Sporting and Rural Records of the Cheveley Estate. 79 



University of Cambridge (1727-1 761), by his wife Albina, Cheveley. 

 daughter of Col. John Selwyn, of Maston, co. Gloucester, was Colonel 



born in 1736. He was a Lieutenant-Colonel of the Foot Guards, Townshend. 

 and M.P. for the borough of Eye, co. Suffolk, from Dec. 4, 1761, 

 to the time of his death. He distinguished himself on several 

 occasions, and was killed on June 24, 1762, at the battle of 

 Gravenstein, Westphalia, " seeking the post of honour that his 

 duty did not require" (a volunteer?), in the attack, commanded 

 by the Marquis of Granby, on the French army. For heroic 

 courage and amiable manners he was, says Longmate, a favourite 

 of the whole army, and of all who knew him. 



As previously mentioned, the Cheveley estate was acquired The Marquis of 

 by the Marquis of Granby by his marriage with Lady Frances Granby. 



Seymour, third daughter (and first daughter by his second 

 Duchess) of Charles sixth Duke of Somerset. Their nuptials were 

 solemnised September 31, 1750. Horace Walpole, writing at the 

 time, asserted the bride had ;^40oo, and the bridegroom was said 

 to have a like income, and that he owed ;^ 10,000. The lady, 

 Walpole adds, " who never saw nor knew the value of ten shillings 

 while her father lived, and has had no time to learn it ... . 

 squandered £"1000 in all sorts of baubles and flipperies " before 

 her marriage, " so her ;^4000 a year is to be set aside for two 

 years to pay her debts." This statement is probably exaggerated; 

 at any rate, the happy couple managed to jog on apparently in 

 affluent circumstances. They attended Doncaster Races in 1752, 

 1753, and 1754, and brought with them an immense entourage, 

 including a pack of stag and fox hounds. The name of the 

 Marquis appears as an owner and breeder of bloodstock in the 

 stud books of 1752 and 1753; but it does not seem he trained 

 or ran any horses in his own name. 



The Marquis was the eldest son of John Manners, third Duke of 

 Rutland, K.G.,by his marriage in 1717 with Bridget, only daughter 



