- John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland
John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland and 9th Earl of Rutland (
Boughton ,May 29 1638 –January 10 1711 ,Belvoir Castle ) was the son ofJohn Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland and Frances Montagu. His maternal grandparents were SirEdward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton and his wife Elizabeth Jeffries. He was styled Lord Roos from 1641 until 1679.He married, firstly, Lady Anne Pierrepont, daughter of
Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester , on15 July 1658 . The failure of their marriage attacted considerable attention, asdivorce was not generally available at the time. He obtained a "separation from bed and board" in 1663 on grounds of heradultery , and private Acts of Parliament in 1667 bastardizing her issue since 1659 and granting him permission to remarry in 1670. This process required considerable expenditure and trouble.He married, secondly, Lady Diana Bruce, daughter of
Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin , on10 November 1671 . She died on15 July 1672 in childbed.He married, thirdly, Catherine Wriothesley Noel (d. 1733), daughter of
Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden , on8 January 1673 They had three children:*
John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland (1676–1721)
*Lady Catherine Manners (c. 1682–1722), marriedJohn Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower and had issue.
*Lady Dorothy Manners (c. 1690–1734), marriedBaptist Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough and had issue.He served, rather passively, as
Member of Parliament for Leicestershire from 1661 until 1679. Politically he was a Whig, but did not attend court after 1689, preferring the life of a country magnate.Lord Roos succeeded his father as
Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire in 1677, and proved an effective deputy of the crown. His invitation to Lord Sherard to stand with him for Leicestershire instead of a gentry candidate upset the Leicestershire gentry, and the Commons disallowed Roos' election. He was createdBaron Manners of Haddon on30 April 1679 and sent to theHouse of Lords instead, but succeeded asEarl of Rutland on29 September 1679 at the death of his father. He retained his lord lieutenancy in 1681, despite supporting theExclusion Bill , but was turned out by James II in 1687. Reappointed in 1689 after theGlorious Revolution , he resigned in 1702, to protest Government promotion ofTory interests inLeicestershire . He was brieflyCustos Rotulorum of Leicestershire thereafter (22 August 1702 –22 March 1703 ). On29 March 1703 , his long support of Whig government was rewarded by his creation asDuke of Rutland andMarquess of Granby . Rutland was reappointed to the lord lieutenancy in 1706, which he retained until his death on10 January 1711 .References
*cite book | first=Jean last=Morrin | chapter=Manners, John, first duke of Rutland (1638–1711) | title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2004 | url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17957 | accessdate=2006-10-14
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