Colonel Sir Charles Mansfield KCMG (11 October 1828 – 1 August 1907) was a British army officer and diplomat, envoy to several countries.
[2] He was aide-de-camp to Sir Colin Campbell during the Crimean War, was present at the battles of Alma and Balaclava in September and October 1854, was mentioned in despatches and promoted to captain in December 1854.
He was appointed aide-de-camp to his brother, William Mansfield, then a brigadier-general attached as military adviser to the British ambassador at Constantinople.
William Mansfield returned to India as Chief of Staff, with Charles continuing as aide-de-camp.
[11] He was Minister Resident at Bogotá 1878–81,[12] at Caracas 1881–84[13] (representing the United Kingdom at the centenary of Simón Bolívar in 1883), and at Lima from 1884[14] until 1894 when he retired.