MONTAGU, SIR JAMES, brother of Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (qv); b. 2 Feb 1665/6; at school under Busby (Admissions to Trin. Coll. Camb. , ii, 549); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 26 Jun 1683, aged 16, matr. 1684; MA 1698; adm. Middle Temple 8 Jun 1683, called to bar 14 Jun 1689; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 May 1707, Bencher 7 May 1707; MP Tregony 1695-8, Bere Alston 1698-1700, Carlisle 1705-13; Chief Justice of Ely (check) 1698; committed by House of Commons to custody of Serjeant-at-Arms for having demanded a habeas corpus on behalf of the Aylesbury men 26 Feb 1705; knighted 16 Apr 1705; QC Nov 1705; Solicitor-Gen. 1707-8, Attorney-Gen. 1708-10; opened case against Sacheverell in House of Lords 27 Feb 1709/10; Serjeant-at-law 26 Oct 1714; a Baron of the Exchequer 22 Nov 1714 – May 1722, Lord Chief Baron from May 1722; a Lord Commissioner of the Great Seal 18 Apr – 12 May 1718; m. 1st, 6 Oct 1694 (IGI) Tufton, dau. of Sir William Wray, Bart. , Ashby, Lincs. ; m. 2nd, 6 Oct 1713 (IGI) his cousin Lady Elizabeth Montagu, dau. of Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester; d. 1 Oct 1723. DNB.
MONTAGU, RALPH, 1ST DUKE OF MONTAGU, brother of Hon. Edward Montagu (b. 1635, qv); bapt. 29 Dec 1638; adm.; boarder with Head Master, where he fell ill of the small-pox (HMC Montagu of Beaulieu, pp 162, 163, 165; Elizabethan viii, 108); contributed a copy of verses to Lachrymae Musarum, 1649, while at school; Master of the Horse to the Duchess of York, and subsequently to Queen Catharine; Ambassador Extraordinary to Paris 1669-72, 1676, 1677-8; Master of the Great Wardrobe 12 Aug 1671 – Dec 1685 and from 1689; Privy Counsellor 2 Jan 1672; intrigued for position of Secretary of State, but denounced by Duchess of Cleveland; on his return from Paris without leave he was superseded as Ambassador and struck off the Privy Council; negotiated with French Ambassador, promising to obtain Danby’s fall within six months in return for a handsome pension; MP Northampton Oct – Dec 1678; tried to escape to France, but arrested at Dover and obliged to give security not to leave the kingdom; MP Huntingdonshire Feb – Jul 1679, Northampton 1679-81; attempted without success to get the Duke of Monmouth declared Prince of Wales; retired to the continent; succ. father as 3rd Baron Montagu of Boughton 10 Jan 1683/4; returned to England on accession of James II; took an active part in House of Lords in promoting the Revolution of 1688; readm. to Privy Council 14 Feb 1688/9; created Earl of Montagu 9 Apr 1689; entertained William III with great magnificence at Boughton 1695; created Duke of Montagu 14 Apr 1705; m. 1st, 24 Aug 1673 Elizabeth, widow of Josceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland, and dau. of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton; m. 2nd, 8 Sep 1692 Elizabeth, widow of Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, and dau. of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle; d. 9 Mar 1708/9. DNB.
MONTAGU, HON. OLIVER, third son of Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich KG PC, and Hon. Jemima Crewe, dau. of John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe of Stene; b.; at school under Busby (F. R. Harris, op. cit. ); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 12 Apr 1672; MA 1673; adm. Middle Temple 6 Mar 1674, called to bar 13 May 1681, Bencher 21 Nov 1684, Treasurer 1686; KC 1685; Counsel to Cambridge Univ. from 1684; MP Huntingdon 1685-7; Solicitor-Gen. to Queen Mary (wife of James II) 11 Oct 1685-8; d. unm. 1693, aged 38.
MONTAGU, HON. JOHN, twin brother of Hon. Oliver Montagu (qv); b.; at school under Busby (F. R. Harris, The Life of Edward Mountagu KG, First Earl of Sandwich, 1912, ii, 183); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 12 Apr 1672; MA 1673; DD 1682; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1674 – c. 1681; ordained priest (London) 21 Dec 1679; Master of Sherburn Hospital, Durham 1680; Master of Trinity Coll. Cambridge 12 May 1683 – Jan 1699/1700; Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge Univ., 1687-8; Prebendary of Durham 18 Oct 1683- Jan 1699/1700; Dean of Durham from 10 Jan 1699/1700; Clerk of the Closet to William III 25 Nov 1695 – 8 Mar 1702; d. unm. 23 Feb 1727/8, aged 73. DNB.
MONTAGU, JOHN, 4th EARL OF SANDWICH, eldest son of Edward Richard Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbroke MP, Col. 37th Foot, Lord Lieut. Huntingdonshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Alexander Popham, Littlecote, Wilts.; b. 3 Nov 1718; styled Lord Montagu to 1729; in under school lists 1726, 1727 (as Lord Montague); adm. Eton 1728; succeeded grandfather as 3rd Earl of Sandwich 20 Oct 1729; Trinity Coll. Cambridge; Grand Tour 1737-40 (France, Italy, Mediterranean); officer in Army; Col. 22 Nov 1745; 1745; Major-Gen. 12 Mar 1755; Lieut. -Gen., 12 Feb 1759; Gen. 26 May 1772; a Lord of the Admiralty Dec 1744 – Feb 1747/8; Minister Plenipotentiary, Breda 1746, The Hague 1746-9, Aix-la-Chapelle 1748; First Lord of the Admiralty Feb 1747/8 – Jun 1751; Privy Councillor 1 Feb 1749; Joint Vice-Treasurer for Ireland Dec 1755 – Feb 1763; Ambassador to Madrid Feb 1763, but did not take up appointment; First Lord of the Admiralty Apr – Aug 1763; Secretary of State, Northern Dept., Aug 1763 – Jul 1765; Postmaster-General Jan 1768 – Dec 1770; Secretary of State, Southern Dept., Dec 1770 – Jan 1771; First Lord of the Admiralty 12 Jan 1771 – Mar 1782; Ranger of St. James’s Park and Hyde Park 1783; FRS 1740; FSA 1746; m. 7 Mar 1740/1 Hon. Judith Fane, third dau. of Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane (I); d. 30 Apr 1792.
Montagu, The Hon. Ivor Goldsmid Samuel, brother of Stuart Albert Samuel Montagu (q.v.), 3rd Baron Swaythling; b. April 23, 1904; adm. Sept. 27, 1917; K.S. (non-resident) 1918 (G); left July 1919; Royal Coll. of Science, London Univ.; King's Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1921; B.A. 1924; a zoologist, film technician and journalist; M.A. 1930; secretary of the World Peace Council; awarded the Order of Liberation (1st class) of Bulgaria 1952; a Lenin Peace Prize at Moscow 1959; Order of the Pole Star, Mongolian People's Republic, April 22, 1961; president of the International Table Tennis Federation and the English Table Tennis Assn.; author of Land of Blue Sky, A Portrait of Modern Mongolia (1956); m. Jan. 10, 1927, Eillen, daughter of Francis Anton Hellstern; d. 5 Nov. 1984.
MONTAGU, HON. CHARLES, brother of Hon. Edward Montagu (at school 1661-2, qv); b. ; at school 1662-3 (boarder with Head Master) (Busby’s Account Book); Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 1664 [check] , matr. Lent 1663; MA 1665; adm. Middle Temple 30 Apr 1667; d. abroad 1673.
MONTAGU, HON. HENRY, brother of Hon. Edward Montagu (at school 1661-2, qv); b.; at school 1661 (boarder with Head Master) (Busby’s Account Book); Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 1662; MA 1662 (incorp. Oxford 1666); adm. Middle Temple 24 Jun 1663, called to bar 1 May 1668; d. 1681.
Montagu, The Hon. Ewen Edward Samuel, brother of Stuart Albert Samuel Montagu (q.v.), 3rd Baron Swaythling; b. March 29, 1901; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (R); left July 1919; Harvard Univ. U.S.A. 1919-20; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1920; B.A. and LL. B. 1923; M.A.; called to the bar at the Middle Temple May 14, 1924; K.C. 1939; Recorder of Devizes 1944-51; Bencher of the Middle Temple 1948; Judge Advocate of the Fleet 1945; Deputy Chairman of Quarter Sessions, Hampshire 1948; Recorder of Southampton 1951-61; Chairman of Quarter Sessions, Hampshire, 1951; D.L. Hampshire 1953; Deputy Chairman of Quarter Sessions, Middlesex 1954; Chairman 1956; President, United Synagogue, 1953-62; Lieut.-Commander R.N.V.R. 1939-45; O.B.E. (military) 1944; C.B.E. 1950; Order of the Yugoslav Crown 1945; author of The Man Who Never Was; m. June 14, 1923, Iris Rachel, daughter of Solomon Joseph Solomon, R.A., of Hyde Park Gate; d. 19 July 1985.