The Most Noble John Manners, Marquis of Granby

Richard Purcell after Joshua Reynolds

The Most Noble John Manners, Marquis of Granby

London, Robert Sayer ca. 1760

Mezzotint

350 x 250 mm

£180

Standing almost three-quarter length, in profile and with eyes to left, wearing uniform, his right hand leaning on his sword, his left arm resting on a rock to right, with his hand in his sash; battle beyond to left.

Lieutenant-General John Manners, Marquess of Granby PC (2 January 1721 – 18 October 1770) was a British Army officer and politician. The eldest son of John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland, as he did not outlive his father and inherit the dukedom, Manners was known by his father’s subsidiary title, Marquess of Granby. He served in the military during the Jacobite rising of 1745 and the Seven Years’ War, being subsequently rewarded with the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. Manners was popular with the troops who served under him and many British pubs are still named after him today.