Paternal Family Tree: Manners
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On 22nd April 1799 [his father] John Henry Manners 5th Duke Rutland [aged 21] and [his mother] Elizabeth Howard Duchess Rutland [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Duchess Rutland. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle [aged 50] and [his grandmother] Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle. He the son of Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland and Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland [aged 42]. They were fourth cousins.
On 13th December 1818 John Manners was born to John Henry Manners 5th Duke Rutland [aged 40] and Elizabeth Howard Duchess Rutland [aged 38] at Belvoir Castle [Map]. He was educated at Eton College [Map] and Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map]
On 29th November 1825 [his mother] Elizabeth Howard Duchess Rutland [aged 45] died.
In 1836 John Manners [aged 17] entered Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map] where he was a member of the University Pitt Club. He graduated MA in 1839, and was later awarded the honorary degrees of LLD by the same university in 1862, and DCL by Oxford in 1876. See Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
In 1841 John Manners [aged 22] was elected MP Newark which seat he held until 1847.
In 1850 John Manners [aged 31] was elected MP Colchester which seat he held until 1857.
On 10th June 1851 John Manners [aged 32] and Catherine Louise Georgina Marlay [aged 20] were married at All Souls, Marylebone [Map]. He the son of John Henry Manners 5th Duke Rutland [aged 73] and Elizabeth Howard Duchess Rutland.
On 16th April 1852 [his son] Henry John Brinsley Manners 8th Duke Rutland was born to John Manners [aged 33] and [his wife] Catherine Louise Georgina Marlay [aged 21]. He married 1882 Violet Lindsay Duchess Rutland and had issue.
On 12th March 1854 [his daughter] Edith Katherine Manners was born to John Manners [aged 35] and [his wife] Catherine Louise Georgina Marlay [aged 23]. Her mother died three weeks later. On 24th March 1854 Edith Katherine Manners died.
On 7th April 1854 [his wife] Catherine Louise Georgina Marlay [aged 23] died from childbirth three weeks after giving birth to her daughter Edith Katherine Manners [deceased] who had died at twelve days old. She was buried at Highgate Cemetery on 15th April 1854. Monument by William Calder Marshall [aged 41] erected in 1862 in a chapel at St Katherine's Church, Rowsley [Map] built for the purpose commissioned by her husband John Manners [aged 35], the future 7th Duke of Rutland.
Exterior and interior of St Katherine's Church, Rowsley [Map]. The building of the church was commenced on 29th May 1854 by the 7th Duke Rutland [aged 35] who laid coins of every value, from a sovereign to half a farthing in the foundations. The church was built to the designs of the architect Anthony Salvin. It was dedicated to St Catherine, after the name and in honour of the late [his former wife] Lady Manners. It was consecrated on 18th July 1855.
In 1857 John Manners [aged 38] was elected MP Melton which seat he held until 1888 when he succeeded his father and took his seat in the House of Lords.
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On 20th January 1857 [his father] John Henry Manners 5th Duke Rutland [aged 79] died. His son [his brother] Charles [aged 41] succeeded 6th Duke Rutland, 6th Marquess Grandby, 14th Earl of Rutland, 6th Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire.
In 1862 John Manners [aged 43] and Janetta Hughan [aged 25] were married. He the son of John Henry Manners 5th Duke Rutland and Elizabeth Howard Duchess Rutland. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 5th August 1864 [his son] Edward William John Manners was born to John Manners [aged 45] and [his wife] Janetta Hughan Duchess Rutland [aged 27].
On 4th February 1868 [his son] Cecil Reginald John Manners was born to John Manners [aged 49] and [his wife] Janetta Hughan Duchess Rutland [aged 31].
In 1870 [his son] Robert William Orlando Manners was born to John Manners [aged 51] and [his wife] Janetta Hughan Duchess Rutland [aged 33].
In 1876 [his daughter] Victoria Alexandrina Elizabeth Dorothy Manners was born to John Manners [aged 57] and [his wife] Janetta Hughan Duchess Rutland [aged 39].
In 1878 [his daughter] Elizabeth Emily Manners was born to John Manners [aged 59] and [his wife] Janetta Hughan Duchess Rutland [aged 41]. She married 30th April 1903 her fourth cousin once removed George William Montagu-Douglas-Scott, son of William Scott 6th Duke Buccleuch 8th Duke Queensberry and Louisa Jane Hamilton Duchess Buccleuch and Queensbury.
In 1880 Edwyn Sherard Burnaby [aged 49] and John Manners 7th Duke Rutland [aged 61] were elected MP North Leicestershire
In 1882 Henry John Brinsley Manners 8th Duke Rutland [aged 29] and Violet Lindsay Duchess Rutland [aged 25] were married. He the son of John Manners 7th Duke Rutland [aged 63] and Catherine Louise Georgina Marlay.
Around 1885. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of John Manners 7th Duke Rutland [aged 66].
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On 3rd March 1888 Charles Manners 6th Duke Rutland [aged 72] died unmarried at Belvoir Castle [Map]. His brother John Manners [aged 69] succeeded 7th Duke Rutland, 7th Marquess Grandby, 15th Earl of Rutland, 7th Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire. Janetta Hughan [aged 51] by marriage Duchess Rutland.
In 1891 John Manners [aged 72] was appointed 795th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 71].
On 17th June 1896 John Manners [aged 77] was created 1st Baron Roos of Belvoir in Leicestershire.
On 11th July 1899 [his wife] Janetta Hughan Duchess Rutland [aged 62] died at Homburg, Saarland.
On 26th February 1903 [his son] Edward William John Manners [aged 38] died.
On 30th April 1903 [his son-in-law] George William Montagu-Douglas-Scott [aged 36] and Elizabeth Emily Manners [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of John Manners 7th Duke Rutland [aged 84] and Janetta Hughan Duchess Rutland. He the son of William Scott 6th Duke Buccleuch 8th Duke Queensberry [aged 71] and Louisa Jane Hamilton Duchess Buccleuch and Queensbury [aged 66]. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 5th August 1906 John Manners 7th Duke Rutland [aged 87] died at Belvoir Castle [Map]. His son Henry [aged 54] succeeded 8th Duke Rutland, 8th Marquess Grandby, 16th Earl of Rutland, 2nd Baron Roos of Belvoir in Leicestershire. Violet Lindsay Duchess Rutland [aged 50] by marriage Duchess Rutland.
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Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
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Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 1st Duke Rutland 
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland 
11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Russell 
9 x Great Grandson of King Robert III of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Wriothesley 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Manners Marquess of Granby 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sutton 1st Baron Lexinton 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Sutton 2nd Baron Lexinton 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary St Leger Baroness Lexington 
12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland 14 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles Hungerford 
14 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Hungerford Baroness Lexington 15 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Grandfather: Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 
3 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Prynne 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Alington 1st Baron Alington 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tollemache Baroness Alington 
7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Seymour 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 1st Earl Nottingham 
9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harvey Baroness Finch
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Finch Duchess Somerset 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Hatton 1st Viscount Hatton 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hatton Countess Nottingham and Winchelsea 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cicely Tufton Viscountess Hatton 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Father: John Henry Manners 5th Duke Rutland 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort 
9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Somerset Marquess Worcester 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Duke Beaufort 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Josiah Child
Great x 3 Grandmother: Rebecca Child Marchioness Worcester
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough 22 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Wriothesley Baptist Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Gainsborough 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Rachel Noel Duchess Beaufort 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulke Greville 5th Baron Brooke 
9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Dashwood Baroness Brooke 
Grandmother: Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 
10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Berkeley 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Symes Berkeley 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Duchess Beaufort 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Norborne
John Manners 7th Duke Rutland 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Howard 1st Earl Carlisle 
9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Howard 2nd Earl Carlisle 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Howard Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Howard 3rd Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Uvedale
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Uvedale Countess Carlisle 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Victoria Carey 
7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Howard 4th Earl Carlisle 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Capell Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Countess Essex 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cecil 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandfather: Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Byron 2nd Baron Byron 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Byron 3rd Baron Byron
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Booth 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Byron 4th Baron Byron 14 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chaworth 2nd Viscount Chaworth 
12 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Chaworth Baroness Byron 13 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Noel Viscountess Chaworth 21 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Byron Countess Carlisle 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Berkeley 1st Baron Berkeley 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christiana Riccard Baroness Berkeley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Berkeley Baroness Byron 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Temple 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Temple Baroness Berkeley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Yarner
Mother: Elizabeth Howard Duchess Rutland 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Leveson-Gower 4th Baronet 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Granville Baroness Gower
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 1st Duke Rutland 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Manners Baroness Gower 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 
9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Evelyn
Great x 2 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Feilding 2nd Earl Desmond 3rd Earl Denbigh 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Carey Countess Desmond and Denbigh 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandmother: Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Egerton 2nd Earl Bridgewater 
4 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Egerton 3rd Earl Bridgewater 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Paulet 1st Duke Bolton 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Paulet Countess Bridgewater 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Scrope 6th Marchioness Winchester 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Louisa Egerton Countess Gower 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Russell 9 x Great Grandson of King Robert III of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Wriothesley 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Howland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Child