John Henry Manners was born in 1778. He became the 5th Duke of Rutland in 1787 on the death of his father Charles (1754-1787), the 4th Duke. John Henry married Lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of the 5th Earl of Carlisle. He was a colonel of the Leicestershire militia, recorder for Grantham, Cambridge and Scarborough and a trustee of the British Museum. He was succeeded on his death in 1857 by his eldest son, Charles Cecil. John Henry lived at Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire.
The collection comprises one letter from the Duke of Rutland to 'Crathorne' (MS 52/1), and two letters to the Duke from B.E. Sparke and S. Perceval. The letters are accompanied by 9ff of verses and prose essays on various subject, apparently student exercises.
The items in the collection have been arranged chronologically.
The collection was acquired by The University of Nottingham's Library in June 1951.
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LANGUAGE: English, Latin, Italian and Greek
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