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 whose family's line the title continues. The heir apparent to the dukedom has the privilege of using the courtesy title of Marquess of Granby.
John James Robert Manners,7th Duke of Rutland,,known as Lord John Manners before 1888,was a British statesman.
Baron Manners,of Foston in the County of Lincoln,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1807 for the lawyer and politician Sir Thomas Manners-Sutton. He served as Solicitor-General from 1802 to 1805 and as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1807 to 1827. Manners-Sutton was the fifth son of Lord George Manners-Sutton,third son of John Manners,3rd Duke of Rutland. His elder brother Charles Manners-Sutton was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1805 to 1828 and the father of Charles Manners-Sutton,1st Viscount Canterbury,Speaker of the House of Commons from 1817 to 1834. The first Baron's great-grandson,the fourth Baron,assumed the surname of Manners only. As of 2010 the title is held by the latter's grandson,the sixth Baron,who succeeded his father in 2008.
Thomas Manners,1st Earl of Rutland,12th Baron de Ros of Helmsley,KG,of Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire,was created Earl of Rutland by King Henry VIII in 1525.
Henry Manners,2nd Earl of Rutland,13th Baron de Ros of Helmsley,KG was an English nobleman.
Francis Manners,6th Earl of Rutland,KG (1578–1632) was an English nobleman. Despite a brief imprisonment for his involvement in the Essex Rebellion of 1601,he became prominent at the court of James I. He lived at Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire. In 1618 three women,the "Witches of Belvoir",were accused of witchcraft for having allegedly caused the deaths of his two young sons.
David Charles Robert Manners,11th Duke of Rutland,is a British hereditary peer and landowner.
Charles Cecil John Manners,6th Duke of Rutland KG,styled Marquess of Granby before 1857,was an English Conservative politician.
Roger Manners,5th Earl of Rutland was the eldest surviving son of John Manners,4th Earl of Rutland and his wife,Elizabeth nee Charleton. He travelled across Europe,took part in military campaigns led by the Earl of Essex,and was a participant of Essex's rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I. He was favoured by James I,and honoured by his contemporaries as a man of great intelligence and talent. He enjoyed the friendship of some of the most prominent writers and artists of the Elizabethan age and Jacobean age. In 1603 he led an Embassy to Denmark,homeland of James' Queen Anne of Denmark.
John Manners,8th Earl of Rutland,was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited the title Earl of Rutland on the death of his second cousin George Manners,7th Earl of Rutland.
John Henry Manners,5th Duke of Rutland KG,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.
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.
Charles John Robert Manners,10th Duke of Rutland,,styled Marquess of Granby until 1940,was a British peer and landowner.
John George Weld Weld-Forester,2nd Baron Forester PC,was a British Tory politician. He served as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms under Sir Robert Peel from 1841 to 1846.
Lord Cecil Reginald John Manners DL,was a British Conservative politician.
General Robert Manners was a British Army officer and Member of Parliament.
Elizabeth Manners,Duchess of Rutland was an English aristocrat.
Kathleen Manners,Duchess of Rutland was an English aristocrat and the wife of John Manners,9th Duke of Rutland.
Janetta Manners,Duchess of Rutland was an English aristocrat and writer.
