Lord George John Manners (22 June 1820, in London – 8 September 1874, in Cheveley) was a British nobleman and Conservative Party politician who represented Cambridgeshire for over two decades, from 1847 to 1857 and from 1863 to 1874, when he died.

He was a younger son of John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland by Lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle. Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland was his elder brother. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the University Pitt Club.[1] He married Lady Adeliza Matilda Fitzalan-Howard, daughter of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk, on 4 October 1855. They were second cousins through their descent from Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford. They had five children:

References

  1. ^ Fletcher, Walter Morley (2011) [1935]. The University Pitt Club: 1835-1935 (First Paperback ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-107-60006-5.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byEliot Thomas YorkeRichard Jefferson EatonJohn Peter Allix Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire 1847–1857 With: Eliot Thomas YorkeRichard Greaves Townley 1847–1852Edward Ball 1852–1857 Succeeded byEliot Thomas YorkeEdward BallHenry John Adeane Preceded byEliot Thomas YorkeEdward BallHenry John Adeane Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire 1863–1874 With: Eliot Thomas Yorke 1863–1865Henry John Adeane 1863–1865Viscount Royston 1865–1874Sir Henry Brand 1865–1874Eliot Constantine Yorke 1874 Succeeded bySir Henry BrandEliot Constantine YorkeBenjamin Bridges Hunter Rodwell


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