Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Canterbury GCB PC |
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Portrait of Lord Canterbury by Henry William Pickersgill, 1833.
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| Speaker of the House of Commons | |
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In office 1817–1835 |
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| Monarch |
George III George IV William IV |
| Preceded by | Charles Abbot |
| Succeeded by | Hon. James Abercromby |
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9 January 1780 Screveton, Nottinghamshire |
| Died | 21 July 1845 (aged 65) Southwick Crescent, Paddington, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Tory |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Lucy Denison (d. 1815) (2) Ellen Power (d. 1845) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury GCB PC (9 January 1780 – 21 July 1845) was a British Tory politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1817 to 1835.
A member of the Manners family headed by the Duke of Rutland, Manners-Sutton was born at Screveton, Nottinghamshire, the son of the Most Reverend Charles Manners-Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury, fourth son of Lord George Manners-Sutton, third son of John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland. His mother was Mary, daughter of Thomas Thoroton, of Screveton, Nottinghamshire, while Thomas Manners-Sutton, 1st Baron Manners, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was his uncle. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, in 1805.
In 1806 Manners-Sutton was elected Tory Member of Parliament for Scarborough, a seat he would hold until 1832, and then sat for Cambridge University from 1832 to 1835. He served as Judge Advocate General under Spencer Perceval and Lord Liverpool from 1809 to 1817 and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1809.
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