Lord Robert Manners (British Army officer, died 1782)

On 22 April 1742, he was promoted captain and lieutenant-colonel in the 1st Foot Guards, and in December 1747, colonel and aide-de-camp to King George II.

On 13 March 1751 he was made colonel of the 36th Regiment of Foot, and was promoted major-general on 7 February 1757, and lieutenant-general on 7 April 1759.

[1] On 1 January 1756 he married Mary Digges (c. 1727–1829), by whom he had several children: General Robert Manners left Bloxholm to his brother George, High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1826, whose death occurred in 1828.

Both brothers having died unmarried, George left the estate to their dearest cousin, Mrs Jenney.

A relative of the brothers wrote to the Editor of the Stamford Mercury on 26 March 1841[3] making it very clear that the family knew George wanted Bloxholm to go to Mrs Jenney, writing: for it is the opinion of all who are acquainted with the circumstances, that the testator would never have made an alteration had he been in the full possession of his faculties.