Charles Cecil John Manners was born 16 May 1815 in Belvoir Castle, England.
1 Manners attended Eton College, and later Cambridge University.
2 Manners was elected as the Tory representative from Stamford, a position he would
hold until 1847.
3 Manners then moved to North Leicestershire in 1852, where he was elected as Tory,
running unopposed.
4 Manners was considered far less politically able than his brother, John James Manners.
5 In 1848, Manners was made leader of the Protectionist Party, but resigned after only
two months,
conscious of his own inadequacy.
6 Manners then joined a trio leadership, but resigned in 1852.
7 Manners then took the title of Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, and in 1857 the title
of Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire.
8 In 1857, when his father died, Manners left his title of Marquess of Granby to become
the Eighth Duke of Rutland.
9 Rutland was used as a character reference for
Douglas Campbell in 1858, who was applying for the position in the Cape Constabulary Force.
10 Rutland was knighted in 1867.
11 He died unwed on 4 March 1888, and was succeeded by his brother John James Manners.
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