John Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland

John Henry Montagu Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland (21 September 1886 – 22 April 1940)^[1] was the son of Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland and his wife Violet.

Military career

He was commissioned into the part-time 4th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment (of which his father was Honorary Colonel) as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1910.^[2] He resigned in July 1914 but withdrew his resignation on the outbreak of World War I and was promoted to Lieutenant.^[3][4][5] He was seconded as an aide-de-camp in March 1916^[6] and reached the rank of Captain by the end of the war.^[7][8]

Family

He married Kathleen Tennant (1895–1989), from his mother's circle 'The Souls', on 27 January 1916. They had five children:

• Lady Ursula Isabel Manners (b. 8 November 1916), married firstly, Lt.-Cmdr. Anthony Freire Marreco. She married secondly, Robert Erland Nicolai d'Abo and had issue.
• Lady Isabel Violet Kathleen Manners ( 5 January 1918 – 21 December 2008), she married firstly, G/Capt. Thomas Loel Evelyn Bulkeley Guinness and had issue. She married secondly, Sir Robert Throckmorton, 11th Bt.
• Charles John Robert Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland (1919–1999)
• Captain Lord John Martin Manners (10 September 1922 – 11 November 2001), married and had a daughter.
• Lord Roger David Manners (b. 23 September 1925), married and had a son and 2 daughters.

He was patron of the then Loughborough College, and Rutland Hall on the University campus is named in his honour.^[9]

References

1. ↑ http://thepeerage.com/p861.htm#i8608
2. ↑ Army List various editions
3. ↑ London Gazette, 14 July 1914.
4. ↑ London Gazette, 14 August 1914.
5. ↑ London Gazette, 22 August 1914.
6. ↑ London Gazette, 24 March 1916.
7. ↑ London Gazette, 23 May 1919.
8. ↑ Burke's Peerage, various editions.
9. ↑ p90, Loughborough University of Technology: Past and Present, Leonard Cantor, 1990, LUT