Charles Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Grace
The Duke of Rutland
Birth Name:Charles John Robert Manners
Spouse:
  • (died 2002)
Children:5, including David
Parents:John Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland
Kathleen Tennant
Birth Date:28 May 1919

Charles John Robert Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland, (28 May 1919 – 4 January 1999), styled Marquess of Granby until 1940, was a British peer and landowner.

Biography

He was the son of John Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland, by his wife Kathleen Tennant, granddaughter of Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet. Rutland was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] He was a younger brother of Lady Ursula d'Abo and Lady Isabel Manners.

He served in the British Army during World War II, becoming a captain in the Grenadier Guards.[1]

He inherited the title in 1940, remaining in that estate until his death in 1999.[1]

A lifelong Conservative, the Duke served on Leicestershire County Council as the County Councillor for the Vale of Belvoir Division from 1945 until 1985. He was Chairman of Leicestershire County Council from 1974 until 1977.[1]

He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1962 New Year Honours "for political and public services in the East Midlands".

Marriages and issue

He married twice:

Coat of arms

Crest:On a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a Peacock in its pride proper
Coronet:A Coronet of a Duke
Escutcheon:Or two Bars Azure a Chief quarterly of the last and Gules, in the first and fourth, two Fleur-de-lis, and in the second and third, a Lion passant guardant, all Or
Supporters:On either side a Unicorn Argent armed, maned, tufted and unguled Or
Motto:Pour Y Parvenir ("So as to accomplish it")

Notes and References

  1. News: Manners maketh man . 5 January 1999 . The Guardian. Richard . Webster . 1 January 2013.
  2. Web site: Charles John Robert Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland . Darryl . Lundy . The Peerage.com . 10 August 2016.