page_title: John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland
section_title: Political career
hierarchical_section_title: John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland / Political career
caption_attribution_description: English: Garter encircled shield of arms of John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland, KG, as displayed on his Order of the Garter stall plate in St. George's Chapel.
context_page_description: John James Robert Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland, KG, GCB, PC, known as Lord John Manners before 1888, was an English statesman.
context_section_description: In 1841 Rutland was returned for Newark in the Tory interest, along with William Ewart Gladstone, and sat for that borough until 1847. Subsequently, he sat for Colchester, 1850–57; for North Leicestershire, 1857–85; and for Melton from 1885 until, in 1888, he took his seat in the House of Lords upon succeeding to the dukedom.
caption: Garter encircled shield of arms of John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland, KG, as displayed on his Order of the Garter stall plate in St. George's Chapel.
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