Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester
English Ambassador to France | |
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In office 1699–1701 | |
Monarch | William III |
Preceded by | The Earl of Jersey |
Succeeded by | The Duke of Hamilton |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Edward Montagu c. 1662 |
Died | 20 January 1722 | (aged 59–60)
Spouse |
Doddington Greville
(m. 1690; died 1720) |
Children | 4 |
Parent(s) | Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester Anne Yelverton |
Relatives | Robert Montagu (brother) Heneage Montagu (brother) |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Charles Edward Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester,
Early life
Charles was born c. 1662 into the Noble House of Montagu. He was the eldest son of the former Anne Yelverton and Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester.[1] Among his siblings were Lady Anne Montagu (wife of James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk) and politicians the Hon. Robert Montagu and the Hon. Heneage Montagu, both MPs for Huntingdonshire. After his father's death in 1683, his mother married Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax.[2]
His paternal grandparents were
He was educated at
Career
In 1697, he was sent as an
In 1714, he received an appointment in the household of George I, by whom on 28 April 1719 he was created Duke of Manchester.[5]
In 1719, he was one of the main subscribers to the
Personal life
On 19 February 1690, Lord Manchester was married the Hon. Doddington Greville (1671–1720). She was a daughter of Robert Greville, 4th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court and Anne (née Doddington) Greville (who married Thomas Hoby after the death of Lord Brooke in 1676). Together, they were the parents of:[3]
- Lady Doddington Montagu (c. 1694–1774), who died unmarried.[3]
- William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester (1700–1739), who married Lady Isabella Montagu, a daughter of John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu and Lady Mary Churchill (the youngest surviving daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough).[3]
- Lady Charlotte Montagu (1705–1759), who married Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington, the eldest son of George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington.[3]
- Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke of Manchester (c. 1710–1762), who married Harriet Dunch, daughter and co-heiress of Edmund Dunch.[7]
He died on 20 January 1722.[1]
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See also
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19005. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) Revised by Matthew Kilburn as of May 2010.(subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- ^ "Manchester, Earl of (E, 1625/6)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Manchester, Duke of (GB, 1719)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "Montagu, Charles (MNTG660C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b public domain: McNeill, Ronald John (1911). "Manchester, Earls and Dukes of". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 543. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- ^ Burke, Bernard; Burke, Ashworth Peter (1910). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage. Harrison. Retrieved 24 April 2020.