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Captain John Henry Montagu Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland (21 August 1886 – 22 April 1940), [1] styled as Marquess of Granby from 1906 to 1925, was an English peer and medieval art expert. Early life and education. Rutland was the younger son of Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland and his wife Violet.
"The Secret Rooms" is the story of the 9th Duke of Rutland, John Henry Montagu Manners, and the family secrets he tried to hide. Before John died of pneumonia in April 1940, he locked himself into his archive rooms at Belvoir Castle and would not come out, working ceaselessly on a mysterious project, even against his doctor's orders to rest.
MANNERS of Haddon; suc. fa. 29 Sept. 1679 as 9th earl of RUTLAND; cr. 29 Mar. 1703 duke of RUTLAND. b. 29 May 1638, 3rd but o. surv. s. of Sir John Manners, later 8th earl of Rutland, of Haddon Hall, Derbys. and Frances, da. of Edward Montagu †, Bar. Montagu of Boughton. educ. travelled abroad, c.1662-5. m.
Henry John Brinsley Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland (1852–1925), eldest son of the 7th Duke Robert Charles John Manners, Lord Haddon (1885–1894), elder son of the 8th Duke, died young; John Henry Montagu Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland (1886–1940), younger son of the 8th Duke
The 9th Earl was created Duke of Rutland in 1703. In 1717 John Manners, later 3rd Duke, married Bridget (d. 1734), daughter and heir of Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton, but the Kelham...
John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland and 9th Earl of Rutland (29 May 1638 – 10 January 1711) was a British MP, and Whig politician. His divorce from his first wife caused much comment, partly because it was thought to have political implications.
John Manners, marquess of Granby (born August 2, 1721—died October 18, 1770, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England) was a British army officer, a popular British hero of the Seven Years’ War (1756–63). The eldest son and heir apparent of the 3rd duke of Rutland, he was styled the marquess of Granby by courtesy.
