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

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and British House of Commons from 1701 until 1711, when he succeeded to the peerage as

Duke of Rutland Duke of Rutland is a title in the Peerage of England, named after Rutland, a county in the East Midlands of England. Earldoms named after Rutland have been created three times; the ninth earl of the third creation was made duke in 1703, in who ...

Early life

Manners was the son of

John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland and 9th Earl of Rutland (29 May 163810 January 1711) was a British MP, and Whig politician. His divorce from his first wife caused much comment, partly because it was thought to have political implications. Lif ...

and his third wife Catherine Wriothesley Noel, daughter of

Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden (1611 – 29 October 1682) was an English politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Rutland, Custos Rotulorum of Rutland and the Member of Parliament for Rutland. Early life Baptist Noel was born at Exton Hall, ...

Career

Manners was returned as a Whig

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for

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at the first general election of 1701. He was returned as MP for Leicestershire at the second general election of 1701. At the

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he was returned as MP for

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. He was a Commissioner for the Union with Scotland in 1706. He was returned again as MP for Grantham at the

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. At the 1710 British general election, he was returned as MP for both Leicestershire and Grantham. He succeeded his father as Duke of Rutland on 10 January 1711 and vacated his seats in the house of Commons, having not chosen which he would choose. He was

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from 1712 to 1715 and

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from 1714 to 1721. In 1714, he was made a Knight of the Garter.

Legacy

Manners married, firstly, Catherine Russell, daughter of

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and Lady Rachel Wriothesley, on 23 August 1693. They had nine children: *

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 17 ...

(1696–1779), who married Hon. Bridget Sutton and had children * Lord William Manners (1697–1772), who married Corbetta Smyth and had children *Lord Edward Manners *Lord Thomas Manners (died 1723) *Lord Wriothesley Manners *Lady Catherine Manners (died 18 February 1780), who married on 29 October 1726

Henry Pelham Henry Pelham (25 September 1694 – 6 March 1754) was a British Whig statesman who served as 3rd Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1743 until his death in 1754. He was the younger brother of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, who ...

and had children. *Lady Elizabeth Manners (1709 – 22 March 1730), who married John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway, and had children. *Lady Rachel Manners (died c. 1723) *Lady Frances Manners, who married Hon. Richard Arundell, son of

John Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Trerice John Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Trerice (1649 – 21 June 1698) of Trerice, Cornwall, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1666 and 1687 when he inherited his peerage. Origins Arundell was ...

. Manners succeeded his father as Duke of Rutland on 10 January 1711. A few months later, his wife Catherine died.Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 319. He married, secondly, Lucy Sherard, daughter of

Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard DL (''baptised'' 30 November 1621 – 15 January 1700) was a British politician and Irish peer. An influential landowner in Leicestershire and Rutland, he was returned to Parliament by the former county from 1679 ...

, on 1 January 1713. Their children included: * Lord Sherard Manners (c. 1713 – 13 January 1742), who became MP for Tavistock *Lord James Manners (1720 – 1 November 1790) *Lord George Manners (d. December 1721) *Lady Caroline Manners (d. 10 November 1769), who married on 2 October 1734

Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet (24 June 1708 – 7 June 1748) was an English baronet and politician. He was the oldest son of Sir John Harpur, 4th Baronet, of Calke Abbey, and his wife Catherine, daughter of Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew. He was e ...

(d. 1748), by whom she had children; she married secondly, on 17 July 1753, Sir Robert Burdett, 4th Baronet (d. 1797). *Lady Lucy Manners (c. 1717 – 18 June 1788), who married on 28 October 1742, in London,

William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose by Pietro Longhi William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose (27 August 1712 – 23 September 1790) was the son of James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose, and his wife, Christian Carnegie. He married Lady Lucy Manners ...

and had children. * Lord Robert Manners (c. 1721 – 31 May 1782), who married on 1 January 1756 Mary Digges and had children *Lord Henry Manners (d. 1745) * Lord Charles Manners (d. 1761)

References

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