George Manners (died 1623)

Sir George Manners (1569-1623) of Haddon Hall in Derbyshire, England, served as a Member of Parliament for Nottingham, 1588–1589, and for Derbyshire, 1593–1596. His elaborate triple-decked monument with kneeling effigies of himself and his wife and family survives in the Vernon/Haddon Chapel, All Saints Church, Bakewell, Derbyshire.

Monument to Sir George Manners, All Saints Church, Bakewell, Derbyshire
Arms of Manners: Or, two bars azure a chief quarterly azure and gules in the 1st and 4th quarters two fleurs-de-lis and in the 2nd and 3rd a lion passant guardant all or

Origins

He was the eldest son and heir of John Manners (bef.1535–1611) (2nd son of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland of Belvoir Castle) of Shelford in Nottinghamshire and of Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, MP, and his wife Dorothy Vernon, a daughter and co-heiress of Sir George Vernon of Haddon Hall.[1]

Marriage and children

He married Grace Pierrepont, a daughter of Sir Henry Pierrepont,[2] MP, of Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire,[3][4] by whom he had four sons and five daughters[5] including:

Sons

Daughters

Further reading
  • Manners, George (c.1569-1623), of Haddon Hall, Derbys. and Uffington, Lincs. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558–1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981

References
  1. History of Parliament biography
  2. Per inscription on his monument
  3. History of Parliament biography
  4. Grace Pierrepont, ThePeerage.com, accessed 27 December 2008
  5. Per inscription on his monument
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