Viscount Canterbury, of the City of Canterbury, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1835 for the Tory politician Sir Charles Manners-Sutton

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:...

, who had previously served as Speaker of the House of Commons

Speaker of the British House of Commons

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. He was created Baron Bottesford, of Bottesford in the County of Leicester, at the same time, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Manners-Sutton was the son of the Most Reverend 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:...

, Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishop of Canterbury

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, fourth son of Lord George Manners-Sutton, third son of John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland

John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland

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. His uncle was 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:...

, Lord Chancellor of Ireland

Lord Chancellor of Ireland

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Lord Canterbury was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Viscount. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother. He was a politician and colonial administrator. The titles descended from father to son until the death of his grandson, the fifth Viscount, in 1918. The late Viscount was succeeded by his first cousin, the sixth Viscount. He was the son of the Hon. Graham Edward Henry Manners-Sutton, younger son of the third Viscount. Lord Canterbury had no sons and on his death in 1941 both titles became extinct.

Viscounts Canterbury (1835)

• 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:...
  
   (1780–1845)
• Charles John Manners-Sutton, 2nd Viscount Canterbury (1812–1869)
• John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury
  John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury
  John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury KCB, GCMG , known as the Honourable Sir John Manners-Sutton between 1866 and 1869, was a British Tory politician and colonial administrator....
  
  (1814–1877)
• Henry Charles Manners-Sutton, 4th Viscount Canterbury (1839–1914)
• Henry Frederick Walpole Manners-Sutton, 5th Viscount Canterbury (1879–1918)
• Charles Graham Manners-Sutton, 6th Viscount Canterbury (1872–1941)