John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland (10 June 160429 September 1679), was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited the title

Earl of Rutland Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. A feminine form of ''earl'' never developed; instead, ''countess'' is used. The titl ...

on the death of his second cousin George Manners, 7th Earl of Rutland.

Origins

He was the eldest son and heir of Sir George Manners (1569–1623) of

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in Derbyshire, the eldest son and heir of Sir John Manners (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, Order of the Garter, 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 ...

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biography His mother was Grace Pierrepont, a daughter of Sir Henry Pierrepont, MP, of Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire. The 8th Earl was thus the great-grandson of

Career

He was admitted at

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, in spring 1619 and was awarded MA in 1621. He was admitted at the

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in November 1621. In 1632, he was High Sheriff of Derbyshire. In April 1640 he was elected a Member of Parliament for

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in the

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. In 1641, he inherited the title

on the death of his second cousin George Manners, 7th Earl of Rutland. He was a moderate Parliamentarian and took the covenant in 1643. In 1646, he was Chief Justice in Eyre, North of Trent. After the Restoration of the Monarchy he was appointed By King Charles II as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire on 14 February 1667 and held the post until 7 July 1677.

Marriage and children

In 1628, he married Frances Montagu, a daughter of Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton, by whom he had one son and six daughters as follows: *

John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland and 9th Earl of Rutland (29 May 163810 January 1711) was a British MP, and Whig politician. His divorce from his first wife caused much comment, partly because it was thought to have political implications. Li ...

(1638–1711), son and heir *Lady Grace Manners (died 15 February 1700), married firstly Patrick Chaworth, 3rd Viscount Chaworth, and after his death, married Sir William Langhorne, 1st Baronet; died less than a year after this second marriageThomas Seccombe
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, 2004, . Retrieved 14 March 2008. * Lady Margaret Manners (died 1682), married James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, and had issue *Lady Frances Manners (c. 1636–1660), married John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter, and had issue *Lady Elizabeth Manners (c. 1654–1700), married James Annesley, 2nd Earl of Anglesey, and had issue * Lady Dorothy Manners (c. 1656–1698), married Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury and had issue *Lady Anne Manners (born 1655), married Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe In 1677, a legal case before the House of Lords ruled on a legal dispute between Manners and Scrope Howe over the financial settlement made for Lady Anne and her heirs.

Death and burial

He died aged 75 and was buried in St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire, where survives his monument. He was succeeded in the earldom by his son

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References

Sources

* , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Rutland, John Manners, 8th Earl Of 1604 births 1679 deaths 08 J Lord-lieutenants of Leicestershire Manners, John Manners, John Manners, John Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge