MONTAGU (MOUNTAGU), George (1622-81), of Kimbolton, Hunts. and later of Horton, Northants.

Family and Education

bap. 28 July 1622, 5th s. of Henry Montagu† (d.1642), 1st earl of Manchester, and his 3rd w. Margaret, da. of John Crouch of Corneybury, Layston, Herts., wid. of Allen Elwyn (d. c.1602), leather-seller, of Old Jewry, London and of John Hare† (d. 1613), clerk of the court of wards, of Totteridge, Herts.Mems. of St Margaret’s, Westm. ed. A.M. Burke (1914), 110; Vis. Northants. 1681 (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 139. educ. Amersham, Bucks. (Dr Charles Croke); Christ’s, Camb. 1639, MA 1640;Al. Cant.; Biographical Reg. of Christ’s Coll. ed. J. Peile (Cambridge, 1910-13), 458. M. Temple, 26 Oct. 1640.MT Admiss. i. 138. m. 30 May 1645, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Anthony Irby* of Whaplode, Lincs. 7s. (2 d.v.p.), 4da.LMA, X105/010, unf.; Vis. Northants. 1681, 139-40. d. 19 July 1681.J.B. Nichols, Acc. of the Royal Hosp. and Collegiate Church of St Katherine (1824), 19.

Offices Held

Central: jt. registrar of writs, chancery, 7 Nov. 1628.CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 372. Member, cttee. for examinations, 16 Oct. 1644.CJ iii. 666b.

Local: New Model ordinance, Hunts. 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Northants. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Westminster 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Lincs. 1661; Glos., Mdx. 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;SR; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, Hunts., Northants. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Westminster 12 Mar. 1660. Apr. 1646 – July 1652A. and O. J.p. Northants., Mar. 1660 – d.; Hunts. Mar. 1660 – d.; Westminster Mar. 1660 – d.; Mdx. Mar. – bef.Oct. 1660, Apr. 1662–d.C231/6, pp. 42, 240; C231/7, p. 166; A Perfect List (1660). Custos rot. Westminster Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660. Commr. poll tax, Northants., Westminster 1660.SR. Chief ranger and master, Salcey Forest, Northants. Aug. 1660–d.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 213. Commr. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 31 Aug. 1660-aft. Jan. 1673;C181/7, pp. 39, 633. liberty of St Katherine by the Tower, Mdx. 21 Nov. 1663, 26 Nov. 1667;C181/7, pp. 215, 415. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 15 Dec. 1669-aft. May 1670.C181/7, pp. 518, 543. Master, St Katherine’s Hosp. St Katherine by the Tower, Jan. 1661–d.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 577; CCSP v. 434. Dep. lt. Hunts. 10 Oct. 1662–?Hunts. RO, D/DM20B/9. Commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 10 Apr. 1662-aft. Sept. 1671;C181/7, pp. 146, 589. subsidy, Hunts., Mdx., Northants., Westminster 1663.SR.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, July 1660–?LC3/2, f. 177. Member, Queen Catherine of Braganza’s council, 1669–d.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Civic: freeman, Dover Aug. 1660.HP Common, 1660–1690.

: of Kimbolton, Hunts. and later of Horton, Northants.

MOUNTAGU

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

MONTAGU (MOUNTAGU), George (1622-81), of Kimbolton, Hunts. and later of Horton, Northants.

Will

not found.

Estates

inherited Catworth Grange, Northants., worth £110 p.a., from his fa., together with 1000 marks in cash to purchase Piddington Grange, Northants, 1642; inherited manor of Horton, worth £666 6s 8d (1000 marks) p.a., which had been left to his mother by his father as her jointure, 1653.PROB11/192/515.

Oxford 1644

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