Lady Isabel Manners

Lady Isabel Violet Kathleen Manners (5 January 1918 – 21 December 2008) was a British socialite who was prominent in Palm Beach and New York. She was the daughter of John Manners, the 9th Duke of Rutland and was married, firstly, to British MP Loel Guinness and, secondly, to Sir Robert Throckmorton, 11th Baronet.

Early life and family Lady Isabel Manners was born in 1918, the second of five children of John Manners, Marquess of Granby and Kathleen Tennant.

She lived at Wood House, a farmhouse in Derbyshire, and at her family's residence in London until her father succeeded to the Dukedom of Rutland in 1925, at which time the family moved to Belvoir Castle.

In her youth, she and two of her siblings, Charles and Ursula, were painted in watercolour and gouache by C. E. Brock.

As a teenager, Lady Isabel and her sister, Ursula, were sent to France with their governess. In 1934, the two sisters were debutantes, attending a coming out ball hosted in their honour at Belvoir Castle and, later, they were presented at court.

Adult life On 9 September 1936, Lady Isobel became engaged to the Conservative politician Loel Guinness. After the wedding, they went on a four-month honeymoon aboard their yacht, Atlantis, to Palm Beach, Florida and New York. The couple were prominent socialites in Palm Beach.

They had two children: She married a second time to Sir Robert Throckmorton, 11th baronet.