 john james robert manners, 7th duke of rutland kg, gcb, pc (13 december 1818 â 4 august 1906), known as lord john manners before 1888, was an english statesman. ==youth and poetry== rutland was born at belvoir castle, the younger son of john manners, 5th duke of rutland by lady elizabeth howard, daughter of frederick howard, 5th earl of carlisle. charles manners, 6th duke of rutland was his elder brother and lord george manners his younger brother. he was educated at eton college, then entered trinity college, cambridge in 1836. at cambridge, he was a member of the university pitt club. he graduated ma in 1839, and was later awarded the honorary degrees of lld by the same university in 1862, and dcl by oxford in 1876. he wrote two books of poetry: england's trust and other poems, published in 1841, and english ballads and other poems, published in 1850. the 1841 book contains his famous quote: "let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die, but leave us still our old nobility!"manners, john. england's trust and other poems, 'haddon hall books, 1841, accessed 20 october 2010 the 1850 book contains his poem "a legend of haddon
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