MONTAGU, James III (c.1687-1748), of Belford, Northumb.

b. c. 1687, 1st s. of Hon. Charles Montagu* by 1st w.; half-bro. of Edward† and John Montagu†. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. adm. 28 June 1702, aged 14; ?Padua Univ. 1711. m. (1) Mary (d. aft. 1726), s.p.; (2) lic. 5 Apr. 1736, Penelope, da. of George Hewett of Stretton and Great Glen, Leics., wid. of Sir William Chester, 5th Bt., of Chicheley, Bucks., s.p. suc. fa. 1721, gt.-uncle Nathaniel, Baron Crew of Stene, bp. of Durham, at Newbold Verdon, Leics. 1721. New Hist. of Northumb. vi. 345; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 164; PCC 243 Buckingham.