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Manners, John Henry (1778 -1857)

Styled Lord Roos from birth, John Henry Manners was born at Knightsbridge, London, the eldest son of Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland, by Lady Mary Isabella Somerset, daughter of Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort.  When his father succeeded to the dukedom in 1779, he became known as the Marquess of Granby.  In 1787 he succeeded to the dukedom on the death of his father.  

He received his education at Ealing School London, after which he attended Trinity College Cambridge, graduating with a Master of Arts in 1797.

He married Lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, on 22 April 1799, and had ten children, including the 6thand 7thDukes of Rutland. After his wife’s death in 1845, Lord Manners never remarried. Between 1799 and 1857 he served as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire, and between 1800 and 1835, he also held the office of High Steward of Cambridge. In 1803 he was awarded the Order of the Garter.

Seat / Residence(s): Belvoir Castle
Stamp(s) Stamp Information
Title: Manners, John Henry (1778 - 1857) (Stamp 1)
Arms: Or two bars azure a chief quarterly azure and gules 1 & 4 two fleurs-de-lis 2 & 3 a lion passant gardant (Manners) impaling gules on a bend between 6 crosses crosslet fitchy argent an escutcheon or a lion rampant pierced through the mouth with an arrow within a double tressure flory counterflory a mullet for difference (Howard)
Motto: Pour y parvenir
Order: Garter
Supporters: A unicorn (dexter) a lion rampant charged on the shoulder with a mullet (sinister)
Dimensions (height x width): 63mm x 68mm
Coronet: Duke
Impalement: Gules on a bend between 6 crosses crosslet fitchy argent an escutcheon or a lion rampant pierced through the mouth with an arrow within a double tressure flory counterflory a mullet for difference (Howard)
Heraldic Charges: arrow, Heraldic Charges: bars (2), Heraldic Charges: bend, on a, between, Heraldic Charges: chief quarterly, Heraldic Charges: crosses crosslet (6), Heraldic Charges: escutcheon, on a, Heraldic Charges: fleurs-de-lys (2), Heraldic Charges: lion passant gardant, Heraldic Charges: lion rampant within, Heraldic Charges: tressure, double, flory counterflory
Title: Manners, John Henry (1778 - 1857) (Stamp 2)
Crest: On a chapeau gules turned up ermine a peacock in its pride
Order: Garter
Dimensions (height x width): 45mm x 26mm
Coronet: Duke
Heraldic Charges: peacock
Title: Manners, John Henry (1778 - 1857) (Stamp 3)
Crest: On a chapeau gules turned up ermine a peacock in its pride
Order: Garter
Dimensions (height x width): 25mm x 14mm
Coronet: Duke
Heraldic Charges: peacock
Title: Manners, John Henry (1778 - 1857) (Stamp 4)
Arms: Or two bars azure a chief quarterly azure and gules 1 & 4 three fleurs-de-lis 2 & 3 a lion passant gardant (Manners) impaling gules on a bend between 6 crosses crosslet fitchy argent an escutcheon or a lion rampant pierced through the mouth with an arrow within a double tressure flory counterflory a mullet for difference (Howard)
Supporters: 2 unicorns
Dimensions (height x width): 32mm x 40mm
Coronet: Duke
Impalement: Gules on a bend between 6 crosses crosslet fitchy argent an escutcheon or a lion rampant pierced through the mouth with an arrow within a double tressure flory counterflory a mullet for difference (Howard)
Heraldic Charges: arrow, Heraldic Charges: bars (2), Heraldic Charges: bend, on a, between, Heraldic Charges: chief, quarterly, Heraldic Charges: crosses crosslet (6), Heraldic Charges: escutcheon, on a, Heraldic Charges: fleurs-de-lys (3), Heraldic Charges: lion passant gardant, Heraldic Charges: lion rampant within, Heraldic Charges: tressure, double, flory counterflory