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RUTLAND
(4th Duke of, Charles Manners, Marquess of Granby from 1770 to 1779, 1754-1787, Politician and Nobleman)
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent
saying that Mr Townshend having yesterday declared by the Vice Chancellor to the Senate, that his age & health will not permit him to think of Representing the University in a future Parliament, I have been encouraged by many friends to offer my services at the next general Election. If I may be favored with your Vote & Interest, I shall always retain a just sense of the Obligation, and you may assure yourself that no one ever wished better to the University, or will be more carefull of its Interests..., 1 side4to., Trinity College, Cambridge, 19th April
Item Date: 1774
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Manners was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating the latter with a nobleman's MA in 1774. That year, he was elected as one of two members of parliament for Cambridge University. He continued to maintain the family's substantial electoral interests, and to collect objets d'art to decorate Belvoir Castle. He pledged to redeem his father's substantial debts, but was hampered by his passion for gambling.
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