L.S.; F.G.S., 1857.
Served 30 years in the Queen's Own Yeomanry-Cavalry.
Author, works on the natural history of Dorset.
Founder of the Dorset Field Club.
Died May 3, 1902.
Brother of Owen L. (1845) and Arthur E. (1846); father of the next. (Inns of Court; Burke, L.G. and P. and B.; Walford, County Families; Fox-Davies, Armorial Families; Hutchins, I. 575; Who was Who; D.N.B.)
"England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-1936"
- Name: John Clavell Mansel-Pleydell
- Event Type: Burial
- Event Date: 09 May 1902
- Event Place: Winterborne-Clenstone, Winterborne-Clenstone, Dorset, England
- Age: 84
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1818
- Entry Number: 1058
- GS Film number: 2427676
- Digital Folder Number: 004508867
- Image Number: 00262
Citing this Record
"England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VCRJ-1WS : accessed 21 Sep 2013), John Clavell Mansel-Pleydell, 1902.
References, Sources and Further Reading
- https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mansel-Pleydell,_John_Clavell_(DNB12)
- http://myancestors.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/john-clavell-mansel-ple...
- http://www.biab.ac.uk/people/48514
- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=031-dtrd&ci...
Twin to George Pleydell Mansel. He was the eldest twin.
Born at Bramshaw, Dorset, on 4 December 1817, he was eldest son of twin boys (brother George was the younger twin) of Colonel John Mansel (1776–1863) of Smedmore, Dorset by his wife Louisa, fourth daughter of Edmund Morton Pleydell of Whatcombe, Dorset. Educated privately, with Henry Walter as a tutor, he entered St. John's College, Cambridge in 1836, and graduated B.A. in 1839.[1][2][3]
Mansell was admitted a student of Lincoln's Inn on 2 May 1840, but was not called to the bar. For thirty years he was an officer in the Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry. He was promoted from lieutenant to captain on 26 July 1856.[4] He was one of the promoters of the Somerset and Dorset Railway, and suffered financial losses.[1]
In 1856 Mansel built at his own expense the Milborne Reformatory, which was converted in 1882 into an industrial school. In 1857 he was made a fellow of the Geological Society, and was later also a fellow of the Linnean Society. He succeeded on his mother's death to the family estate of Whatcombe, Dorset, and to landed property in the Isle of Purbeck in 1863. In 1872 he assumed the additional name of Pleydell, his mother's maiden name. He founded the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club in 1875, and was its president till his death.[1]
In 1876 Mansel-Pleydell was high sheriff of Dorset, and he was a member of the county council from its establishment in 1887 till his death. He was an evangelical in religion, and a Liberal in politics until 1886, when he changed his party after the Home Rule Bill.[1]
Mansel-Pleydell died at his Dorset residence on 3 May 1902.[1] Works
Mansel-Pleydell was the author of:[1]
The Flora of Dorsetshire, 1874; 2nd edit. 1895.
The Birds of Dorsetshire, 1888.
The Mollusca of Dorsetshire, 1898.
He also contributed papers on natural science and archaeology to the journals of learned societies.[1] Legacy
Mansel-Pleydell presented many geological finds made by himself to the County Museum of Dorset. These included a fore paddle of a Pleiosaurus macromerus,[5] and the tusks and molars of a Mammuthus meridionalis.[1] Family
Mansel-Pleydell married twice:[1]
on 6 June 1844, Emily (died 4 Nov. 1845), daughter of Captain A. Bingham; and
on 21 June 1849, Isabel, the daughter of F. C. Acton Colville, Captain in the Scots Guards.
He celebrated his golden wedding on 21 June 1899. Of three sons, two survived him.[1] Notes
Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Mansel-Pleydell, John Clavell". Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Hebditch, Kate. "Pleydell, John Clavell Mansel-". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34860. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) "Mansel, John Clavell (MNSL835JC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. "No. 21910". The London Gazette. 5 August 1856. p. 2712.
Paleobiology Database, Pleiosaurus macromerus.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Mansel-Pleydell, John Clavell". Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Categories:
1817 births1901 deathsEnglish antiquariansFellows of the Geological Society of LondonHigh Sheriffs of DorsetQueen's Own Dorset Yeomanry officersAlumni of St John's College, Cambridge
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John Clavell Mansel-Pleydell's Timeline
| 1817 |
December 4, 1817
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Bramshaw, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
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| 1836 |
1836
- 1839
Age 18
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St John's College, Cambridge
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1840
Age 22
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Lincoln's Inn
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| 1850 |
June 30, 1850
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of Whatcombe, Dorset, England (United Kingdom)
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1851
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| 1852 |
December 6, 1852
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Dorset, England, United Kingdom
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| 1902 |
May 3, 1902
Age 84
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Dorset, England (United Kingdom)
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May 9, 1902
Age 84
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Winterborne-Clenstone, Dorset, England (United Kingdom)
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