Lord George Manners
Lord George John Manners was a British nobleman and Conservative Party politician who represented Cambridgeshire for over two decades, from 1847 to 1857 and from 1863 to 1874, when he died.
He was born in London, the youngest son of John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland by Lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle. Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland was his elder brother. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the University Pitt Club.
He was a Justice of the Peace for Cambridgeshire.
Marriage and issue
Lord George married Lady Adeliza Matilda Fitzalan-Howard, the youngest daughter of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk, on 4 October 1855. They were second cousins through their descent from Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford. They had five children:- Cicely Elizabeth Adeliza Manners, died unmarried
- Captain Charles George Edmund John Manners, died unmarried
- Sir George Espec John Manners, married on 24 April 1884 Anna Gilstrap, died without issue
- Frances Geraldine Manners
- Major Fitzalan George John Manners, unmarried, officer in the Scots Guards, died of enteric fever aboard SS Tagus during the Boer War
Lady Adeliza died in 1904.