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Canterbury, Viscount (UK, 1835 - 1941)

Creation: let.pat. 10 Mar 1835

Extinct: 26 Feb 1941

Family name: Manners-Sutton

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Argent a Canton Sable (Sutton);  2nd and 3rd, Or two Bars Azure a Chief quarterly Azure and Gules in the first and fourth quarters two Fleurs-de-lys and in the second and third quarters a Lion passant guardant all Or (Manners)

Crest:

On a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a Peacock in his pride proper

Supporters:

On either side a Unicorn Argent armed maned tufted and unguled Or, around the neck of the dexter supporter a Chain Or pendent therefrom an Escutcheon Azure charged with a Mace erect Gold, around the neck of the sinister supporter a like Chain pendent therefrom an Escutcheon also Azure charged with an Archiepiscopal Mitre also gold jewelled proper

Motto:

 Pour y Parvenir

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Charles [Manners-Sutton], 1st Viscount Canterbury, GCB PC

1st son and heir of Most Rev and Rt Hon Charles Manners-Sutton DD, Archbishop of Canterbury (by his wife Mary Thoroton, dau. of Thomas Thoroton, of Screveton, co. Nottingham), 4th son of Lord George Manners later Manners-Sutton (by his first wife Diana Chaplin, only dau. of Thomas Chaplin, of Blankney. co. Lincoln), 3rd son of John [Manners], 3rd Duke of Rutland

born

29 Jan 1780

mar. (1)

8 Jul 1811 Lucy Maria Denison (d. 7 Dec 1815), 1stdau. of John Denison, of Ossington, co. Nottingham, by his first wife Maria Charlotte Horlock, dau. of John Horlock, of Ashwick, co. Gloucester

children by first wife

1. Hon Charles John Manners-Sutton, later 2nd Viscount Canterbury

2. Hon John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, later 3rd Viscount Canterbury

1. Hon Charlotte Matilda Manners-Sutton (d. 14 May 1898), mar. 12 Feb 1833 Richard Sanderson MP (d. 29 Oct 1857), and had issue

mar. (2)

6 Dec 1828 Ellen Purves (widow of John Home Purves; dspms. 16 Nov 1845; bur. at Clifton, co. Gloucester), dau. of Edmund Power, of Curragheen and Clones, co. Waterford, by his wife Ellen Sheehy, dau. of Edmund Sheehy, of co. Tipperary

only child by second wife

2. Hon Frances Manners-Sutton (d. 1 Jun 1874), mar. 8 Aug 1848 Delaval Loftus [Astley], 18th Baron Hastings, and had issue

died

21 Jul 1845 (bur. at Addington)

created

10 Mar 1835 Baron Bottesford, of Bottesford in the County of Leicester, and Viscount Canterbury, of the City of Canterbury

suc. by

son by first wife

note

barrister, Lincoln's Inn 1805; Member of Parliament (Tory) for Scarborough 1806-32 and for the University of Cambridge 1832-35; Privy Councillor 1809; Judge Advocate General 1809-17; Speaker of the House of Commons 1817-34; Registrar of the Court of Faculties of the Archbishop of Canterbury 1827-34; GCB 1833

Charles John [Manners-Sutton], 2nd Viscount Canterbury

born

17 Apr 1812

died

13 Nov 1869

suc. by

brother

John Henry Thomas [Manners-Sutton], 3rd Viscount Canterbury, GCMG KCB

born

27 May 1814

mar.

5 Jul 1838 Georgiana Tompson (d. 14 Sep 1899; bur. at Bergh Apton, co. Norfolk), dau. of Charles Tompson, of Witchingham Hall, co. Norfolk, by his wife Juliana Kett, dau. of Thomas Kett, of Seething Hall, co. Norfolk

children

1. Hon Henry Charles Manners-Sutton, later 4th Viscount Canterbury

2. Hon Graham Edward Henry Manners-Sutton (b. 7 Feb 1843; d. 30 May 1888), mar. 1867 Charlotte Laura Astley (d. 18 Nov 1905), only dau. of Lt Col Francis L'Estrange Astley, of Burgh Hall, co. Norfolk, and had issue:

1a. Francis Henry Astley Manners-Sutton (b. 10 Feb 1869; d. 7 Mar 1916)

2a. Charles Graham Manners-Sutton, later 6th Viscount Canterbury

1a. Violet Georgiana Manners-Sutton (dvp. 18 Nov 1874)

3. George Kett Henry Manners-Sutton (b. 19 Jul 1850; dvp. 2 Mar 1865)

4. Hon John Gurney Henry Manners-Sutton (b. 27 Jun 1852; d. unm. 21 Sep 1899)

5. Hon Robert Henry Manners-Sutton, barrister-at-law (b. 12 Apr 1854; d. 26 Feb 1899)

1. Hon Anna Maria Georgiana Manners-Sutton (d. 26 Dec 1924), mar. 25 Jun 1868 Charles Edward Bright CMG, of Manor House, Elstree, co. Hertford (d. 17 Jul 1915), and had issue

2. Hon Mabel Georgiana Manners-Sutton (d. 6 Feb 1927)

died

24 Jun 1877

suc. by

son

note

Registrar of the Court of Faculties of the Archbishop of Canterbury 1834-77; Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Cambridge 1839-40 and 1841-47; Under Secretary at Home Department 1841-46; Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick 1854-61; Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Trinidad 1864-66; KCB 1866; Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Victoria 1866-73; GCMG 1873

Henry Charles [Manners-Sutton], 4th Viscount Canterbury

born

11 Jul 1839

mar.

16 Apr 1872 Amy Rachel Walpole (d. 23 Jan 1935), sister of Robert Horace [Walpole], 5th Earl of Orford, and only dau. of Cdr Hon Frederick Walpole RN MP (by his wife and second cousin Laura Sophia Frances Walpole, only dau. of Francis Walpole (by his wife Elizabeth Knight, dau. of Thomas A Knight, of Downton Castle), 2nd son of Hon Robert Walpole (by his second wife Sophia Stert, dau. of Richard Stert, of Lisbon, Portugal), younger brother of Horatio [Walpole], 1st Earl of Orford, and 4th son of Horatio [Walpole], 1st Baron Walpole (of Wolterton)), 3rd son of Horatio [Walpole], 3rd Earl of Orford

only child

1. Hon Henry Frederick Walpole Manners-Sutton, later 5th Viscount Canterbury

died

19 Feb 1914

suc. by

son

note

Henry Frederick Walpole [Manners-Sutton], 5th Viscount Canterbury

born

8 Apr 1879

died

22 Oct 1918

suc. by

cousin

Charles Graham [Manners-Sutton], 6th Viscount Canterbury

born

23 Jan 1872

mar.

15 Jun 1903 Ethelwyn Hindle, dau. of Charles Hindle

only child

1. Hon Charlotte Ethelwyn Manners-Sutton (b. 22 Apr 1904; dvp. 5 Feb 1920)

died

26 Feb 1941

note

served in the South African War 1900-02 and in World War I 1914-18

On the death of the 6th Viscount Canterbury the Viscountcy of Canterbury became extinct.

First written 23 Nov 2009

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