MONTAGU, George (c.1684-1739), of Horton, Northants.

b. c. 1684, 1st s. of Edward Montagu† of Horton by Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Pelham, 3rd Bt.*; educ. ?Eton 1698; travelled abroad (Italy, Austria, Holland, Budapest, Belgrade, Constantinople) 1701–4. m. (1) 8 Apr. 1706, Ricarda Posthuma (d. 1711), da. and h. of Richard Saltonstall of Chipping Warden, Northants., 1da.; (2) c.28 June 1712, Lady Mary (d. 1726), da. of Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, 1s. 6da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1690; uncle Charles Montagu*, 1st Earl of Halifax, as 2nd Baron Halifax 19 May 1715; cr. Earl of Halifax 14 June 1715; KB 27 May 1725. Epistolary Curiosities ed. Warner, ii. 151–4, 160–1, 174; Boston Pub. Lib. ms K.5.5., Sir Lambert Blackwell* to Duke of Somerset, 29 Apr. 1704; HMC Portland, iv. 140; BL, Verney mss mic. 636/54, Ld. Fermanagh (John Verney*)?to Ralph Verney, 28 June 1712; Verney Letters 18th Cent. i. 312.