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 | | His son John, 9th earl (163817 11), a partisan of the revolution of 1688, received the Princess Anne at Belvoir Castle on her flight from London; after the accession of Anne to the throne she created him marquess of Granby and duke of Rutland in 1703. |
 | | His grandson John, the 3rd duke (I6~6I779), was the father of John Manners, marquess of Granby (q.v.), a distinguished soldier, whose son Charles, 4th duke of Rutland (1754-1787), succeeded his grandfather. |
 | | His eldest son, John Henry, 5th duke (1778-1857), was the duke in Disraelis Coningsby; the latters two sons, the marquess of Granby and Lord John Manners, figuring in the same novel as the marquis of Beaumanoir and Lord Henry Sidney respectively. |
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