2-480-578 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'He was once offered the leadership of the Conservative Party', 1871. A caricature of Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland (1815-1888), British politician. Manners succeeded his father as Duke of Rutland in 1857. In 1848, the Marquess of Granby, as he was then styled, became leader of the Conservatives in the House of Commons, but resigned shortly afterwards as he considered himself to be inadequate for the post. A print from Vanity Fair, 16 September 1871.