| Constituency | Dates |
|---|---|
| Great Bedwyn | 1784 – 1790 |
| Cambridge | 12 Feb. 1791 – 20 |
Family and Education
b. 2 Jan. 1758, 1st s. of Lord Robert Manners, M.P. for Kingston-upon-Hull. educ. Caen acad.; Grand Tour.1Add. 35512, f. 67. unm.
Offices Held
Cornet 3 Drag. 1778; capt. 86 Ft. 1779; maj. 80 Ft. 1782; half pay 1783; lt.-col. army 1784; capt-lt. and lt.-col. 3 Ft. Gds. 1787; capt. and lt.-col. 1791; col. army 1794; maj.-gen. 1796; col. 30 Ft. 1799 – d. lt.-gen. 1803; gen. 1813.
Equerry to the King 1784 – 1801; clerk marshal and avenor 1801 – 12.
Address
Main residence: Bloxholm, Lincs.
biography text
Manners was returned at Great Bedwyn on the interest of Lord Ailesbury, and at the expense of Administration. In George Rose’s secret service accounts at Windsor appears the entry: ‘Col. Manners, Bedwyn, to be paid to Mr. Steele, £2500.’ In 1789 he was considered as a candidate for Cambridgeshire on the death of Sir Henry Peyton.2Duchess of Rutland to Pitt, 24 Jan. 1789, Chatham mss.
He died 9 June 1823.
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