Ralph Mansfield, 4th Baron Sandhurst

Mansfield in 1935

Ralph Sheldon Mansfield, 4th Baron Sandhurst, OBE (19 July 1892 – 1964) was an English nobleman. 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), who in 1938 married George Parker, Viscount Parker
• John Edward Terence Mansfield, 5th Baron Sandhurst (born 4 September 1920)
• Ralph Geoffrey Knyvet Mansfield (born 8 November 1926)

Arms

Coat of arms of Ralph Mansfield, 4th Baron Sandhurst

Crest Out of an Eastern crown Argent a gryphon’s head Sable beaked Or between two branches of laurel Proper. Escutcheon Argent on a chevron embattled Azure between three maunches Sable an Eastern crown Or on a chief engrailed of the third a lion of the fourth combatant with a tiger cowed Proper. Motto Steadfast