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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Lady Isabel Manners. Lady Isabel Violet Kathleen Manners (1918 – 2008) was a British socialite who was prominent in Palm Beach and New York. She was the daughter of the 9th Duke of Rutland and was married, firstly, to British MP Loel Guinness and, secondly, to Sir Robert Throckmorton, 11th Baronet.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge (sister-in-law) Isobel Waller-Bridge (sister-in-law) Signature. Michelle Suzanne Dockery[1] (born 15 December 1981) is an English actress. She is best known for starring as Lady Mary Crawley in the ITV television period drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2015), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and three ...
Margaret Whigham. Frances Helen Manners, Duchess of Rutland (née Sweeny; 19 June 1937 – 21 January 2024) was a British peeress and socialite. The wife of Charles Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland, following his death in 1999, she was known as the Dowager Duchess of Rutland.
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 ...