Lord Robert William Manners

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Major-General Lord Robert William Manners, CB (14 December 1781 – 15 November 1835) was a British soldier and nobleman, the third son of Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland and Lady Mary Somerset. They were members of the Prince of Wales' set. He and his brother Charles Manners were among the financial supporters of their friend George Bryan Brummell, aka "Beau" Brummell, during his long exile in Calais and Caen. see Ian Kelly's book Beau Brummell: Ultimate Man of Style (2006).

With a break of one year between 1831 and 1832, he represented various constituencies of the family interest in Parliament from 1802 until his death in 1835.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edmund Phipps
Lord Charles Somerset		 Member of Parliament for Scarborough
with Edmund Phipps
1802–1806		 Succeeded by
Edmund Phipps
Charles Manners-Sutton
Preceded by
George Anthony Legh-Keck
Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, Bt		 Member of Parliament for Leicestershire
with George Anthony Legh-Keck 1806–1818, 1820–1831
Charles March-Phillipps 1818–1820
1806–1831		 Succeeded by
Charles March-Phillipps
Thomas Paget
Preceded by
(Constituency created)		 Member of Parliament for Leicestershire North
with Charles March-Phillipps
1832–1835		 Succeeded by
Charles March-Phillipps
Lord Charles Manners
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