Captain Charles John Moore Mansfield (1760-1813) was a British naval officer who served in the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Unlike many of his dashing companions of this period, Mansfield is notable for his reticent social life which contrasted sharply with his dashing and action-filled military career.
Read more about Charles John Moore Mansfield: Early Life, American Revolutionary War, Peacetime and Marriage, French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars, Illness and Death, Further Reading
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“Look Johnny, Spig just joined the Navy. I’m married to it. I run the mess hall. I swab the deck. I chip the rust. You’re afraid that they’ll kick Spig out of the Navy. I’m afraid that they won’t.”
—Frank Fenton, William Wister Haines, co-scenarist, and John Ford. Minne Wead (Maureen O’Hara)
“I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.”
—Frank Moore Colby (1865–1925)
“To work—to work! It is such infinite delight to know that we still have the best things to do.”
—Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923)