British politician (1676?1721)
The Duke of Rutland
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John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland, oil by Jean-Baptiste Closterman c. 1730s, Belvoir Castle
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In office
1714?1721
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Monarch
| George I
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Preceded by
| The Earl of Denbigh
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Succeeded by
| The 3rd Duke of Rutland
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Born
| 18 September 1676
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Died
| 22 February 1721
(
1721-02-23
)
(aged 44)
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Nationality
| British
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Spouse(s)
| Catherine Russell
Lucy Sherard
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Children
| 17, including
John
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William
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Catherine
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Sherard
,
Robert
, and
Charles
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Parent(s)
| John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland
Catherine Wriothesley Noel
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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 who sat in the
English
and
British House of Commons
from 1701 until 1711, when he succeeded to the peerage as
Duke of Rutland
.
Early life
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Manners was the son of
John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland
and his third wife
Catherine Wriothesley Noel
, daughter of
Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden
.
[1]
Career
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Manners was returned as a Whig
Member of Parliament
for
Derbyshire
at the first general election of 1701. He was returned as MP for
Leicestershire
at the second general election of 1701. At the
1705 English general election
he was returned as MP for
Grantham
. He was a Commissioner for the Union with Scotland in 1706. He was returned again as MP for Grantham at the
1708 British general election
. 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.
[1]
He was
Lord Lieutenant of Rutland
from 1712 to 1715 and
Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire
from 1714 to 1721. In 1714, he was made a Knight of the Garter.
[2]
Legacy
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Manners married, firstly, Catherine Russell, daughter of
William Russell, Lord Russell
and Lady
Rachel Wriothesley
, on 23 August 1693. They had nine children:
- John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland
(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
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
.
Manners succeeded his father as Duke of Rutland on 10 January 1711.
[3]
A few months later, his wife Catherine died.
[4]
He married, secondly, Lucy Sherard, daughter of
Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard
, 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
(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
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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"MANNERS, John, Ld. Roos (1676-1721), of Belvoir Castle, Lincs"
. History of Parliament Online
. Retrieved
1 July
2019
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"Rutland, Duke of (E, 1703)"
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Cracroft's Peerage: The Complete Guide to the British Peerage and Baronetage
. Retrieved
20 January
2019
.
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G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IX, page 156.
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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.