Lord William Manners

Lord William Manners (13 November 1697 – 23 April 1772), of Croxton Park, Leicestershire was an English nobleman and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1719 and 1754.

He became Lord of the Bedchamber to the King on the succession of George II in 1727 and was returned unopposed at the 1727 general election.

He resigned his office at Court in 1738 and was returned to Parliament as MP for Newark by his brother John, now 3rd Duke of Rutland, at a by-election on 31 January 1738.

He followed his brother into opposition, voting against the Spanish convention in 1739 and the place bill in 1740, but supporting the government on the motion for the dismissal of Walpole in February 1741.

[1] Manners was known as a successful gambler and made a considerable private fortune by gaming.