Little did she know that she would be the Duchess of Rutland, living in her husband's ancestral home Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire with their five children. From removing a dead pigeon from a ...

Frances Sweeny, the Dowager Duchess of Rutland has passed away at the age of 86. She was the daughter of the infamous Margaret the Duchess of Argyll, who created a stir in British society in the ...

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh were in Rutland for the first time on Tuesday to see a statue of the former monarch. The 7ft (2.1m) bronze statue is on display outside Oakham Library.

Frances Sweeny married Charles Manners, Duke of Rutland, at just 20-years-old. Strikingly stylish with Jackie Kennedy-esque beauty, she caused quite a stir as the youngest Duchess in the country. She ...

The Duchess of Edinburgh has visited Community Shop, the UK’s first social supermarket, at their Lambeth store.

Cecily Manners, wife of the 6th Earl of Rutland, was buried in St Nicholas' chapel in Westminster Abbey on 11th September 1653 but she has no monument or marker. She was the daughter of Sir John ...