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military profeffion, and commanded the brigade of foot 
guards at the battle of Dettingtn. He was dec hired, in 
1749,. lord fteward of the houfehold and, liav.ing re- 
figned that appointment, was, January 7, 1755^ pro¬ 
moted to be lord keeper of the privy leal. He ex¬ 
changed, December 23, in the fame year, this'office for 
the poft of matter-general of the ordnance ; and religned 
in November 1757. In 1758, the duke of Mai lborough 
commanded an expedition againft the port of Saint Malo 
in the province of Bretagne ; and July 25, in the lame 
year was appointed -commander-in-chief of the Britifh 
. forces intended to lerve in Germany under prince Fer¬ 
dinand of Brunfwic, 
George, the third duke of Marlborough, married 
May 23, 1732, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas lord 
Trevor, by whom lie had ilTue, Diana, born March 24, 
1734; married September 9, 1757, lord vifcount Bo- 
lingbroke, from whom (lie was divorced in 1768,having 
had ilTue ; and two days after, married to the honoura¬ 
ble Topham Beauclerk, only fon of lord Sydney Beau- 
clerk, by whom Ihe was left a'widow, March 11, 1780, 
leaving ilfue, Charles-George Beauclerk, efq. who mar¬ 
ried, April 29, 1799, Charlotte, daughter of William 
Ogilvie, efq. by tiie duchefs dowager of Leinfter ; and 
their youngell daughter married, in 1787, George-Au- 
gufius earl of Pembroke, and died in 1793, leaving ilTue ; 
Elizabeth, born December 29, 1737 ; married to Henry, 
tenth earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, March 13, 
1756, and had ilTue, George, the prefent eari ; Charles, 
born March 31, 1740; married, October 2, 1762, to 
Mary, only daughter of the late lord Vere, lifter to the 
fourth duke of St. Albans, by whom he had iflue ; John, 
the eldelt Ion, born December 21, 1767 ; married, Fe¬ 
bruary 5, 1792, to Elizabeth, daughter of George duke 
of Marlborough, by whom lie has ilTue ; Robert, born 
May 3, 1747. His grace died at Munfter, in Germany, 
November 20, 1758, and was fucceeded by his fon 
George, the prefent and fourth duke. 
Creations.—B aron Churcj.ull, of Sandridge, in the 
county of Hertford, May 14, 1685 ; Baron Spencer of 
Wormleighton, in county of Warwick, July 21, 1603 ; 
Earl of Marlborough, in the county of Wilts, April 9, 
1689; Earl of Sunderland, June 8, 1643; and Marquis 
of Blandford, in the county of Dorfer, and Duke of 
Marlborough, December 14, 1702. 
Residences. —Blenheim, near Woodftock ; Sion 
Hill, Middlelex ; and Langley Broom, in the county of 
Buckingham.—Town-houle, :n Pall Mall. 
Armorial Bearings.—S ee the annexed engraving. 
Motto.— Dieu defend, le droit. —“God defends the 
right.” 
MANNERS, DUKE OF RUTLAND. 
JOHN-HENRY MANNERS, Duke of RUT¬ 
LAND, Marquis of Granby, Eari of Rutland, and 
Baron Manners of Haddon, Knight of the Garter, LL D. 
Lord Lieutenant and Cuftos Rotulorum of the county 
ot'Leicefter, High Steward of Cambridge, Recorder of 
Grantham and Scarborough, Colonel of the Leicefter- 
Ihire Regiment of Militia ; born January 4, 1778 ; fuc¬ 
ceeded his father, Charles, the late duke,. October 24, 
1787 ; married April 22, 1799, lady Elizabeth Howard, 
daughter of Frederic earl of Carlifle, and hits ilTue, 
Caroline, born May 25, 1800, and died November 23, 
1804; Elizabeth, born January, 1802; Emmeline, born 
May, 1806; and the marquis of Granby, born June 26, 
1807, to whom his majefty George III, flood fponfor, 
and who died Auguft 4, 1807. 
The family of Manners was originally feated in the 
county of Northumberland, where they were fuccefs- 
fully employed in repelling the inroads of the Scots, 
a;id for many years occupied:the appointment of IherifF 
of the county. Sir Robert Manners, in the reign of 
Edward IV. married Eleanor, daughter of Thomas'lord 
Roos, whofe family was of great antiquity, and whofe 
L D R Y. 472 
anceftor, William lord Roos of„Hamlake, was one of 
the competitors for the crown of Scotland, in the reign 
of Edward I. George, the eldeft fon of this marriage, 
bore the title ot lord Roos, baron Roos, of Hatnlake, 
1 rulbiit, and Belvoir, in right of his mother. Thomas, 
fecond lord Roos, of the family of Manners, his fon, 
was, in confideration of his defeent from a lifter of Ed¬ 
ward IV. advanced to the dignity of earl of Rutland, 
a title which no pqrlons but Inch as were of the royal 
family had hitherto borne; and hence received an aug¬ 
mentation to his armorial bearings. 
Henry, fecond earl of Rutland, his fon, was impri¬ 
soned in the Fleet at the acceflion of queen Mary, upon 
fufpicion o'f having favoured the pretentions of lady 
Jane Grey, Edward, third earl of Rutland, his fon, 
obtained great reputatjon in the law, and was deligned 
by queen Elizabeth for the office of lord chancellor, 
which intention was fruftrated by his death, April 14, 
1587. Roger, fifth earl of Rutland, his nephew, en¬ 
gaged in the infur red ion of Robert Devereux earl of 
Eft'ex, and was committed to the Tower. John, eighth 
earl of Rutland, great grandfon of Thomas, firft earl of 
Rutland, lived in the period of the civil war, but kept 
himfelf difentangled in the violences of either party. 
He was appointed hy the parliament, .in 1643, one of 
the lords commiffioners for executing the office of lord 
chancellor of England. 
John, ninth earl and firft duke of Rutland, his fon, 
lived entirely in the country in the practice of the old 
Englifli hofpitality, and was created marquis of Granby, 
and duke of Rutland, by queen Anne. John, fecond 
duke of Rutland, his fon, had ilfue, John, third duke 
of Rutland; William, who died April 23, 1772; Ca¬ 
tharine, married to the right honourable Henry Pelham, 
firft lord of the treafury and chancellor of the exche¬ 
quer; Lucy, born January 2, 1758; Robert; John- 
James, born January 11, 1762; and George, born No¬ 
vember 12, 1763. Lord Robert Manners died May 31, 
1782. 
John, third duke of Rutland, was, July 17, 1727, ap¬ 
pointed chancellor of the duchy of Lancafter, which 
office he religned in May 1736. He was, January 14, 
1 755 > conftituted lord fteward of the houfehold, and, 
having religned that appointment, was promoted, in 
1761, to be mafter of the horfe to the king ; which office 
lie held till Auguft 17 66. Fie married Bridget, daugh¬ 
ter and heirefs to Robert Sutton lord Lexington; by 
which lady he had iflue, 1. John, marquis Qt Granby, 
who in the rebellion in 1745 railed a regiment of foot 
for his majefty’s fervice ; and, Auguft 25, 1759, was 
conftituted commander in chief of the Britifh forces 
ferving in Germany under prince Ferdinand of Brunf¬ 
wic, in which poft he obtained the higheft military re¬ 
putation. Fie was, September 15, 1759, appointed lieu¬ 
tenant general of the office of ordnance; and May 14, 
1763, farther promoted to be mafter general of that of¬ 
fice. He was conftituted, Auguft 13, 1766, commander, 
in chief of the land forces in Great Britain, which office 
he refighed in January 1770. He married, September.. 
3, 1730, Frances, daughter of Charles fixth duke of 
Somerfet; by which lady, who died January 25, 1760, 
he had iflue, Charles, fourth duke of Rutland ; and 
Robert, a captain in the navy, who diftinguifhed him¬ 
felf in the fleet of fir George Rodney, and was mortaliy 
wounded in the great victory obtained by that com¬ 
mander over count de Graffe in the Weft Indies, April 
1,2, 1782. George, who inherited the eftate of Robert 
lord Lexington, his grandfather, and took the name of 
Sutton; Louifa-Bridget, born 1761 ; Thomas, born Fe¬ 
bruary 24, 1756; Francis, an officer in the army, born 
1 763 ; Charlotte, born 1764; and Mary, born 1766, 
The duke of Rutland died May 29, 1779; and the mar¬ 
quis of Granby, October 19, 1770. 
Charles, fourth duke of Rutland, was appointed, Fe¬ 
bruary 14, 1783, lord fteward of the houfehold, and re- 
figned 
