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Emilia Anne Browne. Marion Margaret Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland (née Lindsay; 7 March 1856 – 22 December 1937) was a British artist and noblewoman. A granddaughter of the 24th Earl of Crawford, she married Henry Manners in 1882. She was styled the Marchioness of Granby from 1888 to 1906, when Manners succeeded as Duke of Rutland.
She is the eldest child of David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland, and Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland. [1] Lady Violet studied at Queen Margaret's School, York. In May 2023 Lady Violet launched HeritageXplore, the first platform to unite Britain’s independently owned historic castles, palaces, and manors. HeritageXplore offers an immersive ...
Lady Violet Catherine Benson (née Manners; 24 April 1888 – 23 December 1971) was an English aristocrat, artist and socialite. Lady Violet was considered a beauty and was the subject of drawings by George Frederic Watts and John Singer Sargent , [1] the latter exhibited at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1916. [2]
He has a younger brother, Lord Edward Manners, a sister, Lady Teresa Manners, and a half-sister, Lady Charlotte Manners. [1] Rutland's ancestral home is Belvoir Castle in the northern part of Leicestershire. The Sunday Times Rich List 2013 estimated his personal fortune at £125 million, but he had to sell a painting to keep Belvoir Castle ...
Rutland was the younger son of Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland and his wife Violet. His mother was the daughter of Colonel the Hon. Charles Lindsay, third son of the 25th Earl of Crawford. His elder brother, Robert, Lord Haddon, died in 1894 at the age of 9. His sister Diana Manners was a leading light of the "Corrupt Coterie".
Lady Diana Cooper. Diana Cooper, Viscountess Norwich (née Lady Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Manners; 29 August 1892 – 16 June 1986) was an English silent film actress and aristocrat who was a well-known social figure in London and Paris. As a young woman, she moved in a celebrated group of intellectuals known as the Coterie, most of whom were ...
John Henry Montagu Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland (1886–1940), married Kathleen Tennant and had issue. Lady Violet Catherine Manners (1888–1971), rumoured to be fathered by Montagu Corry, 1st Baron Rowton. She married firstly, Hugo Charteris, Lord Elcho, son of Hugo Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss and had issue, David Charteris, 12th Earl of ...
Watkins married David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland, in 1992. They separated in 2012 but continue to co-habitate. [5] The couple have five children: Lady Violet Diana Louise Manners (b. 18 August 1993) Lady Alice Louisa Lilly Manners (b. 27 April 1995) Lady Eliza Charlotte Manners (b. 17 July 1997) Charles John Montague, Marquess of Granby (b ...