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Household of Charles (4Th Duke Of Rutland) MANNERS

He is married to Mary Isabella (Lady) SOMERSET (MANNERS).

They got married on December 26, 1775, he was 21 years old.


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«b»Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland«/b» («u»15 March «/u» «u»1754 «/u» – «u»24 October «/u» «u»1787 «/u»;) was a British politician and nobleman, the eldest legitimate son of «u»John Manners, Marquess of Granby «/u». He was styled «b»Lord Roos«/b» from 1760 until 1770, and «b»Marquess of Granby«/b» from 1770 until 1779.

He was educated at «u»Eton «/u»; and «u»Trinity College, Cambridge «/u», graduating the latter with a nobleman's «u»MA «/u» in 1774. That year, he was elected to one of the «u»university's seats «/u» in the «u»House of Commons «/u»;. He continued to maintain the family's substantial electoral interests, and to collect objets d'art to decorate «u»Belvoir Castle «/u». He pledged to redeem his father's substantial debts, but was hampered by his passion for gambling.

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«u»; «/u»«u» «/u»19th century engraving, after Retnolds, of «i»Mary Isabella, Duchess of Rutland«/i»

>On «u»26 December «/u» «u»1775 «/u», he married Lady Mary Isabella Somerset (d. 1831), daughter of «u»Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort «/u» and a celebrated beauty. They had six children:

«tab» Lady Elizabeth Isabella Manners (d. «u»5 October «/u»; «u»1853 «/u»), married on «u»21 August «/u» «u»1798 «/u» Richard Norman

«u»«tab»John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland «/u»; (1778– 1857)

«tab»Lady Katherine Mary Manners (d. «u»1 May «/u» «u»1829 «/u»), married on «u»16 June «/u» «u»1800 «/u» «u»Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester «/u»

«tab»General «u»Lord Charles Henry Somerset Manners «/u»; («u»24 October «/u» «u»1780 «/u» – «u»25 May «/u» «u»1855 «/u»), died unmarried

«tab»Major-General «u»;Lord Robert William Manners «/u» («u»14 December «/u» «u»1781 «/u» – «u»15 November «/u» «u»1835 «/u»)

«tab»Lord William Robert Albanac Manners (1783– 1793)

Later in life, he was said to have been the lover of «u»Elizabeth Billington «/u».

Granby entered parliament in opposition to the «u»North Ministry «/u» and as an ally to the «u»Rockingham «/u» «u»Whigs «/u». He acted only as an observer until reaching his majority, and made his maiden speech on «u»5 April «/u» «u»1775 «/u», advocating free trade with the southern «u»American Colonies «/u». The speech brought him thanks from his father's friend «u»Chatham «/u», whom he praised, and initiated a friendship with «u»William Pitt the Younger «/u». It much disappointed the Court, and particularly «u»Lord Mansfield «/u», who had thought to govern the young Granby. During the «u»American Revolution «/u», he followed Chatham in urging reconciliation with America, and was one of those who questioned the conduct of «u»Admiral Keppel «/u» in March 1779. He did not follow this up, and does not seem to have spoken in Parliament afterwards, acceeding to the dukedom on «u»29 May «/u» «u»1779 «/u». He was able to obtain a seat for his friend «u»Pitt «/u» at «u»Appleby «/u» in 1780 when Pitt failed of re-election for «u»Cambridge University «/u», and promised him a seat in one of the boroughs of the Rutland interest in the future. His own Parliamentary interest notwithstanding, he supported Pitt's plans for reform.

With the entry of the French into the war, he became colonel of the «u»Leicestershire «/u» militia, and was created «u»Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire «/u» on «u»9 July «/u» «u»1779 «/u», an honor bestowed by «u»George III «/u» in person. On «u»30 October «/u» «u»1782 «/u», he was made a «u»Knight of the Garter «/u» and was made «u»Lord Steward of the Household «/u» and sworn of the «u»Privy Council «/u» on «u»17 February «/u» «u»1783 «/u». «u»Shelburne «/u» thus brought him into the cabinet; but the appointment met with royal disfavor and prompted the resignation of «u»Grafton «/u» and the collapse of the ministry. Rutland was by now an ally of Pitt, and upon his premiership, became «u»Lord Privy Seal «/u» in December 1783.

utland was made «u»Lord Lieutenant of Ireland «/u» on «u»11 February «/u» «u»1784 «/u». He was enthusiastic for Pitt's Irish policy and the union which it entailed, but became increasingly doubtful of its implementation. In 1785, Pitt and Rutland successfully worked a trade plan through the «u»Irish Parliament «/u», initially against the opposition of «u»Henry Grattan «/u» and «u»Henry Flood «/u». However the «u»Foxite «/u» opposition in the «u»British House of Commons «/u» so gutted the measure with amendments that it was rejected in its new form in Ireland. While the Irish opposition was later reconciled to Pitt's «i»bona fides«/i» with regard to trade, the episode demoralized «u»Thomas Orde «/u», the «u»Chief Secretary of Ireland «/u», and further hindered efforts at reform.

Rutland was increasingly popular as viceroy, in part because of his convivial nature and ample banquets at «u»Dublin Castle «/u». In summer 1787, he made an extended and rigorous tour of the midlands and north of Ireland, but his excessive consumption of «u»claret «/u» was by now taking a toll upon his health. He died of liver disease on «u»24 October «/u» «u»1787 «/u» at «u»Phoenix Park Lodge «/u».

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    Charles Manners
    Gender: Male
    Birth: Mar 15 1754
    Marriage: Dec 26 1775
    Death: Oct 24 1787 - Dublin, Ireland
    Father: Marquis John Manners
    Mother: Frances Manners (born Seymour)
    Wife: Lady Mary Isabella Manners (born Somerset)
    Children: John Henry Manners, KGKatherine Mary Forrester (born Manners)

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Historical events

Birthday March 15, 1754

  • The temperature on March 15, 1754 was about -4 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1754: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
    • May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
    • July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.

Day of marriage December 26, 1775

  • The temperature on December 26, 1775 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1775: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
    • June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
    • July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
    • September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
    • October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
    • December 31 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.

Day of death October 24, 1787

  • The temperature on October 24, 1787 was about 9.0 °C. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1787: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
    • February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
    • June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
    • July 13 » The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
    • September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
    • October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.


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