Alan James Mansfield KCMG KCVO (1902 - 1980)

Born 30 Sep 1902 in Gumdale, Queensland, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Beryl Susan (Pain) Mansfield — married 1934 in Queensland, Australia

Died 17 Jul 1980 at age 77 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Preceded by Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith KCMG KStJ KCVO DSOC

18th Governor of Queensland 21st March 1966 to 21st March 1972

Succeeded by AIRMSL Sir Colin Thomas Hannah KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB

Biography

Alan Mansfield KCMG KCVO is Notable.

Alan James Mansfield was born in 1902 at Gumdale, Queensland, Australia. He was the third and youngest son of Edward Mansfield and Margaret Elizabeth Bird.^[1] Sir James Mansfield, twice Solicitor General of Great Britain, was his great-great-grandfather. Mansfield was educated at the Church of England Grammar School in Brisbane, before winning a scholarship to the Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore). He attended university at St Paul's College, University of Sydney.

He married Beryl Susan Pain in 1934 in Queensland.^[2]

Mansfield was appointed as a Puisne Judge on the Supreme Court of Queensland on 17th May 1940. He served with distinction in that capacity until he was made a Senior Puisne Judge in 1947; the position of which he maintained until 1956 when he was promoted to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland. In 1958 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG). He served as Chief Justice from 9th February 1956 until his retirement on 21st February 1966.

He was appointed Governor of Queensland in 1966. He served with distinction in this position until 1972.^[3]

He passed away in 1980 in Brisbane.^[4] The suburb of Mansfield in the city of Brisbane is named after Sir Alan Mansfield.

Sources

1. ↑ Queensland Birth Index #C11168/1902
2. ↑ Queensland Marriage Index #C888/1934
3. ↑ Government House Queensland: http://www.govhouse.qld.gov.au/the-governor-of-queensland/governors-of-queensland.aspx?page=2; accessed 27 May 2018
4. ↑ Queensland Death Index #5205/1980

See also

• Greenwood, John. Mansfield, Sir Alan James (1902–1980). Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mansfield-sir-alan-james-11053/text19669, published first in hardcopy 2000, accessed online 28 May 2018.
• Wikipedia: Alan Mansfield: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Mansfield; accessed 27 May 2018.