Lord Robert Manners (British Army officer, born 1781)

Lord Robert William Manners, by William Salter, 1834-1835

Major-General Lord Robert William Manners, CB (14 December 1781 – 15 November 1835) was a British soldier and nobleman, the third son of Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland and Lady Mary Somerset. They were members of the Prince of Wales' set. He and his brother Charles Manners were among the financial supporters of their friend George Bryan Brummell, aka "Beau" Brummell, during his long exile in Calais and Caen. see Ian Kelly's book Beau Brummell: Ultimate Man of Style (2006). Effectively in command of the 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars) during the Waterloo Campaign

With a break of one year between 1831 and 1832, he represented various constituencies of the family interest in Parliament from 1802 until his death in 1835.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Robert Manners

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Edmund Phipps Lord Charles Somerset	Member of Parliament for Scarborough 1802 – 1806 With: Edmund Phipps	Succeeded by Edmund Phipps Charles Manners-Sutton
Preceded by George Anthony Legh-Keck Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, Bt	Member of Parliament for Leicestershire 1806 – 1831 With: George Anthony Legh-Keck 1806–1818, 1820–1831 Charles March-Phillipps 1818–1820	Succeeded by Charles March-Phillipps Thomas Paget
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Leicestershire North 1832 – 1835 With: Charles March-Phillipps	Succeeded by Charles March-Phillipps Lord Charles Manners