Family and Education
b. 10 June 1604, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir George Manners of Haddon, Derbys. (d.1623) and Grace, da. of Sir Henry Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont, Notts. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1619, MA 1621; I. Temple 1621; travelled abroad (France) 1622-3; Académie d’Equitation d’Angers 1623. m. 1628, Frances (d. 19 May 1671), da. of Edward Montagu, Bar. Montagu of Boughton, 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 7da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 23 Apr. 1623. d. 29 Sept. 1679; will 29 Apr. 1679, pr. 1 Dec. 1679. TNA, PROB 11/361.
Offices Held

Commr., to conserve peace bet. Eng. and Scot. 1643, 1646, 1647, to the Scottish Parliament 1643, Great Seal 1643, New Model Army 1645, 1647, excise 1645, treaty with Scots 1645, to reside with the armies at Newark 1645, LJ, viii. 28–29. exclusion from sacrament 1646, 1648, sale of bishops’ lands 1646, appeals in visitation of Oxford Univ. 1647, indemnity 1647, navy and customs 1647.

Commr., forced loan, Derbys. 1626 – 27, Derbys. 1627, charitable uses, Derbys. 1629, 1632, 1635, sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark Hundred, Notts. 1642, 1660, 1664, 1669, Lincs. and Northants. 1646, 1654, 1657, 1658, TNA, C181/5, p. 573; C181/6, pp. 26, 246, 332. Notts. 1669, array, Derbys. 1642, Northants. RO, FH 133. militia, Derbys., Lincs. 1648, Lincs. 1660; sheriff, Derbys. 1632–3; List of Sheriffs (List and Index Soc. ix) 31. dep. lt. Derbys. by 1634-at least 1640; J.C. Cox, Three Centuries of Derbys. Annals, 156; HMC Cowper, ii. 228, 259. ld. lt., Derbys. (parliamentarian) 1642, Leics. 1667 – 77; cust. rot. Derbys. Mar- Oct. 1660; c.j. in eyre, Trent north Trent 1646 – 61; recorder, Grantham 1662 – 77.

Associated with: Belvoir Castle, Leics.; Haddon Hall, Derbys.; Exeter House, The Strand, Westminster . (c.1646-c.1658).Evelyn Diary, iii. 95 and n.4, 203 and n.3; HMC Rutland, iv. 539-40.;
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