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MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 588 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MANNERS, See also:CHARLES (1857– ) , See also:English musician, whose real name was Southcote Mansergh, was See also:born in See also:London, son of See also:Colonel Mansergh, an Irishman. He had a See also:fine See also:bass See also:voice, and was educated for the musical profession in See also:Dublin and at the Royal See also:Academy of See also:Music in London. He began singing in See also:opera in 188s, and in 1882 had See also:great success as the sentry in Iolanthe at the See also:Savoy, following this with numerous engagements in opera both in See also:England and See also:America. He married the See also:singer Fanny See also:Moody, already a leading See also:soprano on the operatic See also:stage, in 18go; and in 1897 they formed the Moody-Manners opera See also:company, which had a great success in the provinces and under-took seasons in London in 1902. Manners and his wife were assisted by some other excellent artists, and their enterprise had considerable See also:influence on contemporary English music. MANNERS-See also:SUTTON, CHARLES (1755-1828), See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury, was educated at See also:Charterhouse and See also:Cambridge. In 1785 he was appointed to the See also:family living at Averham-with-Kelham, in See also:Nottinghamshire, and in 1791 became See also:dean of See also:Peter-See also:borough. He was consecrated See also:bishop of See also:Norwich in 1792, and two years later received the See also:appointment of dean of See also:Windsor in commend am. In 1805 he was chosen to succeed Archbishop See also:Moore in the see of Canterbury. During his primacy the old archiepiscopal See also:palace at See also:Croydon was sold and the See also:country palace of Addington bought with the proceeds. He presided over the first See also:meeting which issued in the See also:foundation of the See also:National Society, and subsequently See also:lent the See also:scheme his strong support. He also exerted himself to promote the See also:establishment of the See also:Indian episcopate.

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works are two sermons, one preached before the Lords (London, 1994), the other before the Society for the See also:Propagation of the See also:Gospel (London, 1797). His See also:brother, See also:THOMAS MANNERS-SUTTON, ISt See also:BARON MANNERS (1756-1842), was See also:lord See also:chancellor of See also:Ireland. For his son Charles see CANTERBURY, 1St See also:VISCOUNT.

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