John Henry Manners-Sutton (4 August 1822 – 5 July 1898), was a British Conservative politician.
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A member of the Manners family headed by the Duke of Rutland, Manners Sutton was the son of Reverend Frederick Manners-Sutton, son of John Manners-Sutton. His mother was Lady Henrietta Barbara, daughter of John Lumley, 7th Earl of Scarbrough.
Manners-Sutton entered Parliament as one of two representatives for Newark in 1847 (succeeded his kinsman Lord John Manners), a seat he held until 1857. He was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire for 1863[1].
Manners-Sutton married Mary Jemima, daughter of Reverend Gustavus Burnaby, in 1853. He died at Kelham, Nottinghamshire, in July 1898, aged 72. His wife survived him by a year and died in December 1899, aged 75. Their son John Henry Evelyn Manners-Sutton, a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, died unmarried in 1906.[2]
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| Preceded by Lord John Manners John Stuart |
Member of Parliament for Newark 1847–1857 With: John Stuart 1847–1852 Granville Harcourt-Vernon 1852–1857 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Lincoln John Handley |
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| Preceded by John Vere |
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire 1848 |
Succeeded by Robert Holden |