John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury (27 May 1814 – 24 June 1877), styled The Hon. John Manners-Sutton between 1814 and 1866 and Sir John Manners-Sutton between 1866 and 1869, was a British

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politician and colonial administrator.

Background and education

A member of the Manners family headed by the

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, Manners-Sutton was born at

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, London, the second and youngest son of

Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury, (9 January 1780 – 21 July 1845) was a British Tory (political faction), Tory politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom), Speaker of the House of Commons from 181 ...

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, by his first wife Lucy, daughter of John Denison. His mother died when he was one year old. He was educated at Eton and

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, graduating with an MA in 1835. In his youth he played

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for

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and

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Political career

Manners-Sutton was returned to Parliament for

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in September 1839. However, in April 1840 his election was declared void. He was returned for the same constituency in 1841 and held it until 1847. He served as

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from 1841 to 1846 in

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's second administration.

Colonial governor

In 1854 Manners-Sutton was appointed

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, a post he held until 1861. He later served as Governor of Trinidad from 1864 to 1866 and as

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from 1866 to 1873. He was appointed a

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in 1866 and a

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in 1873. In 1869 he succeeded in the viscountcy of Canterbury on the death of his unmarried elder brother.

Family

He married, on 5 July 1838, Georgiana, youngest daughter of Charles Tompson of Witchingham Hall, Norfolk, by whom he had five sons, and two daughters: * Henry Charles, who succeeded him as Viscount Canterbury; * Graham Edward Henry, who died 30 May 1888 ; * George Kett Henry, who died 2 March 1865 ; * John Gurney Henry, * Robert Henry, who was called to the bar at the

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on 7 May 1879 * Anna Maria Georgiana, who married, on 25 August 1868, Charles Edward Bright, C.M.G., of Toorak, Australia; * Mabel Georgiana.

Legacy

Sutton street in the southern

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suburb of

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References

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