Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester
Lord Chief Justice of England | |
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| In office 1616–1621 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Coke |
| Succeeded by | James Ley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1563 |
| Died | 7 November 1642 (aged 78/79) |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Spencer Anne Holliday Margaret Crouch |
| Children | George Montagu |
| Parent(s) | Edward Montagu of Boughton Elizabeth Harington |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester (c. 1563 – 7 November 1642) was an English judge, politician and peer.[1] He is mainly remembered today as the judge who sentenced Sir Walter Raleigh to death.
Life
He was the 3rd son of
Henry was born at Boughton, Northamptonshire, about 1563. He was educated at
In 1620, he was appointed
Although from the beginning of his public life in 1601, when he first entered Parliament, Manchester had inclined to the popular side in politics, he managed to retain to the end the favour of the King. He was a judge of the Star Chamber, and one of the most trusted councillors of Charles I. His loyalty, ability, and honesty were warmly praised by Clarendon. In conjunction with Coventry, the Lord Keeper, he pronounced an opinion in favour of the legality of ship money in 1634.[2]
Family
Manchester was married three times: first, Catherine Spencer, daughter of Sir William Spencer of Yarnton, Oxfordshire; second, Anne Holliday (née Wincot), in 1613, daughter of William Wincot of Langham, Suffolk, and widow of Sir Leonard Holliday, third, Margaret Crouch, on 26 April 1620, daughter of John Crouch of Cornbury, Hertfordshire, who died in 1653.[1]
He was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward Montagu, Viscount Mandeville, from his first marriage. The second son of Henry and Catherine was Walter Montagu, the courtier and abbot.[4] Another son he had with Catherine Spencer was James Montagu who served as MP for Huntingdon in the English House of Commons alongside Oliver Cromwell in 1628.[5]
One of his sons by his third wife, Margaret Crouch, was
Notes
- ^ a b Rigg, James McMullen (1894). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ a b c d One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the 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.
- ^ "Montagu, Henry (MNTG582H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Cooper, Thompson (1894). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "MONTAGU, James (1603/7-1666), of Kimbolton Castle, Hunts.; later of Lackham, nr. Chippenham, Wilts | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
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