Manners

Manners, a noble family of Northumbrian extraction, their ancestor, Henry de Maners, having in 1178 been lord of the manor of Ethale, or Etal, in that county. His descendant, Sir Robert de Manners, was governor of Northumberland in 1327. In 1454 another Sir Robert de Manners was sheriff of Northumberland; in 1525 his grandson was raised to the earldom of Rutland; and in 1703 the tenth earl was raised to the dukedom. The eldest son of the third duke was the celebrated Marquis of Granby (q.v.). The chief seat of the family is Belvoir Castle, 7 miles W. by S. of Grantham, a large castellated pile, reconstructed by Wyatt, and commanding a splendid view. Crabbe was chaplain here. See works by Eller (1841) and Allen (1874).