Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland

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Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland KG (16 May 1815 – 3 March 1888, Belvoir Castle), styled Marquess of Granby before 1857, was an English Conservative politician, the son of John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland and Lady Elizabeth Howard.

He was educated at Eton, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, earning an MA in 1835. Entering politics as Member of Parliament for Stamford, he became known as a voluble, if not particularly talented, protectionist. He briefly held office as a Lord of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert from 1843 to 1846.

Following the resignation of Lord George Bentinck from the leadership of the protectionists in the British House of Commons at the beginning of 1848 Granby (as he was then known) became leader on 10 February 1848, as Benjamin Disraeli was unacceptable to Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, the overall leader of the party, and the majority of the rank and file. Granby resigned on 4 March 1848, feeling himself inadequate to the post, and the party functioned without an actual leader in the commons for the remainder of the parliamentary session.

At the start of the next session, affairs were handled by the triumvirate of Granby, Disraeli, and John Charles Herries. This confused arrangement ended with Granby's resignation in 1851. He also declined to join the First Derby Ministry in 1852, and was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire instead.

Granby succeeded to the dukedom of Rutland on the death of his father in 1857. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1867. He also succeeded his father as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire, which post he held until his death at the age of 73. He had cherished a passion for Mary Anne Ricketts, later Lady Forester, but his father forbade the two to marry. He was succeeded in the dukedom by his brother John.

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• Matthew, H. C. G. (2004). "Manners, Charles Cecil John, sixth duke of Rutland (1815–1888)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved on October 12, 2006. 

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Chaplin George Finch	Member of Parliament for Stamford with Thomas Chaplin 1837–1838 Sir George Clerk, Bt 1838–1847 John Herries 1847–1852 1837–1852	Succeeded by John Herries Sir Frederic Thesiger
Preceded by Lord Charles Manners Edward Farnham	Member of Parliament for North Leicestershire with Edward Farnham 1852–1857 1852–1857	Succeeded by Edward Farnham Lord John Manners
Honorary Titles
Preceded by The Earl Brownlow	Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire 1852–1857	Succeeded by The Earl of Yarborough
Preceded by The Duke of Rutland	Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire 1857–1888	Succeeded by The Earl Howe
Party Political Offices
Preceded by The Lord George Bentinck	Conservative Leader in the Commons 1848	Succeeded by Vacancy
Preceded by Vacancy	Conservative Leader in the Commons with Benjamin Disraeli and John Charles Herries 1849–1851	Succeeded by Benjamin Disraeli
Peerage of England
Preceded by John Manners	Duke of Rutland 1857–1888	Succeeded by John Manners