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Russell Manners (other)
Russell Manners may refer to: * Russell Manners (British Army officer) (1736–1800) *Russell Manners (MP) Russell Manners (c. 1771 – 16 January 1840) was an English Whig Member of Parliament (MP), notable for being successfully divorced by his wife Catherine. He was the son of Russell Manners and Mary Rayner. Manners married Catherine Pollok, by ... (c. 1771–1840), son of the above, Member of Parliament for Grantham 1806–1807 * Russell Henry Manners (1800–1870), admiral and astronomer {{hndis, Manners, Russell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Manners (British Army Officer)
Russell Manners (1736 – 11 September 1800) was a British Army officer. Biography The fourth illegitimate son of Lord William Manners, Russell Manners joined the Army as a cornet in the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards in May 1755, and became a captain in the 7th Dragoons in February 1758. In April 1760 he was promoted lieutenant-colonel of the 21st Dragoons (Royal Foresters), serving in Germany under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick. When his regiment was disbanded on the Peace of Paris in 1763 he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 2nd Dragoon Guards.Richard Cannon, ''Historical Record of the Eighty-Sixth, or the Royal County Down Regiment of Foot'' (London, 1842page 66/ref> After the American Revolutionary War broke out in 1775 Manners was appointed colonel of the newly raised 19th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons. He was promoted to major-general in 1777 and lieutenant-general in 1782; in 1783 his regiment was disbanded. Manners was made colonel of the 86th Regiment of Foot on 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Manners (MP)
Russell Manners (c. 1771 – 16 January 1840) was an English Whig Member of Parliament (MP), notable for being successfully divorced by his wife Catherine. He was the son of Russell Manners and Mary Rayner. Manners married Catherine Pollok, by whom he had one son: Russell Henry Manners (1800–1870). At the 1806 general election he was returned without a contest as an MP for Grantham, but served only one year in the House of Commons and did not contest the 1807 general election. After leaving Parliament, he went to Prince Edward Island, and afterwards to Edinburgh. There, in 1813, his wife was able to divorce him, under Scots law, for desertion and adultery, a course not available to her in England. She later married Sir Thomas Stepney, 9th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |