Sir James Mansfield

(1734-1821)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Mansfield, James, Sir, 1733-1821 DNB: Mansfield [formerly Manfield], Sir James (bap. 1734, d. 1821), judge LBT ID: JaMansf1821 VIAF ID: 55634239 LOC ID: n86096938	B/BAP: 1734-05-30 DIED: 1821-05-23
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The son of John James Manfield; educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge, he was called to bar from the Middle Temple and was MP for Cambridge University (1779-84) and Chief Justice of Common Pleas (1804-14).
REFERENCES TO Sir James Mansfield: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. XV. 1786-1790 Found 1: ¶ 8