Lieutenant-Colonel John Manners-Sutton (29 July 1752 – 17 February 1826) was a British soldier and politician who sat in the

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from 1783 to 1796. Kelham Hall

Manners-Sutton was the second son of

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. He joined the Army as an Ensign in the

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(Coldstream Guards) in 1768. He was promoted to lieutenant and captain in 1775 and to lieutenant-colonel in 1780. He retired from the army in 1790. Manners-Sutton was elected Member of Parliament for Newark at a by-election in 1783. He was re-elected in the general elections of

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and

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sitting until 1796. He succeeded his brother George Manners-Sutton, inheriting Kelham Hall near Newark, Nottinghamshire, and was appointed

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for 1808–09. Manners-Sutton married Anne Manners, the illegitimate daughter of

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, his first cousin. The couple had six children: *John Manners-Sutton, died unmarried *Robert Manners-Sutton, d. 1815 *Rev. Frederick Manners-Sutton (1784 – 30 August 1826), married on 2 September 1821 Lady Henrietta Lumley, daughter of John Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough and had issue, including John Manners-Sutton. *George Manners-Sutton (d. 13 January 1836), unmarried *Mary Georgiana Manners Sutton (b. 1790, d. 8 November 1846), ancestor of actress

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. *Rev. Thomas Manners-Sutton (6 August 1795 – 27 October 1844), married on 23 November 1826 Lucy Mortimer and died without issue

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