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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position of Secretary of State, but denounced by Duchess of Cleveland; on his return from Paris without leave he was superseded as Ambassador and struck off the Privy Council; negotiated with French Ambassador, promising to obtain Danby’s fall within six months in return for a handsome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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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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.