Duchess of Rutland is a title given to the wife of the Duke of Rutland, an extant title in the peerage of England which was created in 1703.
Two ships have been named Duchess of Rutland:
Louisa Jane Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry was the daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn. In 1884, she became the Duchess of Buccleuch and Duchess of Queensberry, the wife of William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and 8th Duke of Queensberry. She was the paternal grandmother of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, and of Marian Louisa, Lady Elmhirst, as well as a maternal great-grandmother of Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and a great-great-grandmother of Sarah, Duchess of York. Diana, Princess of Wales, is one of her great-great-great-nieces.
David Robert Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort GCC, known as David Somerset until 1984, was an English peer and major landowner.
William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans was an English aristocrat.
John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland KG, 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.
John Henry Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland, styled Lord Roos from 1778 until 1779 and Marquess of Granby from 1779 until 1787, was a British landowner as well as an owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses.
Henry John Brinsley Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland,, known as Henry Manners until 1888 and styled Marquess of Granby between 1888 and 1906, was a British peer and Conservative politician.
William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and 8th Duke of Queensberry, was a Scottish Member of Parliament and peer. He was the paternal grandfather of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, and the maternal great-grandfather of Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.
General David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore, was a Scottish general and Governor of Gibraltar.
Lord Sherard Manners was an English nobleman and Member of Parliament.
Colonel Henry Cecil Lowther, DL, JP was an English Conservative politician and an amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1819 to 1843. His long service in the House of Commons saw him become the Father of the House.
Charles Noel Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough, known as Charles Edwardes until 1798, as Charles Noel between 1798 and 1823 and as the Lord Barham between 1823 and 1841, was a British peer and Whig politician.
Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough was a British peer and Member of Parliament.
Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden was an English politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Rutland, Custos Rotulorum of Rutland and the Member of Parliament for Rutland.
Elizabeth Manners, Duchess of Rutland was an English aristocrat.
Elizabeth Noel, Viscountess Campden, formerly Lady Elizabeth Bertie, was the fourth wife of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden, and the mother of nine of his children.
Catherine Manners, Duchess of Rutland, formerly Catherine Wriothesley Noel, was an English noblewoman. She was the third wife of John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland, and the mother of the second duke.
The Reverend Robert Sherard, 4th Earl of Harborough was a British clergyman who inherited the earldom of Harborough.
William Sherard, 1st Baron Sherard of Leitrim was an English official who was created Baron Sherard in the peerage of Ireland by King Charles I in 1627.
Lucy Manners, Duchess of Rutland, was a British heiress who married John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland.
Janetta Manners, Duchess of Rutland was an English aristocrat and writer.