Lord Cecil Manners

Lord Cecil Reginald John Manners DL (4 February 1868 – 8 September 1945), was a British Conservative politician.

Lord Cecil Manners
DL
Member of Parliament for Melton
In office
1900–1906
Preceded byLord Edward Manners
Succeeded byHenry de Rosenbach Walker
Personal details
Born
Cecil Reginald John Manners

(1868-02-04)4 February 1868
Died8 September 1945(1945-09-08) (aged 77)
Crowborough railway station
Political partyConservative
Parent(s)John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland
Janetta Manners, Duchess of Rutland

Early life

Manners was the second son of John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland, by his second marriage to Janetta Hughan, daughter of Thomas Hughan. Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland, was his half-brother and Lord Edward Manners his brother. His half-nephew was John Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland.[1] He was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Career

In early 1900 he visited South Africa, travelling with troops taking part in the Second Boer War.[2] While acting as a newspaper correspondent, he was among the prisoners captured by the Boers in the course of Lord Roberts' advance on 29 May 1900.[3]

He succeeded his brother as Member of Parliament for Melton in 1900, a seat he held until 1906. On 10 June 1902, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Derbyshire.[4]

Personal life

Manners died in September 1945, aged 77, killed by a train at Crowborough railway station.[5] A fully-loaded six-chambered revolver was found on his body and was recorded as "Death by decapitation by throwing himself in front of a train while the balance of mind was disturbed."[6]

References
  1. TIMES, Wireless to THE NEW YORK (22 April 1940). "DUKE OF RUTLAND, OF ANCIENT FAMILY; Medieval Art Authority, Head of the Manners House, Dies in Castle at 53 HE LIVED AT HADDON HALL Dorothy Vernon an Ancestor --the Former Lady Diana Manners Is His Sister". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. "The War - Embarcation of Troops". The Times. No. 36063. London. 12 February 1900. p. 10.
  3. "Lord Cecil Manners a Prisoner". The New York Times. 1 June 1900. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  4. "No. 27442". The London Gazette. 13 June 1902. p. 3901.
  5. Times, Wireless To the New York (11 September 1945). "BRITON KILLED BY TRAIN; Lord Cecil Manners, 77, Falls Under It--Inquest to Be Held". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  6. "Loaded Gun on Body. Lord Cecil Manners--Suicide Verdict". Liverpool Echo. 11 September 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
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