Biography of Charles John Robert Manners 10th Duke Rutland 1919-1999

On 27th January 1916 [his father] John Henry Montagu Manners 9th Duke Rutland [aged 29] and [his mother] Kathleen Tennant Duchess Rutland [aged 21] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry John Brinsley Manners 8th Duke Rutland [aged 63] and [his grandmother] Violet Lindsay Duchess Rutland [aged 59].

On 28th May 1919 Charles John Robert Manners 10th Duke Rutland was born to [his father] John Henry Montagu Manners 9th Duke Rutland [aged 32] and [his mother] Kathleen Tennant Duchess Rutland [aged 24].

On 8th May 1925 [his grandfather] Henry John Brinsley Manners 8th Duke Rutland [aged 73] died. His son [his father] John [aged 38] succeeded 9th Duke Rutland, 9th Marquess Grandby, 17th Earl of Rutland, 9th Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire, 3rd Baron Roos of Belvoir in Leicestershire. [his mother] Kathleen Tennant Duchess Rutland [aged 30] by marriage Duchess Rutland.

On 22nd April 1940 [his father] John Henry Montagu Manners 9th Duke Rutland [aged 53] died of pneumonia at Belvoir Castle [Map]. His son Charles [aged 20] succeeded 10th Duke Rutland, 10th Marquess Grandby, 18th Earl of Rutland, 10th Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire, 4th Baron Roos of Belvoir in Leicestershire.

On 27th April 1946 Charles John Robert Manners 10th Duke Rutland [aged 26] and Anne Bairstow Cumming Bell Duchess of Rutland were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Rutland. He the son of John Henry Montagu Manners 9th Duke Rutland and Kathleen Tennant Duchess Rutland [aged 51].

The Times. 29th April 1946. The Duke Of Rutland [aged 26] And [his wife] Miss Cumming Bell

The marriage of the Duke of Rutland and Miss Anne Bairstow Cumming Bell, eldest daughter of Major and Mrs. W. Cumming Bell, of Binham Lodge, Edgerton, Huddersfield, took place on Saturday at St. Margaret's, Westminster [Map]. The Rev. R. L. Gerrard Wright and Canon A. C. Don, officiated.

The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of silver and white brocade with a short, full train. Her family lace veil was worn with a head-dress of orange blossom, and she carried a bouquet of gardenias, lilies-of-the-valley, stephanotis, and pale blue delphiniums. There were three small bridesmaids - Fiona Cumming Bell (sister of the bride), Janet Douglas (her cousin), and Lindy Guinness [aged 5] (niece of the bridegroom) - who wore long white net frocks with wide scarlet sashes. Their head-dresses were of red rosebuds and they carried posies of red, gold, and white flowers. The page was Billy Guinness [aged 6] (nephew of the bridegroom), who wore long white velvet trousers and a white chiffon blouse. Lord [his brother] John Manners [aged 23] (brother of the bridegroom) was best man. A reception was held at the Ritz Hotel.

In 1956 Charles John Robert Manners 10th Duke Rutland [aged 36] and Anne Bairstow Cumming Bell Duchess of Rutland were divorced.

On 15th May 1958 Charles John Robert Manners 10th Duke Rutland [aged 38] and Frances Helen Sweeny Duchess of Rutland [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Duchess Rutland. She the daughter of Charles Francis Sweeny [aged 48] and Margaret Whigham Duchess of Argyll [aged 45]. He the son of John Henry Montagu Manners 9th Duke Rutland and Kathleen Tennant Duchess Rutland [aged 63].

On 8th May 1959 [his son] David Manners 11th Duke of Rutland was born to Charles John Robert Manners 10th Duke Rutland [aged 39] and [his wife] Frances Helen Sweeny Duchess of Rutland [aged 22]. He married 1992 Emma Watkins Duchess Rutland and had issue.

In 1989 [his mother] Kathleen Tennant Duchess Rutland [aged 94] died.

In 1992 David Manners 11th Duke of Rutland [aged 32] and Emma Watkins Duchess Rutland [aged 28] were married. He the son of Charles John Robert Manners 10th Duke Rutland [aged 72] and Frances Helen Sweeny Duchess of Rutland [aged 55].

In January 1999 the funeral of the 10th Duke of Rutland [aged 79] was held at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map].

On 4th January 1999 Charles John Robert Manners 10th Duke Rutland [aged 79] died. His son David [aged 39] succeeded 11th Duke Rutland, 11th Marquess Grandby, 19th Earl of Rutland, 11th Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire, 5th Baron Roos of Belvoir in Leicestershire.

On 27th December 2002 [his former wife] Anne Bairstow Cumming Bell Duchess of Rutland died.