MONTAGU, John, Visct. Hinchingbrooke (1744-1814).

Hinchingbrooke continued to sit for the county on the family interest until his father’s death. ‘If,’ wrote Wraxall pompously, ‘he fell far below his father in ability, application, and talents for public business, he possessed greater private virtues.’ A courtier and placeman, he gave a silent support to Pitt’s administration, which his father opposed. In 1791 he was listed among opponents of the repeal of the Test Act in Scotland. He was later deprived of his sinecure by the Grenville ministry, but provided with another by their successors. He died 6 June 1814.Wraxall Mems. ed. Wheatley, iii. 56.