John Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland
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John Henry Montagu Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland (21 September 1886 – 22 April 1980) was the son of Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland
Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland
Henry John Brinsley Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland KG TD , known as Henry Manners until 1888 and styled Marquess of Granby between 1888 and 1906, was a British peer and Conservative politician.-Background:...

 and his wife Violet
Marion Margaret Violet Lindsay
Violet Lindsay Manners, Duchess of Rutland was a British artist and noblewoman.-Family:She was the second daughter of Charles Hugh Lindsay and Emilia Anne Browne...

.

He married Kathleen Tennant (1894–1989), from his mother's circle 'The Souls
The Souls
The Souls were a small, loosely-knit but distinctive social group in England, from 1885 to about 1920. Their members included many of the most distinguished English politicians and intellectuals....

', on 27 January 1916. They had five children:
  • 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
    Charles Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland
    Charles John Robert Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland was the son of John Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland.He married, firstly, Anne Bairstow Cumming Bell, on 27 April 1946 and they were divorced in 1956. They had one child:...

     (1919–1999)
  • Captain Lord John Manners (18 July 1922 – 24 December 2001), married and had issue.
  • Lord Roger David Manners (b. 23 September 1925), married Finola St. Lawrence Daubenay and had issue.


He was patron of the then Loughborough College
Loughborough University
Loughborough University is a research based campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England...

, and Rutland Hall on the University campus is named in his honour.
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