Baron Manners, of Foston in the County of Lincoln, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1807 for the lawyer and politician Sir Thomas Manners-Sutton

Thomas Manners-Sutton, 1st Baron Manners

Thomas Manners-Sutton, 1st Baron Manners PC, KC , was a British lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1807 to 1827.-Background and education:...

. He served as Solicitor-General from 1802 to 1805 and as Lord Chancellor of Ireland

Lord Chancellor of Ireland

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 from 1807 to 1827. Manners-Sutton was the fifth son of Lord George Manners-Sutton

Lord George Manners-Sutton

Lord George Manners-Sutton , born Lord George Manners, was a British nobleman and politician, the third son of John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland.On 5 December 1749, he married Diana Chaplin Lord George Manners-Sutton (8 March 1723 – 7 January 1783, Kelham Hall), born Lord George Manners, was a...

, third son of John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland

John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland

John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland KG PC was an English nobleman, the eldest son of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland and Catherine Russell...

. His elder brother Charles Manners-Sutton

Charles Manners-Sutton

Charles Manners-Sutton was a priest in the Church of England who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1805 to 1828.-Life:...

 was Archbishop of Canterbury

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 from 1805 to 1828 and the father of Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury

Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury

Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury GCB, PC was a British Tory politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1817 to 1835.-Background and education:...

, Speaker of the House of Commons

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 from 1817 to 1834. The first Baron's great-grandson, the fourth Baron, assumed the surname of Manners only. the title is held by the latter's grandson, the sixth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2008. As a descendant of the third Duke of Rutland he is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles.

Barons Manners (1807)

• Thomas Manners-Sutton, 1st Baron Manners
  Thomas Manners-Sutton, 1st Baron Manners
  Thomas Manners-Sutton, 1st Baron Manners PC, KC , was a British lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1807 to 1827.-Background and education:...
  
   (1756–1842)
• John Manners-Sutton, 2nd Baron Manners (1818–1864)
• John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Baron Manners
  John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Baron Manners
  John Thomas Manners-Sutton was born on the 15th May 1852 to John Thomas Manners-Sutton, 2nd Baron Manners and Lydia Sophia Dashwood. On 12 Aug 1885, Manners married Constance Edwina Adelaide Hamlyn-Fane with whom he had twin daughters; Angela Margaret and Betty Constance Manners, born 15 June 1889;...
  
   (1852–1927)
• Francis Manners, 4th Baron Manners (1897–1972)
• John Robert Cecil Manners, 5th Baron Manners (1923–2008)
• John Hugh Robert Manners, 6th Baron Manners (b. 1956)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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to the Barony is Lord Manners' son, John Alexander David Manners (b. 2011).