Biography of Caroline Manners Lady Harpur and Burdett -1769

Caroline Manners Lady Harpur and Burdett was born to John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland and Lucy Sherard Duchess Rutland.

Before 21st October 1696 [her father] John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland [aged 20] and Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland [aged 20] were married. He the son of [her grandfather] John Manners 1st Duke Rutland [aged 58] and [her grandmother] Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland [aged 39]. They were sixth cousins.

On 10th January 1711 [her grandfather] John Manners 1st Duke Rutland [aged 72] died at Belvoir Castle [Map]. His son [her father] John [aged 34] succeeded 2nd Duke Rutland, 2nd Marquess Grandby, 10th Earl of Rutland, 2nd Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire. Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland [aged 34] by marriage Duchess Rutland.

On 1st January 1713 [her father] John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland [aged 36] and [her mother] Lucy Sherard Duchess Rutland [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Duchess Rutland. He the son of [her grandfather] John Manners 1st Duke Rutland and [her grandmother] Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland [aged 56].

On 18th January 1716 Robert Burdett 3rd Baronet [aged 76] died. His grandson [her future husband] Robert succeeded 4th Baronet Burdett of Bramcote in Warwickshire. The title had originally been claimed by Walter, younger brother of Robert Burdett 3rd Baronet. However, Elizabeth Tracy [aged 35], wife of Robert Burdett 3rd Baronet's son Robert, who had died sixteen days before his father, subsequently gave birth to a son who became the 4th Baronet.

Before 1718 [her half-brother] John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland [aged 21] and [her sister-in-law] Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland [aged 18] were married. He the son of [her father] John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland [aged 41] and Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland.

On 22nd February 1721 [her father] John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland [aged 44] died. His son [her half-brother] John [aged 24] succeeded 3rd Duke Rutland, 3rd Marquess Grandby, 11th Earl of Rutland, 3rd Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire. [her sister-in-law] Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland [aged 21] by marriage Duchess Rutland.

In or before 1725 [her brother-in-law] John Monckton 1st Viscount Galway [aged 29] and [her half-sister] Elizabeth Manners Viscountess Galway [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Galway. She the daughter of [her father] John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland and Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland.

In 1727 [her brother-in-law] John Monckton 1st Viscount Galway [aged 32] was created 1st Viscount Galway. [her half-sister] Elizabeth Manners Viscountess Galway [aged 18] by marriage Viscountess Galway.

On 22nd March 1730 [her half-sister] Elizabeth Manners Viscountess Galway [aged 21] died.

On 2nd October 1734 Henry Harpur 5th Baronet [aged 26] and Caroline Manners Lady Harpur and Burdett were married. She the daughter of John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland and Lucy Sherard Duchess Rutland [aged 49]. They were half fifth cousins.

In 1739 [her son] Henry Harpur 6th Baronet was born to [her husband] Henry Harpur 5th Baronet [aged 30] and Caroline Manners Lady Harpur and Burdett. He married 1762 Frances Elizabeth Greville Lady Harpur, daughter of Francis Greville 1st Earl Brooke Warwick Castle 1st Earl Warwick and Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Brooke Warwick Castle and Warwick, and had issue.

On 6th November 1739 [her future husband] Robert Burdett 4th Baronet [aged 23] and Elizabeth Sedley Lady Burdett were married. She by marriage Lady Burdett of Bramcote in Warwickshire.

In 1741 [her father-in-law] John Harpur 4th Baronet [aged 62] died. His son [her husband] Henry [aged 32] succeeded 5th Baronet Harpur of Calke Abbey in Derbyshire. Caroline Manners Lady Harpur and Burdett by marriage Lady Harpur of Calke Abbey in Derbyshire.

On 28th October 1742 [her brother-in-law] William Graham 2nd Duke Montrose [aged 30] and [her sister] Lucy Manners Duchess Montrose [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Duchess Montrose. She the daughter of [her father] John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland and [her mother] Lucy Sherard Duchess Rutland [aged 57]. He the son of James Graham 1st Duke Montrose.

On 7th June 1748 [her husband] Henry Harpur 5th Baronet [aged 39] died. His son Henry [aged 9] succeeded 6th Baronet Harpur of Calke Abbey in Derbyshire.

In 1751 [her mother] Lucy Sherard Duchess Rutland [aged 66] died.

On 17th July 1753 Caroline Burdett and Caroline Manners Lady Harpur and Burdett were married. She the daughter of John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland and Lucy Sherard Duchess Rutland.

On 17th July 1753 Robert Burdett 4th Baronet [aged 37] and Caroline Manners Lady Harpur and Burdett were married. She by marriage Lady Burdett of Bramcote in Warwickshire. She the daughter of John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland and Lucy Sherard Duchess Rutland. They were half sixth cousins.

In 1762 [her son] Henry Harpur 6th Baronet [aged 23] and [her daughter-in-law] Frances Elizabeth Greville Lady Harpur [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of Francis Greville 1st Earl Brooke Warwick Castle 1st Earl Warwick [aged 42] and Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Brooke Warwick Castle and Warwick [aged 42].

On 30th December 1766 [her step-son] Francis Burdett [aged 23] and Eleanor Jones were married.

On 10th November 1769 Caroline Manners Lady Harpur and Burdett died.

In 1797 [her former husband] Caroline Burdett died.

On 13th February 1797 [her former husband] Robert Burdett 4th Baronet [aged 80] died. His grandson Francis [aged 27] succeeded 5th Baronet Burdett of Bramcote in Warwickshire.