The most famous marquess was General John Manners (1721–1770), who distinguished himself in the Seven Years' War and later entered politics.
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Belvoir Gardens was designed and landscaped by Elizabeth Howard, 5th Duchess of Rutland, who was married to John Manners, the 5th Duke of Rutland.
Bulmer began his mining career at some of the former Bulmer properties at Wilton, North Yorkshire, and is said to have been interested in his youth in the iron smelter set up by Sir John Manners at Rievaulx Abbey, a project to which he returned in 1577 when a new smelter was being set up.
When the liberal Premier James McCulloch resigned in May 1868 during the conflict between the government and the Council over the proposed grant to retiring Governor Charles Darling, Sladen was asked by the new Governor, Sir John Manners-Sutton, to form a government.
In 1591, Johnson was commissioned, ostensibly by Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland, but in practicality his mother, to erect two monuments in St Mary the Virgin's Church at Bottesford, Leicestershire, commemorating the 3rd and 4th earls, Edward and John Manners.
At first apprenticed until 1801 to his father, who was a master wheelwright, he was encouraged to take up painting by John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland.
John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland and 9th Earl of Rutland (Boughton, 29 May 1638 – 10 January 1711, Belvoir Castle) was the son of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland and Frances Montagu.
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Reappointed in 1689 after the Glorious Revolution, he resigned in 1702, to protest government promotion of Tory interests in Leicestershire.
John Henry Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland KG (4 January 1778 – 20 January 1857), styled Lord Roos from 1778 until 1779 and Marquess of Granby from 1779 until 1787, was a British landowner as well as an owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses.
Lady Grace Manners (d. 15 February 1700), married first Patrick Chaworth, 3rd Viscount Chaworth and after his death, married Sir William Langhorne, 1st Baronet, this marriage lasted less than a year due to her own death.
He was patron of the then Loughborough College, and Rutland Hall on the University campus is named in his honour.
Bridget Sutton, and younger brother of the famous soldier Lord Granby, under whom he served as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 21st Light Dragoons.
It was created in 1855 from Kingsclear Parish and Prince William Parish and named for Sir John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton (1814-1877), lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick from 1854 to 1861.
Now being used as a youth activity centre; Avon Tyrrell House is a grade I listed building constructed in 1891 by W. R. Lethaby as a private, medium-sized country residence for John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Baron Manners (1852–1927).
Manners-Sutton was the son of the Most Reverend Charles Manners-Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury, fourth son of Lord George Manners-Sutton, third son of John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland.