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Frances Helen Manners, Duchess of Rutland (née Sweeny; 19 June 1937 – 21 January 2024) was a British peeress and socialite. The wife of Charles Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland, following his death in 1999, she was known as the Dowager Duchess of Rutland.
Mar 28, 2024 · Most famous as the youngest Duchess in the country, and for the icy relationship with her scandalous mother, Frances Manners, Duchess of Rutland, died at Belvoir Castle in January aged 86.
Jan 30, 2024 · Frances Manners, Duchess of Rutland, who was known as the Dowager, died at her home at Belvoir Lodge, on the Belvoir Castle estate. She was the widow of Charles Manners, the 10th Duke of Rutland, who passed away in 1999.
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Jan 30, 2024 · The funeral of Frances Helen Manners (née Sweeny), the 10th Duchess of Rutland and Dowager Duchess of Rutland, will take place this weekend. A spokesperson for the family’s ancestral home of Belvoir Castle confirmed she died at home at 10.15am on Sunday, January 21.
Jan 24, 2024 · Frances Manners (née Sweeny), the Dowager Duchess of Rutland has passed away at the age of 86. The only daughter of the infamous Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, she was the Debutante of the Year in 1955 and married the 10th Duke of Rutland, becoming the chatelaine of the magnificent Belvoir Castle for over four decades, in addition to being an ...
Nov 12, 2022 · The duchess said, in bygone times, Queen Victoria had stayed at the castle to draw and paint one of her predecessors Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland.
Charles John Robert Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland, CBE, JP, DL (28 May 1919 – 4 January 1999), styled Marquess of Granby until 1940, was a British peer and landowner.