Lady Violet Manners | |
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Born | Violet Diana Louise Manners 18 August 1993 Nottingham, England |
Occupation(s) | Model, businesswoman |
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Lady Violet Diana Louise Manners (born 18 August 1993) is a British socialite, businesswoman, and model.
She is the eldest child of David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland, and Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland. [1] Lady Violet studied at Queen Margaret's School, York. In May 2023 Lady Violet launched HeritageXplore, a listings and ticketing platform for Britain’s independently owned historic castles, palaces, and manors.
She worked for My Beautiful City, a creative agency[ clarification needed ] in Soho, before starting her own marketing and brand-strategy consultant company. [2] She also has worked for Robin Birley, in public relations for Gleneagles, and a geopolitical consultant firm called Etoile.
Along with her sisters, Lady Alice and Lady Eliza, Lady Violet is known for her activities within the London social scene. [3] [4] She and her sisters have received national press for their outlandish behaviour, being dubbed the "bad-Manners girls." [5] [6] She has two younger brothers, Charles Manners, Marquess of Granby, and Lord Hugo Manners. She has worked as a model, having been featured in Tatler and walking the runway for Dolce & Gabbana. [7] [8]
Lady Violet's engagement to William James Lindesay-Bethune, Viscount of Garnock, Master of Lindesay (born 1990), son and heir of James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay, was announced in July 2024. [9]
David Charles Robert Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland, is a British hereditary peer and landowner.
Henry John Brinsley Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland,, styled Marquess of Granby between 1888 and 1906, was a British peer and Conservative politician.
Captain John Henry Montagu Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland, styled as Marquess of Granby from 1906 to 1925, was an English peer and medieval art expert.
James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay,, is a Scottish businessman and Conservative politician.
Marion Margaret Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland was a British artist and noblewoman. A granddaughter of the 24th Earl of Crawford, she married Henry Manners in 1882. She was styled the Marchioness of Granby from 1888 to 1906, when Manners succeeded as Duke of Rutland. She had five children, including John Manners, the 9th Duke of Rutland and the socialite Lady Diana Cooper.
Catherine Victoria Aitken, formerly Victoria, Countess Spencer, is a British former fashion model and former wife of Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, the younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Rachel Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland is a British noblewoman and podcaster. She is the daughter of a farmer from Wales and married David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland in 1992. She separated from him in September 2012.
Lady Amelia Sophia Theodora Mary Margaret Windsor is a British fashion model and relative of the British royal family. As of May 2023, she is 43rd in the line of succession to the British throne. She is a granddaughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, so she is consequently a great-great-granddaughter of George V and Queen Mary; she is a second cousin once removed of Charles III.
Victoria Marjorie Harriet Paget, Marchioness of Anglesey was a British writer on art, an illustrator, and a member of the peerage.
Lady Ursula Isabel d'Abo was an English socialite and aristocrat who served as a maid of honour to the Queen at the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937. She received international media attention after her photograph from that day, standing alongside the British royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, circulated in the news. Reporters focused on her beauty and distinctive widow's peak, and an American wrote to the editor of a newspaper, asking "who is the girl with the widow's peak?" The title of her 2014 book, The Girl with the Widow's Peak: The Memoirs, played with this question.
Lady Alice Louisa Lilly Manners is an English columnist, fashion model and socialite.
Lady Catherine “Kitty” Eleanor Lewis is a British model and aristocrat. She is the eldest child of Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, niece of Diana, Princess of Wales and the first cousin of William, Prince of Wales and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. Spencer is the spokesmodel for jewellery brand Bulgari and fashion company Dolce & Gabbana.
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Isabel Getty is a British-American singer, visual artist and curator. She is the lead singer of the London-based rock band Jean Marlow.
Kathleen Manners, Duchess of Rutland was an English aristocrat and the wife of John Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland.
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Lady Violet Catherine Benson was an English aristocrat, artist and socialite.
Gabrielle Elizabeth Frances Ross, known upon her marriage as Lady Edward Manners, is a British businesswoman, fashion designer, and aristocrat. She is the second wife of Lord Edward Manners, a younger son of Charles Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland. Lady Edward is the founder of Beau Bra, a lingerie company based in London, and the châtelaine of Haddon Hall, the former seat of the Dukes of Rutland.
Lady Isabel Violet Kathleen Manners was a British socialite who was prominent in Palm Beach and New York. She was the daughter of John Manners, the 9th Duke of Rutland and was married, firstly, to British MP Loel Guinness and, secondly, to Sir Robert Throckmorton, 11th Baronet.