General Lord Charles Henry Somerset Manners, KCB (24 October 1780 – 25 May 1855) was a British soldier and nobleman, the second son of Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland and Lady Mary Somerset.[1]

He was lieutenant colonel of the 3rd in 1815, during the Waterloo campaign. After a brief appointment to the colonelcy of the 11th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons,[2] he was transferred to the colonelcy of the 3rd (King's Own) Regiment of Dragoons which he retained until his death in 1855.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Charles [Manners], 4th Duke of Rutland, KG PC". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "11th Hussars". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 4 January 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "3rd The King's Own Hussars". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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