Baron Manners

Baron Manners, of Foston in the County of Lincoln, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1807 for the lawyer and politician Sir Thomas Manners-Sutton. He served as Solicitor-General from 1802 to 1805 and as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1807 to 1827. Manners-Sutton was the fifth son of Lord George Manners-Sutton, third son of John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland. His elder brother Charles Manners-Sutton was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1805 to 1828 and the father of Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury, Speaker of the House of Commons 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 (1756–1842)
 * John Manners-Sutton, 2nd Baron Manners (1818–1864)
 * John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Baron Manners (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 is the present holder's son, Hon. John Alexander David Manners (b. 2011).