Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland
Charles Cecil John Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland KG (16 May 1815 – 3 March 1888, in Belvoir Castle), styled Marquess of Granby before 1857, was an English Conservative politician.
Background and education
Manners was the third but eldest surviving son of
Political career
Entering politics as
At the start of the next session, affairs were handled by the triumvirate of Granby, Disraeli, and
Personal life
Rutland never married. He had cherished a passion for Mary Anne Ricketts, later Lady Forester, but his father forbade the two to marry. He was also devoted to Lady Miles, wife of Sir Philip Miles, and scandalised society by leaving her his 120 ft yacht, Lufra, in his will.[3] He was succeeded in the dukedom by his brother John.[2]
He owned 70,000 acres with most 30,000 acres in Leicester, 27,000 acres in Derby and 6,500 acres in Cambridge.[4]
Notes
- ^ "Granby, Charles Cecil John, Marquess of (GRNY832CC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b c Archbold 1893.
- ISBN 978-1-84876-611-2.
- ^ The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland
References
- Matthew, H. C. G. "Manners, Charles Cecil John, sixth duke of Rutland (1815–1888)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17951. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Archbold, William Arthur Jobson (1893). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 36. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
