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John James Robert Manners, 7th duke of Rutland

1818–1906

Politician. Entered Parliament, 1841. Became first commissioner of works, 1852; held the post again, 1858, 1866–8. Postmaster-general, 1874–80. Became seventh duke of Rutland in 1888.

Source

ODNB.

Bibliography

ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.

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