NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Rutland, Charles Manners, Duke of, 1754-1787 NRA: Manners Charles (1754-1787) 4th Duke of Rutland statesman DNB: Manners, Charles, fourth duke of Rutland (1754-1787), politician LBT ID: DuRutla4 VIAF ID: 15155962 LOC ID: no90013308 | B/BAP: 1754-03-15 DIED: 1787-10-24 |
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The son of John Manners, marquess of Granby (d. 1770), educated at Trinity College,
Cambridge; after succeeding to the title in 1779 he was a political ally of Pitt and
lord-lieutenant of Ireland (1784-87). | |