MONTAGU, Edward Wortley (1678-1761), of Wortley, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. 8 Feb. 1678, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Hon. Sidney Wortley Montagu*; bro. of Francis*. educ. Westminster; Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1693; M. Temple 1693, called 1699; I. Temple 1706; travelled abroad (France and Switzerland) 1700–1. m. lic. 17 Aug. 1712, Lady Mary (d. 1762), da. of Evelyn Pierrepont*, 1st Duke of Kingston, 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1727; cos. James Montagu III* at Newbold Verdon, Leics. 1748. Addison Letters, 22, 29–30; R. Halsband, Life of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, 26, 286; PCC 336 Strahan.

Offices Held

Freeman, Bath 1707; jt. high steward of Northallerton, Yorks. by 1713. Bath AO, Bath council bk. 3, p. 475; T. Lawson-Tancred, Recs. of a Yorks. Manor, 257.

Ld. of Treasury 1714–15; ambassador to Turkey 1716–18. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxix. 16, 323.

Parlimentarian

WORTLEY MONTAGU, Edward (1678-1761), of Wortley, Yorks.

Main residence: Wortley, Yorks.

Author

E.C.

R.D.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

MONTAGU, Edward Wortley (1678-1761)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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