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b. c. 1602,He d. aged 69: Lansd. 921, f. 39. 1st s. of Sir Henry Montagu* of Kimbolton Castle and 1st w. Catherine, da. of Sir William Spencer† of Yarnton, Oxon.; bro. of James*. Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 115. educ. Eton 1613-17; Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1618; travelled abroad (France, Low Countries) 1621-2; MA, Oxon. 1665. Eton Coll. Reg. comp. W. Sterry, i. 234; Al. Cant.; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 391; APC, 1621-3, p. 287; Al. Ox. m. (1) 6 Feb. 1623, Susan (d. Jan. 1625), da. of John Hill, innkeeper of Honiley, Warws. 1da. d.v.p.; HMC Mar and Kellie, ii. 149; Chamberlain Letters, ii. 476, 599; HMC 8th Rep. ii. 29. (2) 1 July 1626 (with £6,000), Anne (d. 14 Feb. 1642) da. of Sir Robert Rich*, 2nd earl of Warwick, 1s. 2da.; Northants. RO, IL981; Lansd. 921, ff. 38-9. (3) 20 Dec. 1642, Essex (d. 28 Sept. 1658), da. of Sir Thomas Cheke* of Pirgo, Essex, wid. of Sir Robert Bevill of Chesterton, Hunts., 6s. 2da.; Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 115. (4) settlement 15 July 1659, Eleanor (d. 20 Jan. 1667), da. of Sir Richard Wortley of Wortley, Yorks., wid. of Sir Henry Lee, 1st bt. of Quarendon, Bucks., Sir Edward Radcliffe*, 6th earl of Sussex and Robert Rich, 2nd earl of Warwick, s.p.; Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 140-1; CP (earl of Manchester). (5) lic. 1 Aug. 1667, Margaret (d. Nov. 1676), da. of Sir Francis Russell*, 4th earl of Bedford, wid. of James Hay, 1st earl of Carlisle, s.p. CP (earl of Manchester); Lansd. 921, f. 39. cr. KB 2 Feb. 1626; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 161. styled. Lord Mandeville from 5 Feb. 1626, summ. to Lords as Lord Kimbolton, 22 May 1626; LJ, iii. 648b. suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Manchester 7 Nov. 1642;CP (earl of Manchester). cr. KG 1 Aug. 1661. Shaw, i. 35. d. 5 May 1671. Lansd. 921, f. 39. sig. E[dward] Mountagu.
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J.p. Hunts. 1624 – 49, 1660–d.; C231/4, f. 172. dep. lt. Hunts. 1624 – ?42, lord lt. (sole) 1642 – 44, (jt.) 1660–d., Ibid. f. 173; Add. Ch. 33168; A. and O. i. 1–4; Hunts. RO, D/DM20B/9. Northants. 1643; commr. subsidy, Hunts. 1624, Forced Loan 1626; C212/22/23; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. ranger, Weybridge Forest, Hunts. (jt.) 1627–d.; Hunts. RO, D/DM50/3–4; C66/2440/3. commr. sewers, Gt. Fens 1629, 1631;C181/4, ff. 29, 93v. chan. S. Wales (jt.) 1635, C66/2714/19. Camb. Univ. 1649 – 51, 1660–d.; Al. Ox. chamberlain, Chester, Cheshire (jt.) 1647 – 50, S. Wales 1660–d.; CP (earl of Manchester). high steward, Westminster 1660 – d., Kingston-upon-Thames, Surr. 1660–?d. Ibid.; Hunts. RO, D/DM86.

PC, Feb. 1641–2, June 1660 – d., [S] 1661–?d.; PC2/53, ff. 43–4; C. Russell, Fall of Brit. Monarchies, 263; Diurnal of Thomas Rugg 1659–61 ed. W.L. Sachse (Cam. Soc. ser. 3. xci), 92; SP29/5/109; Reg. PC Scot. 1661–4, p. 2. treas. (jt.), payment of Scots army 1641; SR, v. 123. commr. defence, W. Indies 1643; A. and O. i. 331–2. member, cttee. of safety 1642 – 44, cttee. of Both Kingdoms 1644 – 46, Derby House cttee. 1646–8; CJ, iii. 392b; A. and O. i. 382, 437; CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 1. commr. gt. seal 1646–8, A. and O. i. 885–7, 995, 998. Admlty. 1647–9; G.F. James and J.J. Sutherland Shaw, ‘Admiralty Admin. and Personnel, 1619–1714’, BIHR, xiv. 18. ld. chamberlain, June 1660–d.; CSP Dom. 1671, p. 224; Diurnal of Thomas Rugg, 93. commr. Marshalsea ct. 1662. SP29/53/79.

Col. of ft. (parl.) 1642 – 45, 1667; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 366; SP28/143, unnumb. (accts. of Essex’s army, 1642–4). maj. gen. Eastern assoc. 1643–5. A. and O. i. 215–19.

Member, assembly of divines 1643; Ibid. 181. commr. scandalous offences 1646–8. Ibid. 853, 1208.

Speaker, House of Lords 1642–8 (intermittently), 1660. LJ, v. 150a, 181a; x. 625a; xi. 35.

FRS 1665–d. CP (earl of Manchester).

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MONTAGU, Edward (c.1602-1671), of Kimbolton Castle, Hunts.; later of Manchester House, Westminster
Main residences: Kimbolton Castle, Hunts.; Manchester House, Westminster.
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Commons 1604-1629
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MONTAGU, Edward (c.1602-1671)

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