Lucy Manners, Duchess of Rutland

Lucy was born around 1685 and was the daughter of the former Elizabeth Christopher and Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard, an MP for Leicestershire who served as Lord Lieutenant of Rutland.

[1] Her mother was the daughter and co-heiress of Sir Robert Christopher of Alford.

[4] On 1 January 1713, she was married to John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland, the son of John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland and his third wife Catherine Wriothesley Noel (daughter of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden).

[5] The Duke was widowed from Catherine Russell (daughter of William Russell, Lord Russell and Lady Rachel Wriothesley), with whom he had nine children, including John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland, Lord William Manners, Lady Catherine Manners (wife of Henry Pelham), Lady Elizabeth Manners (wife of John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway), Lady Frances Manners (wife of Hon.

The Duchess of Rutland lived another thirty years before her death on 27 October 1751.