The Earl of Rutland | |
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| Earl of Rutland | |
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| Tenure | 1588 – 1612 |
| Other titles | Lord Ros |
| Born | Roger Manners 5 October 1576 Kirk Deighton |
| Died | 26 June 1612 (aged 35) |
| Buried | St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bottesford |
| Nationality | English |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Sidney |
| Parents | John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland Elizabeth Charleton |
Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland (6 October 1576 – 26 June 1612) was the eldest surviving son of John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland and his wife, Elizabeth nee Charleton (d. 1595). He travelled across Europe, took part in military campaigns led by the Earl of Essex, and was a participant of Essex's rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I. He was favoured by James I, and honoured by his contemporaries as a man of great intelligence and talent. He enjoyed the friendship of some of the most prominent writers and artists of the Elizabethan age and Jacobean age. In 1603 he led an Embassy to Denmark, homeland of James' Queen Anne of Denmark.
Evidence indicates that Manners was a patron of the architect Inigo Jones and probably introduced Jones to the Court of James I and Anne of Denmark, where Jones had his impact as both on Jacobean architecture and as a designer of Court masques.[1]
- ^ Michael Leapman, Inigo: The Troubled Life of Inigo Jones, Architect of the English Renaissance, London, Headline Book Publishing, 2003; pp. 16, 23, 55, 111.