Sir George Manners (1569–1623) of
Haddon Hall
Haddon Hall is an English country house on the River Wye near Bakewell, Derbyshire, a former seat of the Dukes of Rutland. It is the home of Lord Edward Manners (brother of the incumbent Duke) and his family. In form a medieval manor house, it ...
in Derbyshire, England, served as a
Member of Parliament
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for
Nottingham
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, 1588–1589, and for
Derbyshire
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, 1593–1596. His elaborate triple-decked monument with kneeling effigies of himself and his wife and family survives in the Vernon/Haddon Chapel, All Saints Church,
Bakewell, Derbyshire.
Origins
He was the eldest son and heir of
Sir John Manners
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(bef.1535–1611) (the second son of
Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland
Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland, 12th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, KG (c. 1497{{snd20 September 1543), of Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire (adjacent to the small county of Rutland), was created Earl of Rutland by King Henry VIII in 1525.
Ori ...
of
Belvoir Castle
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) of Shelford in Nottinghamshire and of Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, MP, and his wife
Dorothy Vernon, a daughter and co-heiress of
Sir George Vernon of
Haddon Hall
Haddon Hall is an English country house on the River Wye near Bakewell, Derbyshire, a former seat of the Dukes of Rutland. It is the home of Lord Edward Manners (brother of the incumbent Duke) and his family. In form a medieval manor house, it ...
.
History of Parliament
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biography
Marriage and children
He married
Grace Pierrepont, a daughter of Sir
Henry Pierrepont,
[Per inscription on his monument] MP, of
Holme Pierrepont
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, Nottinghamshire, by whom he had four sons and five daughters
[ including:
]
Sons
*John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland
John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland (10 June 160429 September 1679), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited the title Earl of Rutland on the death of his second cousin George Manners, 7t ...
(1604–1679), eldest son and heir, who in 1641 inherited the earldom on the death of his second cousin George Manners, 7th Earl of Rutland
George Manners, 7th Earl of Rutland (1580 – 29 March 1641) of Fulbeck Hall, Lincolnshire was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1604 and 1626. He inherited a peerage as Earl of Rutland in 1632.
Manner ...
. He married Frances Montagu, a daughter of Sir Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton
Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton KB (AKA Sir Edward Montague of Boughton Castle) (c. 1562 – 15 June 1644) was an English politician.
Life
Montagu was the son of Sir Edward Montagu and his wife Elizabeth Harington, a daugh ...
.
Daughters
*Elizabeth Manners, who married Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexinton.
*Eleanor Manners, who married Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Rockingham
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*Edward Watson, 2nd Baron Rockingham
*Grace Watson
*Anne Watson
*Frances Watson
*Elizabeth Watson
*Eleanor Watson
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, and had issue.
*Frances Manners (died 1652), who married Nicholas Saunderson, 2nd Viscount Castleton
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, and had issue.
*Dorothy Manners, who married Sir Thomas Lake.
References
Further reading
Manners, George (c. 1569–1623), of Haddon Hall, Derbys. and Uffington, Lincs. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558–1603, ed. P. W. Hasler, 1981
1569 births
1623 deaths
People from Derbyshire (before 1895)
Manners family
Members of the Parliament of England for Derbyshire
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