Lord Charles Manners (British Army officer, born 1780)
General Lord Charles Henry Somerset Manners, KCB (24 October 1780 – 25 May 1855) was a British soldier and nobleman, the second son of Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland and Lady Mary Somerset.[1]
He was lieutenant colonel of the 3rd in 1815, during the Waterloo campaign. After a brief appointment to the colonelcy of the 11th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons,[2] he was transferred to the colonelcy of the 3rd (King's Own) Regiment of Dragoons which he retained until his death in 1855.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Charles [Manners], 4th Duke of Rutland, KG PC". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "11th Hussars". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 4 January 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "3rd The King's Own Hussars". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
External links[edit]
  | This biographical article related to the British Army is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
   | This article about a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (since 1801), for an English constituency is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1780 births
- 1855 deaths
- British Army generals
- British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- Younger sons of dukes
- UK MPs 1802–1806
- UK MPs 1806–1807
- UK MPs 1807–1812
- UK MPs 1812–1818
- UK MPs 1818–1820
- UK MPs 1820–1826
- UK MPs 1826–1830
- UK MPs 1835–1837
- UK MPs 1837–1841
- UK MPs 1841–1847
- UK MPs 1847–1852
- Manners family
- 11th Hussars officers
- 3rd The King's Own Hussars officers
- British Army personnel stubs
- UK MP for England stubs