John Montagu (Trinity)
John Montagu | |
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Master of Trinity College, Cambridge | |
In office 1683–1699 | |
Preceded by | John North |
Succeeded by | Richard Bentley |
Personal details | |
Born | c.1655 |
Died | 23 February 1728/29 |
Parent(s) | Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich Jemimah Crew |
John Montagu or Mountague (c.1655 – 23 February 1728/29) was an English churchman and academic.
Life
He was the fourth son of Admiral
The two twins were sent for from schoole, at Mr. Taylor's, to come to see me, and I took them into the garden, and there, in one of the summer-houses, did examine them, and do find them so well advanced in their learning, that I was amazed at it: they repeating a whole ode without book out of Horace, and did give me a very good account of any thing almost, and did make me very readily very good Latin, and did give me good account of their Greek grammar, beyond all possible expectation; and so grave and manly as I never saw, I confess, nor could have believed; so that they will be fit to go to Cambridge in two years at most. They are both little, but very like one another, and well-looked children.[2]
The boys transferred to
In 1680, Montagu was made master of
Trinity College is said to have declined in numbers or reputation during Montagu's mastership, on account of the relaxation of discipline which his easy temper encouraged. He was a liberal benefactor to the college, subscribing £228 towards the cost of the new library, and allowing £170, due to him as master when he resigned, to be expended in purchasing furniture for the master's lodge. This sum had been claimed by his successor, Dr. Richard Bentley, and the above compromise was not effected until 1702, when the thanks of the society were given to Montagu, and his name inscribed in the register of benefactors by the master. In 1720, when Bentley was projecting an edition of the New Testament, Montagu lent him some manuscripts from the Chapter Library at Durham.[6]
References
- ^ "John Montagu". Trinity College Chapel.
- ^ Pepys, Samuel (10 October 1667). Diary.
- ^ "Mountague, John (MNTG672J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "The Master of Trinity". Trinity College, Cambridge.
- ^ Nichols, John (1812). Literary Anecdotes. Vol. 6. London: Nichols, Row and Bentley. pp. 98–99.
- ^ a b Clark, John Willis (1894). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 253.