Lord George Manners-Sutton (8 March 1723 – 7 January 1783,

Kelham Hall Kelham is a small village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire about northwest of Newark on a bend in the A617 road near its crossing of the River Trent. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 207. Historical Kelham ...

), born Lord George Manners, was a British nobleman and politician, the third son of

John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland 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 and Catherine Russell. Styled Marquess of Granby from 1711, he succeeded to the title in 172 ...

On 5 December 1749, he married Diana Chaplin (d. 1767), only daughter of Thomas Chaplin of Blankney, Lincolnshire, by whom he had nine children: *

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(1751–1804) *Captain John Manners-Sutton (1752–1826), married Anne Manners, natural daughter of

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, his first cousin *Captain Robert Manners-Sutton, RN (1754–1794), killed in the explosion of HMS ''Ardent'' *

Charles Manners-Sutton Charles Manners-Sutton (17 February 1755 – 21 July 1828; called Charles Manners before 1762) was a bishop in the Church of England who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1805 to 1828. Life Manners-Sutton was the fourth son of Lord Ge ...

(1755–1828), Archbishop of Canterbury *

Thomas Manners-Sutton, 1st Baron Manners Thomas Manners-Sutton, 1st Baron Manners, (24 February 1756 – 31 May 1842) was a British lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1807 to 1827. Background and education Manners-Sutton was the sixth son of Lord Ge ...

(1756–1842) *Captain Francis Manners-Sutton(d. 1781) *Diana Manners-Sutton, married on 21 April 1778 Francis Dickins *Louisa Bridget Manners-Sutton (d. 5 February 1800), married on 15 June 1790 Edward Lockwood-Perceval *Charlotte Manners-Sutton (d. 1827), married on 16 June 1789 Thomas Lockwood He entered Parliament in 1754, succeeding his elder brother, the

Marquess of Granby A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués, pt, marquês. is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman wi ...

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for

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. In 1762, he adopted the additional surname of Sutton, upon inheriting the estates of that family, including the family seat of

, from his elder brother

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 ...

. The change of name, though, was enabled by a 1734

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—many years earlier—when his brother succeeded to those estates.Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1734 (8 Geo. 2). c. 2
/ref> On 5 February 1768, he married Mary Peart, by whom he had one daughter: *Mary Manners-Sutton (d. 20 November 1829), married in 1799 Rev. Richard Lockwood He died at Kelham Hall in 1783 and was succeeded by his eldest son, George.

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