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Lucy Manners, Duchess of Rutland (''
née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...
'' Sherard) ( – 27 October 1751), was a British heiress who married
John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland Order of the Garter, 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 who sat in the English House of Com ...
.


Early life

Lucy was born around 1685 and was the daughter of the former Elizabeth Christopher and
Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard Deputy Lieutenant, 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 form ...
, an MP for
Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...
who served as
Lord Lieutenant of Rutland This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland. In 1974 Rutland became part of Leicestershire under the Local Government Act 1972, the Lieutenancy was abolished, with Rutland's Lord-Lieutenant becoming Lord-Lieutenant of Le ...
. Her mother was the daughter and co-heiress of Sir Robert Christopher of Alford. Her paternal grandfather was William Sherard, 1st Baron Sherard, a member of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners under King
James I James I may refer to: People *James I of Aragon (1208–1276) * James I of Sicily or James II of Aragon (1267–1327) * James I, Count of La Marche (1319–1362), Count of Ponthieu * James I, Count of Urgell (1321–1347) *James I of Cyprus (1334†...
. Through her uncle Hon. Philip Sherard, MP for
Rutland Rutland is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Leicestershire to the north and west, Lincolnshire to the north-east, and Northamptonshire to the south-west. Oakham is the largest town and county town. Rutland has a ...
, she was a first cousin of Bennet Sherard and Margaret Sherard, the wife of
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John Gilbert,
Archbishop of York The archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and the metropolitan bishop of the province of York, which covers the ...
.


Personal life

On 1 January 1713, she was married to John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland, 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. Li ...
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 (UK Parliament constituency), Rutland. Early life B ...
). The Duke was widowed from Catherine Russell (daughter of
William Russell, Lord Russell William Russell, Lord Russell (29 September 163921 July 1683) was an English Country Party politician and nobleman. He was a leading member of the Country Party, forerunners of the Whigs, who during the reign of Charles II of England laid th ...
and Lady
Rachel Wriothesley Rachel, Lady Russell ( Wriothesley ; – 29 September 1723) was an English noblewoman, heiress, and author. Her second husband was William, Lord Russell, who was implicated in the Rye House Plot and later executed. A collection of the many ...
), with whom he had nine children, including
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 ...
,
Lord William Manners Lord William Manners (13 November 1697 – 23 April 1772), of Croxton Park, Leicestershire was an English nobleman and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1719 and 1754. He was the second son of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Ru ...
, Lady Catherine Manners (wife of
Henry Pelham Henry Pelham (25 September 1694 – 6 March 1754) was a British Whig statesman who served as 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 serv ...
), Lady Elizabeth Manners (wife of
John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway ( – 15 July 1751) was a British Whigs (British political party), Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1727 to 1751. He was elevated to the peerage of Ireland as the first Vis ...
), Lady Frances Manners (wife of Hon. Richard Arundell).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. Together, Lucy and John were the parents of: *
Lord Sherard Manners Lord Sherard Manners ( – 13 January 1742) was an English nobleman and Member of Parliament. Early life Lord Sherard was born around 1713. He was the eldest son of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland and, his second wife, Lady Lucy Sherard. Fr ...
(–1742), who became MP for Tavistock. * Lord James Manners (1720–1790) * Lord George Manners (d. 1721) * Lady Caroline Manners (d. 1769), who married
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 ...
, in 1734. After his death in 1748, she married
Sir Robert Burdett, 4th Baronet Sir Robert Burdett, 4th Baronet (28 May 1716 – 13 February 1797) was a British politician and member of the English gentry. Burdett was the posthumous son of Robert Burdett, son of Sir Robert Burdett, 3rd Baronet of Bramcote, Warwickshire. H ...
in 1753. * Lady Lucy Manners (–1788), who married
William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose (27 August 1712 – 23 September 1790) was a British nobleman. He his the son of James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose and his wife, Lady Christian Carnegie, daughter of David Carnegie, 3rd Earl of Northesk. B ...
in 1742. * Lord Robert Manners (–1782), who married Mary Digges in 1756. * Lord Henry Manners (d. 1745) * Lord Charles Manners (d. 1761). Her husband died on 22 February 1721. The Duchess of Rutland lived another thirty years before her death on 27 October 1751. She lived at
Beaufort House Beaufort House is an 18th-century grade II listed house in Ham, near Richmond, Surrey. History Beaufort House was built in about 1780. It was originally the dower house to Ham House. In about 1855, a private Catholic girls school moved to Beau ...
, Chelsea.


See also

* Duchess of Rutland


References


External links


Lucy Manners, Duchess of Rutland
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Lucy Manners (née Sherard), Duchess of Rutland
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Lucy Lucy is an English language, English feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning ''as of light'' (''born at dawn or daylight'', maybe also ''shiny'', or ''of light complexion''). Alternative spellings ar ...
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