Baron Sandhurst, of Sandhurst in the County of Berkshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created in 1870 for the soldier Sir William Mansfield

William Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst

General William Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst, GCB, GCSI, DCL , was a British military commander who served as Commander-in-Chief of India from 1865 to 1870.-Military career:...

, Commander-in-Chief of India

Commander-in-Chief, India

During the period of the British Raj, the Commander-in-Chief, India was the supreme commander of the Indian Army. The Commander-in-Chief and most of his staff were based at General Headquarters, India, and liaised with the civilian Governor-General of India...

 between 1865 and 1870 and Commander-in-Chief of Ireland

Commander-in-Chief, Ireland

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 between 1870 and 1875. He was the grandson of Sir James Mansfield

James Mansfield

Sir James Mansfield , SL, KC was a British lawyer, judge and politician. He was twice Solicitor General and served as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas from 1799 to 1814.-Early life and career:...

, Solicitor-General

Solicitor General for England and Wales

Her Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, often known as the Solicitor General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Attorney General, whose duty is to advise the Crown and Cabinet on the law...

 and Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

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. Lord Sandhurst's eldest son, the second Baron, was a Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician and also served as Governor of Bombay. In 1917 he was created Viscount Sandhurst, of Sandhurst in the County of Berkshire, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. However, he had no surviving male issue and on his death in 1921 the viscountcy became extinct. He was succeeded in the barony by his younger brother, the third Baron. the title is held by the latter's great-grandson, the sixth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2002. He is a barrister and judge.

Barons Sandhurst (1870)

• William Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst
  William Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst
  General William Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst, GCB, GCSI, DCL , was a British military commander who served as Commander-in-Chief of India from 1865 to 1870.-Military career:...
  
   (1819–1876)
• William Mansfield, 2nd Baron Sandhurst
  William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst
  William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC was a British Liberal politician and colonial governor...
  
   (1855–1921) (created Viscount Sandhurst in 1917)

Viscounts Sandhurst (1917)

• William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst, 2nd Baron Sandhurst
  William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst
  William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC was a British Liberal politician and colonial governor...
  
   (1855–1921)

Barons Sandhurst (1870; Reverted)

• John William Mansfield, 3rd Baron Sandhurst (1857–1933)
• Ralph Sheldon Mansfield, 4th Baron Sandhurst
  Ralph Mansfield, 4th Baron Sandhurst
  Ralph Sheldon Mansfield, 4th Baron Sandhurst, OBE was the son of John William Mansfield, 3rd Baron Sandhurst. Mansfield became 4th Baron Sandhurst upon the death of his father, John William Mansfield, the 3rd Baron Sandhurst, in 1933....
  
  (1892–1964)
• John Edward Terence Mansfield, 5th Baron Sandhurst (1920–2002)
• Guy Rhys John Mansfield, 6th Baron Sandhurst (b. 1949)