Letters to and from John Henry Manners (1778-1857) 5th Duke of Rutland, 1795-1797

The collection comprises one letter from the Duke of Rutland to 'Crathorne' (MS 52/1), and two letters to the Duke from B.E. Sparke and S. Perceval. The letters are accompanied by 9ff of verses and prose essays on various subject, apparently student exercises.

John Henry Manners was born in 1778. He became the 5th Duke of Rutland in 1787 on the death of his father Charles (1754-1787), the 4th Duke. John Henry married Lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of the 5th Earl of Carlisle. He was a colonel of the Leicestershire militia, recorder for Grantham, Cambridge and Scarborough and a trustee of the British Museum. He was succeeded on his death in 1857 by his eldest son, Charles Cecil. John Henry lived at Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire.

The items in the collection have been arranged chronologically.

ACCESS: Accessible to all registered readers.

REPROGRAPHIC: Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational use and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents.

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This description is the only finding aid available for the collection.

Other collections containing papers relating to the 5th Duke of Rutland are recorded on the National Register of Archives.

COPYRIGHT: Permission to make published use of any material from this collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Keeper of the Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections (email mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk). The Department will try to assist in identifying copyright owners but this can be difficult and the responsibility for copyright clearance before publication ultimately rests with the person wishing to publish.

LANGUAGE: English, Latin, Italian and Greek

The collection was acquired by The University of Nottingham's Library in June 1951.