Spencer Lort Mansel (Carey) Mansel-Carey (1893 - 1916)

Born 12 Mar 1893 in Uppingham, Rutland, England

Ancestors

Died 24 Feb 1916 at age 22 in Somme, France

Biography

Second Lieutenant Spencer (Carey) Mansel-Carey Died of Wounds during World War I.

SPENCER LORT MANSEL (CAREY) MANSEL-CAREY (Carey-4546)

PARENTS. Spencer Wooddill Seymour (Carey) Mansel-Carey & Mary Mansel (Jones) Mansel-Carey

BIRTH. 12 Mar 1893, Uppingham, Rutlandshire, England

BIRTH. 1893

Name Spencer Lort M Carey

Event Type Birth Registration

Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun

Registration Year 1893

Registration District Uppingham

County Rutlandshire

Event Place Uppingham, Rutlandshire, England

Volume 7A, Page 358, Affiliate Line Number 188

England and Wales Census, 1901:

Name: Spencer W S Carey

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 31 Mar 1901

Event Place: Uppingham, Rutlandshire, England

County: Rutlandshire

Civil Parish: Uppingham

Ecclesiastical Parish: Uppingham St Peter & St Paul

Sub-District: Uppingham

Registration District: Uppingham

Residence Note: High Street

Gender: Male

Age: 39

Occupation: ASSISTANT SCHOOLMASTER

Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Birth Year (Estimated): 1862

Birthplace: Bayswater, London

Schedule Type: 211

Page Number: 32

HOUSEHOLD ROLE SEX AGE BIRTHPLACE

Spencer W S Carey Head Male 39 Bayswater, London

Mary M Carey Wife Female 37 Ferryside, Carnarvonshire

Mary F M Carey Daughter Female 9 Uppingham, Rutland

Spencer L M Carey Son Male 8 Uppingham, Rutland

David V M Carey Son Male 5 Uppingham, Rutland

Jane E Knowles Servant Female 21 York, Yorkshire

Margaret Gray Servant Female 22 Fulmodeston, Norfolk

Florence R Wells Servant Female 20 Barningham, Norfolk

England and Wales Census, 1911:

Name: Spencer Woodvill Seymour Mansel-Carey

Alias: WOODVILL SEYMOUR

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1911

Event Place: Uppingham, Uppingham, Rutland, Wales

County: Rutland

Parish: Uppingham

Sub-District: Uppingham

Sub-District Number: 1

District Number: 410

Enumeration District: 1

Registration District: Uppingham

Gender: Male

Age: 49

Marital Status: MARRIED

Occupation: SCHOOLMASTER

Number in Family: 7

Birth Year (Estimated): 1862

Birthplace: St Stephens Bayswater London, London

Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Schedule Type: 241

Page Number: 1

Registration Number: RG14

Piece/Folio: 509

Affiliate Record Identifier: GBC/1911/RG14/19393/0509/1

HOUSEHOLD ROLE SEX AGE BIRTHPLACE

Spencer Woodvill Seymour Mansel-Carey Head Male 49 St Stephens Bayswater London, London

Mary Mansel Mansel-Carey Wife Female 47 St Ishmaels Ferryside, Carmarthenshire

Mary Frederica Mansel Mansel-Carey Daughter Female 19 Uppingham, Rutlandshire

Spencer Lort Mansel Mansel-Carey Son Male 18 Uppingham, Rutlandshire

David Vernon Mansel Mansel-Carey Son Male 15 Uppingham, Rutlandshire

Augusta Hope Mansel Mansel-Carey Daughter Female 6 Uppingham, Rutlandshire

Mary Victoria Fidderman Servant Female 23 St Nicholas Kings Lynn, Norfolk

Elsie Hitchman Servant Female 19 Witney Oxford, Oxfordshire

Elsie Mary Brown Servant Female 18 Witney Oxford, Oxfordshire

Mansel-Carey, Spencer Lort Mansel, ^[1] 2nd Lieut. Devonshire Regt. ; b. March 12, 1893 ; s. of Spencer W. S. Mansel-Carey. Educ. Uppingham ; Commoner of Magdalen, Oct. 1913-Dec. 1914. Died of wounds in France, Feb. 1916.

DEATH. 24 Feb 1916, Somme, France

Second Lieutenant Spencer (Carey) Mansel-Carey served in the British Army in World War I
Service started:
Unit(s): Devonshire Regiment
Service ended: 24 February 1916

Commonwealth War Graves Commission:

Second Lieutenant MANSEL-CAREY, SPENCER LORT MANSEL

Died 24/02/1916

Aged 22

8th Bn. attd. 9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment

Son of Spencer W. S. and Mary Mansel Mansel-Carey, of Chesterton, Uppingham, Rutland.

Buried at CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Location: Somme, France

Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot I. Row D. Grave 9.

England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations:

Name Spencer Lort Mansel Mansel-Carey

Event Type Probate

Event Date 29 Apr 1916

Event Place Rutland, England, United Kingdom

Event Place Rutlandshire, United Kingdom

Date of death 24 Feb1916

Beneficiary's Name Spencer Wooddill Seymour Mansel-Carey

LEICESTER SHIRE WAR MEMORIALS ^[2]

2nd Lieutenant Spencer Lort Mansel-Carey

Batt - 8

Unit - Devonshire Regiment

Section -

Date of Birth - 12/03/1893

Died - 24/02/1916

Age - 22

He was the son of Spencer Woodvill Seymour Carey, an assistant schoolmaster, born 1862 in St. Stephen’s, Bayswater, Middlesex and his wife Mary Mansel Carey, (nee Jones, married in the 3rd quarter of 1890 in St. George’s, Hanover Square, Middlesex), born 1864 in St. Ishmael’s, Ferryside, Carmarthen, Wales. Spencer Lort Mansel Carey was born on the 12th March 1893 in Uppingham, Rutland, his siblings were, Mary Frederick Mansel, born 1892 and David Vernon Mansel, born 1895, both his siblings were born in Uppingham, in March 1901 the family home was at High Street, Uppingham. In April 1911 Spencer was a schoolboy and was residing in the family home at High Street, Uppingham, together with his father, a schoolmaster, his mother and siblings, Mary, David, a schoolboy and Augusta Hope Mansel, born 1905 in Uppingham. Spencer was a Freemason, belonging to the Vale of Catmos Lodge, No 1265. He was initiated on the 2nd November 1915. He was educated at Uppingham and Magdalen College, Oxford. After his first year in residence he gained a commission in the 8th Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment in August 1914, and joined his Battalion at the front in October 1915. He took part in five months of trench warfare at Festubert, Albert and other locations and was mortally wounded by a shell bursting near him while in the trenches at Fricourt. The President of Magdalen College, Sir Herbert Warren writes:- Amiable, modest, good all round, playing for his house in all games, a conscientious worker, a fair classic, and a prize winner in Mathematics and English, he was a valuable and valued influence at school and not less so in his short time at college.” “No sweeter natured boy,” writes the tutor who knew him best, “ever walked this earth, nor one who loathed violence and brutality more. Of such are the ‘conscientious protectors.’ His father’s profession, which he had intended to follow, lost much by his removal.” His Colonel writes of him:- “We all feel his death very much; he was such a favourite in the Battalion – always so cheerful. The Battalion will miss him much as a soldier. His work was always so thorough and he inspired his men with such confidence.” A fellow officer writes:- “In the swamp at ------ his men did the best work in the company, and I knew I could rely on him to see it carried out, at a time when supervision meant a heart breaking wallow in icy mud and water. I am sure the platoon, which was his for so long, will suffer severely from his loss. Two days before the fatal Thursday we had a severe bombardment, and though we suffered very lightly, it was a trying experience; but I am told he rose splendidly to the occasion, and no doubt it was in trying to get artillery retaliation to protect his men that he was hit two days later.” His Captain writes:- “Since October last he has been my second in command, and his death has been a very real blow to me. I relied much on his common sense and his keenness. I knew that he had a good hold upon his men, so that, from the professional point of view, I feel myself robbed of my chief assistant, whose place it will be hard to fill.” Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.

Photographs of Spencer 'Lort' Mansel-Carey kindly submitted by family member MML Akehurst 25/08/2015, niece to Lort.

Their surname was 'Mansel-Carey'. However before they had arranged this by deed poll, they had all been Christened Mansel as a last Christian name. Hence they found themselves with TWO Mansels in their name!..Lort's name was actually Spencer Lort Mansel Mansel-Carey..he had three siblings: Lort's older sister was Mary Frederica Mansel Mansel-Carey. David Vernon Mansel Mansel-Carey, Lort's younger brother, was also in the Devons, but was, luckily for the family, invalided out before he was killed, & lived on in the family house in Uppingham into his 90s. Lort's father was Spencer Wooddill Seymour Mansel-Carey. He was the Classics Master at Uppingham School.

Attached Unit - 9th Bn. Devonshire Regt.

Unit - Devonshire Regiment

Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS

Burial Commemoration - Corbie Com. Cem., France

Born - Uppingham, Rutland

Place of Residence - Chesterton, Uppingham, Rutland, England

Memorial - SS. PETER & PAUL'S CHYRD. MEM., UPPINGHAM, RUTLAND

Memorial - SS. PETER & PAUL'S CHURCH, UPPINGHAM, RUTLAND

Memorial - FREEMASONS HALL MEM., LEICESTER

Sources

1. ↑ Mansel-Carey, Spencer Lort Mansel: The Magdalen College Record, by Magdalen College (University of Oxford), Page 146: https://archive.org/details/magdalencolleger00magduoft/page/146
2. ↑ 2nd Lieutenant Spencer Lort Mansel-Carey: Leicester Shire War Memorials: http://www.leicestershirewarmemorials.co.uk/war/casualty/view/25199

• Birth: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2F9X-3HY

• England and Wales Census, 1901: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X91D-2GP

• England and Wales Census, 1911: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7JS-ZGK

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission: SPENCER LORT MANSEL MANSEL-CAREY, CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY Plot I. Row D. Grave 9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/21044/spencer-lort-mansel-mansel-carey/

• England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPLH-BWYR

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56143624/spencer-lort_mansel-mansel-carey: accessed 25 January 2023), memorial page for 2nd Lt Spencer Lort Mansel Mansel-Carey (12 Mar 1893–24 Feb 1916), Find A Grave: Memorial #56143624, citing Corbie Communal Cemetery, Corbie, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France; Maintained by Woose (contributor 48275987).

• "UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919" Name: Spencer Lort Maunsel Mansel-carey Death Date: 24 Feb 1916 Rank: Temp 2 Lieutenant : Devonshire Regiment Battalion: Battalion Not Shown Type of Casualty: Died of wounds Ancestry uk Record UKsoldiersGreatWar #1011424