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Montagu, John, 1718-1792
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1718-1792
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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.