William Mansel

The Right Reverend William Mansel
Bishop of Bristol

Diocese	Diocese of Bristol
In office	1808–1820
Predecessor	John Luxmoore
Successor	John Kaye
Personal details
Born	(1753-04-02)2 April 1753 Pembroke, Wales
Died	27 June 1820(1820-06-27) (aged 67) Trinity College, Cambridge
Buried	Chapel, Trinity College, Cambridge
Denomination	Anglican
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

For other people named William Mansel, see William Mansel (disambiguation).

William Lort Mansel (2 April 1753, Pembroke – 27 June 1820, Trinity College, Cambridge) was an English churchman and Cambridge fellow. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1798 to his death in 1820, and also Bishop of Bristol from 1808 to 1820.

William Lort Mansel was the son of William Wogan Mansel of Pembroke. He was educated at the school of Mr Sparks in Gloucester and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1774.^[1] Elected a fellow of Trinity in 1775, he was ordained deacon in 1780 and priest in 1783, and became Vicar of Bottisham from 1783 to 1790. He became Vicar of Chesterton, Cambridge in 1788 and Vicar of Fowlmere in 1789.^[1] In 1798 Mansel was appointed Master of Trinity. Made Bishop of Bristol in 1808, he combined the bishopric with his mastership until his death in 1820. He is interred at Trinity College.^[2]

References

1 2 "Mansel, William Lort (MNSL770WL)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ William Mansel at Find a Grave

The Master of Trinity at Trinity College, Cambridge

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Academic offices
Preceded by Thomas Postlethwaite	Master of Trinity College, Cambridge 1798–1820	Succeeded by Christopher Wordsworth
Church of England titles
Preceded by John Luxmoore	Bishop of Bristol 1808–1820	Succeeded by John Kaye

Bishops of Bristol

for the sole Bishop suffragan of Brisol, see Henry Holbeach

1542 see	Paul Bush John Holyman Richard Cheyney John Bullingham Richard Fletcher John Thornborough Nicholas Felton Rowland Searchfield Robert Wright George Coke Robert Skinner Thomas Westfield Thomas Howell Gilbert Ironside (Er) Guy Carleton William Gulston John Lake Gilbert Ironside (Yr) John Hall John Robinson George Smalridge Hugh Boulter William Bradshaw Charles Cecil Thomas Secker Thomas Gooch Joseph Butler John Conybeare John Hume Philip Yonge Thomas Newton Lewis Bagot Christopher Wilson Spencer Madan Reginald Courtenay Folliott Cornewall George Pelham John Luxmoore William Mansel John Kaye Robert Gray Joseph Allen

1897 see	Forrest Browne George Nickson Clifford Woodward Frederick Cockin Oliver Tomkins John Tinsley Barry Rogerson Mike Hill

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 6385731 LCCN: n85295233

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