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| Henry Manners 8th Duke of Rutland |
British peer & Conservative politician
Son of: John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland & Catherine Marley.
Husband of: Violet Lindsay, mar 1882.
Physical appearance & personal qualities.
"Henry Manners was better than a dull dumb duke, but only just. He had his qualities. He was an exceptionally handsome man with charm and graceful manners. Though subject to furious tantrums -- he once dashed an entire breakfast service to the ground when told that Princess Beatrice of Battenberg was coming to lunch -- he was generally kindly and tolerant. He was, however, almost entirely without ambition; when he married he was private secretary to Lord Salisbury and this was the zenith of public life. His principal interests were dry-fly fishing and fornication; pursuits requiring much dexterity but not intellectually demanding. Beaverbrook spoke of him as 'a man of considerable stupidity' and most references to him by his contemporaries are couched in terms of more-or-less affectionate contempt. There is no reason to doubt that Violet Lindsay was in love when she married him, but it seems unlikely that her love would have been bestowed in this quarter if he had not been a future Duke of Rutland." (Diana Cooper: The Biography of Lady Diana Cooper)
His lovers were:
His lovers were:
1) Gladys Cooper. (1888-1971)
British actress
" . . . Lord Granby, as Henry Manners became after the death of the 6th Duke in 1888, developed a keen interest in the stage, concentrting his attention on the most attractive acrtresses. At one point he was strongly drawn to Gladys Cooper, sending her flowers with affectionate notes: 'Dear and Beautiful One. I am venturing to send you some half-dozen 'Daffys'.' . . . ." (Diana Cooper: The Biography of Lady Diana Cooper)
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| Violet Vanbrugh |
Daughter of: Rev. Reginald Barnes, Dean of Exeter & Frances Nation.
Wife of: Arthur Bourchier, British actor & manager, mar 1894.
" . . . His most lasting liaison, however, was with Violet Vanbrugh, a performer whose acting skills were limited but whose physical charms were outstanding. He had a child by her, left her 200 pounds in his will, and for several years devoted to her much of the affection that might more properly have been granted to his wife." (Diana Cooper: The Biography of Lady Diana Cooper)
"Henry was 54, good looking and 6 feet 2 inches tall when he became 8th Duke of Rutland. . . . His early married life was probably happy but the conjugal relationship broke down after only a few years. He was unambitious, fairly anti-social and capable of terrible tantrums. . . He sought comfort in the seductive charms of London's actresses, fathering a child by his 'favourite', Violet Vanbrugh. . . ." (anatpro)
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| Violet Manners Duchess of Rutland |
(1856-1937)
Daughter of: Charles Hugh Lindsay, son of the 24th Earl of Crawford & Emilia Anne Browne.
Wife of: Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland (d.1925), mar 1882.
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Her lovers were:
(1959-Present)
Duke of Rutland
1999-Present
British aristocrat & landowner
Son of: Charles Manners 10th Duke of Rutland & Frances Sweeney
Unnamed mistress.
"Our marriage, however, never truly recovered. When a relationship collapses there is often fault on both sides. Mine was definitely devoting too much time to the business and the children and not enough to my husband. I suppose both gave me focus and a sense of achievement that was lacking in our marriage. David said I left him feeling lonely and it wasn’t long before he began seeking attention elsewhere. In 2009, I organised a party at the castle for David’s 50th birthday. It was a grand occasion with more than 500 people attending but David and I barely had contact for the entire night. By then I already suspected he had a new mistress. We weren’t getting on, and I could sense him keeping me more and more at arm’s length. I felt certain he had strayed again. The lady in question had been living on the estate for a number of years. They started an affair that continued largely unnoticed until late last year. Beyond the acute feelings of hurt, betrayal and rejection, my emotions were conflicted. Looking at the bigger picture, I could see that our family enjoyed good health, the children were blossoming, the castle’s fortunes were finally improving." (Daily Mail)
"Perhaps because she herself is in a new relationship ('with a man who works on the estate'), the duchess is keen to record that her husband 'strayed' first. 'In August 1999, just weeks after the birth of our son, Charles, I learnt that David was having an affair with a lady in London,' she says. 'I can remember even now how the pain cut through my heart, leaving me wretched, angry and bitter.'
They underwent counselling and renewed their vows at Charles’s christening. But their teamwork in repairing the estate had merely disguised the disrepair of the marriage. 'A crucial and precious ingredient had gone: trust.' By 2009, when she threw a party for her husband’s 50th birthday, the duchess suspected he had a new mistress ('The lady in question had been living on the estate for a number of years.'). She tried to be philosophical: 'Affairs happen and part of me hoped that this one would fizzle out.' She says it was her elder children who persuaded her than she should not 'accept the affair and endorse it as normal' and who helped them reach the two-lives-one-castle compromise." (Telegraph)
They underwent counselling and renewed their vows at Charles’s christening. But their teamwork in repairing the estate had merely disguised the disrepair of the marriage. 'A crucial and precious ingredient had gone: trust.' By 2009, when she threw a party for her husband’s 50th birthday, the duchess suspected he had a new mistress ('The lady in question had been living on the estate for a number of years.'). She tried to be philosophical: 'Affairs happen and part of me hoped that this one would fizzle out.' She says it was her elder children who persuaded her than she should not 'accept the affair and endorse it as normal' and who helped them reach the two-lives-one-castle compromise." (Telegraph)
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