Captain George Manners (4 June 1747 – 27 June 1772) was a British soldier and politician, the illegitimate son of

John Manners, Marquess of Granby Lieutenant-General (United Kingdom), Lieutenant-General John Manners, Marquess of Granby, (2 January 1721 – 18 October 1770) was a Kingdom of Great Britain, British soldier and the eldest son of the John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland, 3rd Duk ...

and Ann Mompesson. Manners was enrolled at

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from 7 July 1757 until 1762. He served as a

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in the

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during the

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, and became junior

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of the 3rd King's Dragoons on 4 August 1767. In 1768, he was elected as

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for

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, a borough frequently in the Manners interest. Manners retired from the Army on 13 August 1771, but continued to represent Scarborough until his death in 1772. Manners' sister was Anne, the illegitimate daughter of

. She married her first cousin John Manners-Sutton.The House of Commons, 1754–1790, Vol. 1, Lewis Namier, John Brooke, History of Parliament Trust, Secker & Warburg, London, Reissued by Boydell & Brewer, 1985
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* 1740s births 1772 deaths 3rd The King's Own Hussars officers Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies People educated at Eton College British Army personnel of the Seven Years' War Royal Horse Guards officers G British MPs 1768–1774 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub