Charles John Robert Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland, (28 May 1919 – 4 January 1999), styled Marquess of Granby until 1940, was a British peer and landowner.
Biography
He was the son of
John Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland
Captain John Henry Montagu Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland (21 August 1886 – 22 April 1940), styled as Marquess of Granby from 1906 to 1925, was an English peer and medieval art expert.
Early life and education
Rutland was the younger son of Hen ...
, by his wife
Kathleen Tennant, granddaughter of
Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet
Sir Charles Clow Tennant, 1st Baronet JP DL (4 November 1823 – 4 June 1906) was a Scottish businessman, industrialist and Liberal politician.
Early life
Tennant was the son of John Tennant (1796–1878) and Robina (née Arrol) Tennant. His ...
. Rutland was educated at
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and
Trinity College, Cambridge
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.
He was a younger brother of
Lady Ursula d'Abo
Lady Ursula Isabel d'Abo (''née'' Manners, formerly Marreco; 8 November 1916 – 2 November 2017) was an English socialite and aristocrat who served as a maid of honour to the Queen at the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 193 ...
.
He served in the British Army during World War II, becoming a captain in the
Grenadier Guards
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He inherited the title in 1940, remaining in that estate until his death in 1999.
A lifelong
Conservative
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, the Duke served on
Leicestershire County Council
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as the County Councillor for the
Vale of Belvoir
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Extent and geology
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Division from 1945 until 1985. He was Chairman of Leicestershire County Council from 1974 until 1977.
He was made a
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
in the
1962 New Year Honours "for political and public services in the East Midlands".
Marriages and issue
He married twice:
*Firstly on 27 April 1946 to
Anne Bairstow Cumming Bell, daughter of William Cumming Bell and Joan Middlemost Cumming Bell, ''née'' Bairstow, whom he divorced in 1956, having had one daughter:
**Lady Charlotte Louise Manners (born 7 January 1947)
*Secondly on 15 May 1958 he married
Frances Helen Sweeny, daughter of
Charles Francis Sweeny, an American amateur golfer, socialite and businessman, by his first wife the wealthy Scottish-born heiress
Margaret Whigham
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, since 1951 Duchess of Argyll, having married secondly
Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll
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. By his second wife he had four children:
**
David Charles Robert Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland (born 8 May 1959), eldest son and heir;
**Lord Robert George Manners (18 June 1961 – 28 February 1964), died aged 2;
**Lord Edward (John Francis) Manners (born 29 May 1965); he married
Gabrielle Ross in 2013
**Lady (Helen) Theresa (Margaret) Manners (born 11 November 1962), who in her youth was the lead singer of the short-lived 1980s British rock band "The Business Connection", founded by
Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester (later 12th
Duke of Beaufort). She married Dr John Chipman, director of the
International Institute for Strategic Studies
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The 2017 Global Go To Think T ...
.
References
1919 births
1999 deaths
110
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Charles
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Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
People educated at Eton College
Tennant family
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
British landowners
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20th-century British businesspeople
British Army personnel of World War II
Grenadier Guards officers
20th-century English nobility
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