General Lord Charles Henry Somerset Manners,
KCB (24 October 1780 – 25 May 1855) was a British soldier and nobleman, the second son of
Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland
Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland, KG, PC (15 March 175424 October 1787) was a British politician and nobleman, the eldest legitimate son of John Manners, Marquess of Granby. He was styled Lord Roos from 1760 until 1770, and Marquess of Gra ...
and Lady Mary Somerset.
He was
lieutenant colonel
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of the
3rd
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* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* Second#Sexagesimal divisions of calendar time and day, 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
Places
* 3rd Street (d ...
in 1815, during the
Waterloo campaign. After a brief appointment to the colonelcy of the
11th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons, he was transferred to the colonelcy of the 3rd (King's Own) Regiment of Dragoons which he retained until his death in 1855.
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Charles
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11th Hussars officers
3rd The King's Own Hussars officers
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