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Biography of John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland 1696-1779

Paternal Family Tree: Manners

Maternal Family Tree: Rachel Massue Countess Southampton 1603-1640

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

On 21st October 1696 John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland was born to John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland (age 20) and Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland (age 20).

On 30th October 1711 [his mother] Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland (age 35) died.

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

Before 1718 John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 21) and Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland (age 18) were married. He the son of John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland (age 41) and Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland.

In 1718 [his daughter] Catherine Rachel Manners was born to John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 21) and [his wife] Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland (age 18).

Around March 1719 [his daughter] Caroline Manners was born to John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 22) and [his wife] Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland (age 19).

On 30th December 1719 [his daughter] Frances Manners died.

On 30th December 1719 [his daughter] Bridget Manners died.

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1721 John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 24) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire.

On 2nd January 1721 [his son] John Manners Marquess of Granby was born to John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 24) and [his wife] Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland (age 21).

On 22nd February 1721 [his father] John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland (age 44) died. His son John (age 24) succeeded 3rd Duke Rutland, 3rd Marquess Grandby, 11th Earl of Rutland, 3rd Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire. [his wife] Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland (age 21) by marriage Duchess Rutland.

In 1722 John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 25) was appointed 540th Knight of the Garter by King George I (age 61).

On 21st February 1722 [his son] Robert Manners-Sutton was born to John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 25) and [his wife] Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland (age 22).

On 25th February 1723 [his son] George Manners-Sutton was born to John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 26) and [his wife] Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland (age 23).

On 29th June 1724 [his son] William Manners was born to John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 27) and [his wife] Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland (age 24).

Around 1726 [his daughter] Frances Manners was born to John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 29) and [his wife] Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland (age 26).

In 1727 John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 30) was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

On 17th February 1728 [his son] Frederick Manners was born to John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 31) and [his wife] Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland (age 28).

On 11th March 1730 [his son] William Manners (age 5) died.

In 1734 [his wife] Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland (age 34) died.

On 3rd February 1739 [his daughter] Frances Manners (age 13) died.

In June 1740 [his daughter] Leonora Manners died.

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Before 28th May 1745 Johnathan "The Elder" Richardson (age 78). Portrait of John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 48). Calke Abbey [Map].

On 5th December 1749 [his son] George Manners-Sutton (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Diana Chaplin (age 18) were married. He the son of John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 53) and [his former wife] Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland.

On 3rd September 1750 [his son] John Manners Marquess of Granby (age 29) and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Seymour (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset and Charlotte Finch Duchess Somerset (age 57). He the son of John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 53) and [his former wife] Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland. They were fifth cousins.

In October 1751 [his son-in-law] Thomas Thoroton (age 28) and [his illegitimate daughter] Roosilia Drake were married. She the illegitmate daughter of John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 54).

In 1755 John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 58) was appointed Lord High Steward.

In 1761 John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 64) was appointed Master of the Horse.

On 19th November 1762 [his son] Robert Manners-Sutton (age 40) died.

On 5th February 1768 [his son] George Manners-Sutton (age 44) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Peart were married. He the son of John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 71) and [his former wife] Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland.

On 18th October 1770 [his son] John Manners Marquess of Granby (age 49) died.

On 29th May 1779 John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 82) died. His grandson [his grandson] Charles (age 25) succeeded 4th Duke Rutland, 4th Marquess Grandby, 12th Earl of Rutland, 4th Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire. [his granddaughter-in-law] Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland (age 22) by marriage Duchess Rutland.

[his illegitimate daughter] Roosilia Drake was born illegitimately to John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland.

Letters of Horace Walpole. [his son] Lord Granby is going to be married to the eldest of the Lady Seymours; she has above £130,000. The Duke of Rutland will take none of it, but gives at present £6000 a-year.

[his daughter] Frances Manners was born to John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland and Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland.

[his daughter] Leonora Manners was born to John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland and Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland.

[his daughter] Bridget Manners was born to John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland and Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland.

Royal Ancestors of John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland 1696-1779

Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland 1696-1779

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Manners 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Vernon "King of the Peak" 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Vernon 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Tailboys 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Winifred Thwaites

Great x 2 Grandmother: Grace Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: John Manners 1st Duke Rutland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Roper

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Harrington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Cotton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Shirley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Shirley 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Giffard

Father: John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Andrew Noel

Great x 3 Grandfather: Andrew Noel

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hopton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Harrington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mabel Harrington

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney

Great x 1 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hicks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden

Great x 2 Grandmother: Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard May

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden

GrandMother: Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby of Eresby 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jeffrey

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cockayne

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cockayne

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Medcalf

Great x 2 Grandmother: Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Morris

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Morris Countess Dover

John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Russell 1st Baron Russell 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret St John Countess Bedford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Long Baroness Russel Thornhaugh

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Russell 1st Duke Bedford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Brydges 2nd Baron Chandos 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Giles Brydges 3rd Baron Chandos 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Braye Baroness Chandos and Knollys 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Clinton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ursula Stourton Baroness Clinton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

GrandFather: William Russell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Kerr 10th of Ferniehirst

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Kerr of Ferniehirst 12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Ker 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Carr Countess of Bedford 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stumpe

Mother: Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Browne Countess Southampton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Radclyffe 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Vernon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Vernon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vernon Countess Southampton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

GrandMother: Rachel Wriothesley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Daniel de Massue Seigneur de Rouvigny

Great x 1 Grandmother: Rachel Massue Countess Southampton