John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland
- John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland
John James Robert Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland, KG, GCB, PC (13 December 1818 – 4 August 1906), known as Lord John Manners before 1888, was an English statesman.
He was born at Belvoir Castle on the 13th of December 1818, being the younger son of the 5th Duke of Rutland by Lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Lord Byron's guardian, the 5th Earl of Carlisle.Lord John Manners, as he then was, was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.In 1841 he was returned for Newark in the Tory interest, along with Gladstone, and sat for that borough until 1847. Subsequently he sat for Colchester, 1850–57; for North Leicestershire, 1857–85; and for Melton from 1885 until, in 1888, he took his seat in the House of Lords upon succeeding to the dukedom.
In the early 1840s Manners was a leading figure in the Young England movement, led by Benjamin Disraeli. During the three short administrations of Lord Derby (1852, 1858-1859, and 1866-1868) he sat in the cabinet as First Commissioner of Works. On the return of the Conservatives to power in 1874 he became Postmaster-General under Disraeli, and was made GCB on his retirement in 1880. He was again Postmaster-General in Lord Salisbury's administration, 1885-86, and was head of the department when sixpenny telegrams were introduced. Finally, in the Conservative government of 1886-92 he was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Manners married twice and had a total of five children. By his first wife, Catherine Marley:
*Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland (1852–1925)By his second wife, Janetta Hughan:
*Lord Edward Manners (1864–1903)
*Lord Cecil Manners (1868–1945)
*Lord Robert Manners (1870–1917)
*Lady Elizabeth Manners (1878–1924)
He succeeded to the dukedom of Rutland in March 1888, upon the death of his elder brother. He died on the 4th of August 1906 at Belvoir Castle.
Quotations
:"Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die,:But leave us still our old Nobility."
References
*1911
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