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Charles Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland

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The Duke of Rutland
The 10th Duke of Rutland, by Allan Warren
Personal details
Born
Charles John Robert Manners

(1919-05-28)28 May 1919
Died4 January 1999(1999-01-04) (aged 79)
Spouses
Anne Bairstow Cumming Bell
(m. 1946; div. 1956)
(died 2002)
(m. 1958)
Children5, including David
Parent(s)John Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland
Kathleen Tennant

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

Biography

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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".[2]

Marriages and issue

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He married twice:

Coat of arms

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Coat of arms of Charles Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland
Coronet
A Coronet of a Duke
Crest
On a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a Peacock in its pride proper
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")

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Webster, Richard (5 January 1999). "Manners maketh man". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ^ "No. 42552". The London Gazette. 29 December 1961. p. 12.
  3. ^ Lundy, Darryl. "Charles John Robert Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland". The Peerage.com. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
Peerage of England
Preceded by Duke of Rutland
1940–1999
Succeeded by