Background
Manley was the son of Cornelius Manley of Erbistock, Denbighshire.
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Career
He was Post Master General during the Commonwealth. He was offered the sum of £8259 19s.11 3/4d. for forming the Post Office, inland and foreign on 29 June 1653 when it was offered for tender. At Midsummer 1653 he was appointed Postmaster General when he took the farm of the Letter Office at a contract of £10,000.
Captain John Manley and his servant were granted a pass to go to Holland on 4 April 1655 under a warrant of the Protector and his Council.
The Council of State ordered Secretary John Thurloe to manage the Post Office on 24 April 1655. Manley was commissioner for assessment for Denbighshire in 1657.
In 1659 he was commissioner for assessment for North Wales, captain of the militia of Denbighshire and a Justice of the Peace for Denbighshire. He then became a brewer in London, but his premises were destroyed in the Great Fire of London.
He was a major of horse in the army of the Duke of Monmouth in 1685, and escaped to Holland after the defeat of the Rebellion.
In 1688 he accompanied William of Orange to England. He was elected Member of Parliament for Bridport in 1689. In 1690 he was a colonel in the army.
Manley was in a debtors" prison by 1698 and suffering from the dead palsy.
He was given a pension of £50 a quarter, but died after he had drawn only three payments. He was buried at Street Stephen Walbrook on 31 January 1699.
Manley married Margaret Dorislaus daughter of Isaac Dorislaus, who was murdered at the Hague when Ambassador from the Commonwealth to the States General. Manley"s brother, Sir Francis Manley of Erbistock, was a judge of North Wales.
Politics
On the Restoration Manley was at Bryn-y-Ffynon where his strong religious and political views attracted attention.
Membership
He was also elected Member of Parliament for Denbigh Boroughs.
