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

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, by his wife Kathleen Tennant, granddaughter of

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. Rutland was educated at

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and

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. He was a younger brother of

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and Lady Isabel Manners. He served in the British Army during World War II, becoming a captain in the

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. He inherited the title in 1940, remaining in that estate until his death in 1999. A lifelong

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, the Duke served on

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as the County Councillor for the

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Division from 1945 until 1985. He was Chairman of Leicestershire County Council from 1974 until 1977. He was made a

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in the

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"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 (7 January 1947 - 15 March 2023) *Secondly on 15 May 1958 he married Frances Helen Sweeny, daughter of

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, an American amateur golfer, socialite and businessman, by his first wife the wealthy Scottish-born heiress Margaret Whigham, since 1951 Duchess of Argyll, having married secondly

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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; **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

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). She married Dr John Chipman, director of the

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. **Lord Edward (John Francis) Manners (born 29 May 1965); he married Gabrielle Ross in 2013

Coat of arms

References

1919 births 1999 deaths

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