John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland

John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland (10 June 1604 – 29 September 1679), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited the title Earl of Rutland on the death of his second cousin George Manners, 7th Earl of Rutland.

The Earl of Rutland
Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire
In office
14 February 1667 – 7 July 1677
Personal details
Born10 June 1604
Died29 September 1679
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bottesford
SpouseFrances Montagu
Children7
Alma materQueen's College
Arms of Manners: two bars azure a chief quarterly azure and gules in the 1st and 4th quarters two fleurs-de-lis and in the 2nd and 3rd a lion passant guardant

Origins

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He was the eldest son and heir of Sir George Manners (1569–1623) of Haddon Hall in Derbyshire, the eldest son and heir of Sir John Manners (bef.1535–1611), the second son of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland of Belvoir Castle.[1] His mother was Grace Pierrepont, a daughter of Sir Henry Pierrepont,[2] MP, of Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire.[1][3] The 8th Earl was thus the great-grandson of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland.

Career

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He was admitted at Queens' College, Cambridge, in spring 1619 and was awarded MA in 1621. He was admitted at the Inner Temple in November 1621. In 1632, he was High Sheriff of Derbyshire.[4] In April 1640 he was elected a Member of Parliament for Derbyshire in the Short Parliament.[5] In 1641, he inherited the title Earl of Rutland on the death of his second cousin George Manners, 7th Earl of Rutland. He was a moderate Parliamentarian and took the covenant in 1643. In 1646, he was Chief Justice in Eyre, North of Trent.[4] After the Restoration of the Monarchy he was appointed By King Charles II as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire on 14 February 1667 and held the post until 7 July 1677.[4]

Marriage and children

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Arms of Montagu: Argent, three fusils conjoined in fess gules

In 1628, he married Frances Montagu, a daughter of Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton, by whom he had one son and six daughters as follows:

In 1677, a legal case before the House of Lords ruled on a legal dispute between Manners and Scrope Howe over the financial settlement made for Lady Anne and her heirs.[7]

Death and burial

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Monument of John Manners erected at St Mary the Virgin's Church in Bottesford

He died aged 75 and was buried in St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire,[4] where survives his monument. He was succeeded in the earldom by his son John.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b History of Parliament biography
  2. ^ Per inscription on his monument
  3. ^ Grace Pierrepont, ThePeerage.com, accessed 27 December 2008
  4. ^ a b c d "Manners, John (MNRS618J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
  6. ^ Thomas Seccombe, ‘Langhorne, Sir William, baronet (c. 1634–1715)’, rev. Andrew Grout, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16019. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
  7. ^ "Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 13, 1675-1681". British History Online. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  8. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rutland, Earls and Dukes of" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 943.

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Parliament of England
Vacant Member of Parliament for Derbyshire
1640
With: Sir John Curzon
Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by Justice in Eyre
north of the Trent

1646–1661
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire
1667–1677
Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Rutland
1641–1679
Succeeded by