Grace, Lady Manners ( – ) was an

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who lived at

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 ...

near Bakewell,

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. She founded Bakewell's

Lady Manners School Lady Manners School is an English secondary school located in Bakewell, a market town in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. It was founded on 20 May 1636 by Grace, Lady Manners, who lived at Haddon Hall, the current home of Lord and La ...

in 1636.

Biography

Grace Pierrepont was the daughter of Sir Henry Pierrepont, a

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, and Frances Cavendish. Her maternal grandparents were Sir William Cavendish and

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. Grace's brother was Robert Pierrepont, born in 1584, who became the 1st

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. Grace's sister,

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, married

Thomas Erskine, 1st Earl of Kellie Thomas Erskine, 1st Earl of Kellie (1566 – 12 June 1639) was a Scottish peer. Biography Thomas Erskine was the eldest surviving son of Sir Alexander Erskine of Gogar and Margaret Home, a daughter of George Home, 4th Lord Home and Mariotta Ha ...

. On 1 August 1593 Grace was married to Sir George Manners (1569-1623) of

in Derbyshire, a

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. According to the inscription in Bakewell Church, she had nine children, including: *

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) *Elizabeth Manners, who married Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexinton *Eleanor Manners, who married

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, and had children *Frances Manners (died 1652), who married Nicholas Saunderson, 2nd Viscount Castleton, and had children *Dorothy Manners, who married Sir Thomas Lake On 20 May 1636, she founded

in Bakewell, Derbyshire. Her body is interred in

Bakewell Parish Church All Saints' Church, Bakewell, is the parish church of Bakewell, Derbyshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. The first church The church was founded in 920, during Anglo-Saxon times and the churchyard has two 9th-century crosses. ...

References

Founders of educational institutions People from Bakewell Year of death missing

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17th-century English women Year of birth uncertain {{England-bio-stub