Lord George John Manners (22 June 1820 – 8 September 1874) was a British nobleman and Conservative Party politician who represented Cambridgeshire for over two decades, from 1847 to 1857 and from 1863 to 1874, when he died.
He was born in London, the youngest son of John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland by Lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle. Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland was his elder brother. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the University Pitt Club.
He was a Justice of the Peace for Cambridgeshire.
Marriage and issue
Lord George married Lady Adeliza Matilda Fitzalan-Howard, the youngest daughter of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk, on 4 October 1855. They were second cousins through their descent from Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford. They had five children:
- Cicely Elizabeth Adeliza Manners (21 November 1856 – 29 March 1949), died unmarried
- Captain Charles George Edmund John Manners (26 September 1858 – 25 September 1911), died unmarried
- Sir George Espec John Manners (17 June 1860 – 2 September 1939), married on 24 April 1884 Anna Gilstrap (d. 1940), died without issue
- Frances Geraldine Manners (20 August 1864 – 6 March 1865)
- Major Fitzalan George John Manners (27 February 1866 – 15 March 1901), unmarried, officer in the Scots Guards, died of enteric fever aboard SS Tagus during the Boer War
He died at his seat in Cheveley Park, Cambridgeshire.
Lady Adeliza died in 1904.
References
- ^ "Obituary: The Late Lord George Manners, M.P.". The Times. 9 September 1874. p. 7.
- Fletcher, Walter Morley (2011) . The University Pitt Club: 1835-1935 (First Paperback ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-107-60006-5.
- Burke, Sir Bernard; Burke, Ashworth P., eds. (1934). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage, and Companionage. Vol. II. London: Burke's Peerage. p. 2066. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- "Death of Lady Manners". Cambridge Independent Press. 12 February 1904. p. 8. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord George Manners
- Portraits of Lord George Manners at the National Portrait Gallery, London
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| Preceded byEliot Thomas Yorke Richard Jefferson Eaton John Peter Allix |
Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire 1847–1857 With: Eliot Thomas Yorke Richard Greaves Townley 1847–1852 Edward Ball 1852–1857 |
Succeeded byEliot Thomas Yorke Edward Ball Henry John Adeane |
| Preceded byEliot Thomas Yorke Edward Ball Henry John Adeane |
Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire 1863–1874 With: Eliot Thomas Yorke 1863–1865 Henry John Adeane 1863–1865 Viscount Royston 1865–1874 Sir Henry Brand 1865–1874 Eliot Constantine Yorke 1874 |
Succeeded bySir Henry Brand Eliot Constantine Yorke Benjamin Bridges Hunter Rodwell |
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