Charles Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland
Charles John Robert Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland, (28 May 1919 – 4 January 1999), styled Marquess of Granby until 1940, was a British peer and landowner. Biography. He was the son of John Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland, by his wife Kathleen Tennant, granddaughter of Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet. Rutland was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a younger brother of Lady Ursula d'Abo. He served in the British Army during World War II, becoming a captain in the Grenadier Guards. He inherited the title in 1940, remaining in that  estate until his death in 1999. A lifelong Conservative, the Duke served on Leicestershire County Council as the County Councillor for the Vale of Belvoir Division from 1945 until 1985. He was Chairman of Leicestershire County Council from 1974 until 1977. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1962 New Year Honours "for political and public services in the East Midlands". Marriages and issue. He married twice: