John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland KG PC (21 October 1696 – 29 May 1779) was an English nobleman, the eldest son of

John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland KG (18 September 1676 – 22 February 1721), styled Lord Roos from 1679 to 1703 and Marquess of Granby from 1703 to 1711, was a British Whig politician sat in the English and British House of Commons from 170 ...

and Catherine Russell. Styled Marquess of Granby from 1711, he succeeded to the title in 1721, cutting short a brief career in the

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, where he had represented

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as a Whig.

Biography

He held a variety of government and court positions including Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire 1721–1779,

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1727–1736, Lord Steward of the Household 1755–1761, and Master of the Horse 1761–1766. He represented

in the British Parliament from January 1719 to February 1721. He was one of the directors of the

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, establishing a London opera company which commissioned numerous works from

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, Bononcini and others.Thomas McGeary. ''The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain''. Cambridge University Press, 2013. p.268 In 1722 he became a Knight of the

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and in 1727 was sworn of the

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. He supported the creation of

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and was one of its founding governors when it received its

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in 1739. The city of

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is named after him.

Art collection

John Manners, the 3rd Duke, was a collector of art. He started buying in 1742 and for two decades bought paintings, drawings and prints at the London art auctions. Agents bought for him at other auctions and he bought privately too, through dealers. On the death of his father,

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, the 2nd Duke of Rutland, in 1721, the 3rd Duke had inherited the family collection of paintings acquired by his forebears including Old Masters and an uninterrupted run of ancestral portraits. He liked small pictures and was reported to have said that "A man did not deserve a good picture that would not carry it home himself". As a result, he spent less on his collection than other collectors who preferred bigger, more expensive paintings. For example, he did not buy on par with his grandson,

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, the 4th Duke of Rutland, friend and patron of Sir

Joshua Reynolds Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter, specialising in portraits. John Russell said he was one of the major European painters of the 18th century. He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting which depend ...

. Nevertheless, he was a serious collector whose eye and temperament led him to buy smaller works of all the major European painters including Raphael, Titian, Bassano, Veronese, Guido Reni, and the Italianate northerners, especially Claude and the two Poussins. He is known to have spent some £3,210 on paintings but this figure must be taken as approximate and open to revision if new records come to light. By way of comparison, the building of his London townhouse in the same period, cost some £4,432. For an unknown reason, the Duke sold 200 paintings in 1758–1759.

Family

In 1717 he married Bridget Sutton, the 17-year-old heiress of

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. They had eleven children, most of whom died young: *Lady Catherine Rachel Manners (b. 1718), died young *Lady Caroline Manners (b. spring 1719), died young *Lady Frances and Lady Bridget Manners (d. 30 December 1719), twins died young *

John Manners, Marquess of Granby Lieutenant-General John Manners, Marquess of Granby, (2 January 1721 – 18 October 1770) was a British soldier and the eldest son of the 3rd Duke of Rutland. As he did not outlive his father and inherit the dukedom, he was known by his fath ...

(1721–1770) *

Lord Robert Manners-Sutton Lord Robert Manners, later Manners-Sutton (21 February 1722 – 19 November 1762) was the second son of John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland by his wife the Hon. Bridget Sutton, and younger brother of the famous soldier Lord Granby, under whom he ...

(1722–1762) *

Lord George Manners-Sutton Lord George Manners-Sutton (8 March 1723 – 7 January 1783, Kelham Hall), born Lord George Manners, was a British nobleman and politician, the third son of John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland. On 5 December 1749, he married Diana Chaplin (d. 1767 ...

(1723–1783) *Lord William Manners (29 July 1724 – 11 March 1730), died young *Lady Leonora Manners (d. June 1740), died young *Lady Frances Manners (c. 1726 – 3 February 1739), died young *Lord Frederick Manners (b. 17 February 1728) He died in 1779 at the age of 82 at Rutland House, Knightsbridge, London and was buried in the Belvoir Castle mausoleum.

References

Descendants of Sir Robert de Manners, of Etal
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