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English noblewoman (c.1575 – c.1650) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grace, Lady Manners (c. 1575 – c. 1650) was an English noblewoman who lived at Haddon Hall near Bakewell, Derbyshire. She founded Bakewell's Lady Manners School in 1636.
Grace Pierrepont was the daughter of Sir Henry Pierrepont, a Knight of the Garter, and Frances Cavendish.[1] Her maternal grandparents were Sir William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick. Grace's brother was Robert Pierrepont, born in 1584, who became the 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull. Grace's sister, Elizabeth, married Thomas Erskine, 1st Earl of Kellie.
On 1 August 1593, she married Sir George Manners (1569–1623) of Haddon Hall in Derbyshire, a Member of Parliament.[2] According to the inscription in Bakewell Church, she had nine children, including:
On 20 May 1636, she founded Lady Manners School in Bakewell, Derbyshire.[4]
Her body is interred in Bakewell Parish Church.
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