Charles Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland

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.


The Duke of Rutland

CBE JP DL
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)
Spouse(s)
Anne Bairstow Cumming-Bell
(m. 1946; div. 1956)

(m. 1958)
Children5, including David
ParentsJohn Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland
Kathleen Tennant

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.

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

He married twice:

References

  1. 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
John Manners
Duke of Rutland
1940–1999
Succeeded by
David Manners
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