Lucy Manners, Duchess of Rutland


Lucy Manners, Duchess of Rutland , was a British heiress who married John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland.

Early life

Lucy was born around 1685 and was the daughter of the former Elizabeth Christopher and Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard, an MP for Leicestershire who served as Lord Lieutenant of Rutland.
Her mother was the daughter and co-heiress of Sir Robert Christopher of Alford. Her paternal grandfather was William Sherard, 1st Baron Sherard, a member of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners under King James I. Through her uncle Hon. Philip Sherard, MP for Rutland, she was a first cousin of Bennet Sherard and Margaret Sherard, the wife of The Most Rev. John Gilbert, Archbishop of York.

Personal life

On 1 January 1713, she was married to John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland, the son of John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland and his third wife Catherine Wriothesley Noel. The Duke was widowed from Catherine Russell, with whom he had nine children, including John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland, Lord William Manners, Lady Catherine Manners, Lady Elizabeth Manners, Lady Frances Manners. Together, Lucy and John were the parents of:
Her husband died on 22 February 1721. The Duchess of Rutland lived another thirty years before her death on 27 October 1751. She lived at Beaufort House, Chelsea.