[1] Styled Lord Roos the first year of his life, Rutland was born at Knightsbridge, London, the eldest son of Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland, by Lady Mary Isabella Somerset, daughter of Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort.

He was strongly supportive of the Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger and subsequent Tory ministries.

It was the first public statue to be erected in Leicester, and was unveiled by Sir Frederick Gustavus Fowke, Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons for the Province of Leicestershire, on 28 April 1852.

[4] They had ten children: The Duchess oversaw landscaping works at Belvoir Castle grounds and took an active interest in managing the estate, including designing a model farm.

Rutland remained a widower until his death from bronchitis at Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, in January 1857, aged 79.

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