John Manners 1638-1711
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John MANNERS, 1st Duke of Rutland 1638-1711
Biographical Note
Born at Boughton, Northamptonshire; 3rd son of Sir John Manners (1604-1679) of Haddon Hall, Derbyshire. MP for Leicestershire from 1661 to 1679; lord lieutenant of Leicestershire and recorder of Grantham in 1677. He was made Duke of Rutland in 1703.
Characteristic Markings
Manners used engraved armorial bookplates (Franks 19636-7); the extent and disposition of his library is not known.
Sources
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.
- Morrin, Jean. "Manners, John, first duke of Rutland (1638–1711), nobleman." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.