MONTAGU, Edward (1602-71) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 1602, 1st s. of Henry Montagu^† (later earl of Manchester), and 1st w. Catherine, da. of Sir William Spencer^‡, of Yarnton, Oxon.; bro. of James Montagu^‡. educ. Eton 1613-17; Sidney Suss. Camb. 1618; travelled abroad (France, Low Countries) 1621-2; MA, Oxon. 1665. m. (1) 6 Feb. 1623 Susanna (Susan) (d. 1625), da. of John Hill, innkeeper of Honiley, Warws. 1da. d.v.p.; Chamberlain Letters ed. McClure, ii. 391, 476, 599. (2) 1 July 1626 (with £6,000), Anne (d. 1642), da. of Robert Rich^†, 2nd earl of Warwick, 1s. 2da.; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 278; Vis. Hunts. (Harl. Soc. n.s. replacement xiii), 142. (3) 20 Dec. 1642, Essex (d. 1658), da. of Sir Thomas Cheke (Cheeke)^‡, of Pirgo, Essex, wid. of Sir Robert Bevill, of Chesterton, Hunts., 6s. 2da.; Vis. Hunts. 141. (4) settlement 15 July 1659, Eleanor (d. 1667), Bodl. North c.4, ff. 124-7. da. of Sir Richard Wortley, of Wortley, Yorks., BL, Verney ms mic. M636/16, settlement, 15 July 1659. wid. of Sir Henry Lee, bt., Edward Radcliffe^†, 6th earl of Sussex, and Robert Rich^†, 2nd earl of Warwick, s.p.; (5) 5 Aug. 1667, HMC Le Fleming, 52. Margaret (d. 1676), HMC Rutland, ii. 31-32. da. of Francis Russell^†, 4th earl of Bedford, wid. James Hay, earl of Carlisle, s.p. Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 139-40. KB 2 Feb. 1626; KG 1 Apr. 1661. d. 5 May 1671; will bef. 5 May 1671, pr. 5 June 1671. TNA, PROB 11/336.

Offices Held

PC, 1641 – 42, 1660 – d., PC [S] 1661–?d.; speaker, House of Lords 1642 – 48, Apr. – June 1660; commr. gt. seal 1660; ld. chamberlain 1 June 1660 – d.; commr. Marshalsea ct. 1662.

Dep. lt. Hunts. 1624 – ?42, ld. lt. (sole) 1642 – 44, (jt.) 1660 – d., Northants. 1643; serj.-maj.-gen. Essex, Herts., Cambs., Norf., Suff., Hunts., Lincs. 1643 – 45; jt. chamberlain, Chester 1647 – 50; jt. ranger, Weybridge forest, Hunts. 1627 – d.; chan. S. Wales (jt.) 1635, (sole) 1660 – d., Camb. Univ. 1649–51, Jones, Saw-Pit Wharton, 147. 1660 – d.; chamberlain, Chester, Cheshire (jt.) 1647 – 50, S. Wales 1660–d.; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 368. recorder Northampton 1642 – ?58, 1663–d.; J.C. Cox, Northampton Bor. Recs. ii. 104, 106. high steward, Westminster 1660–d., CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 494; CSP Dom. 1667–8, p. 251. Kingston-upon-Thames, Surr. 1660–?d.

Col. of ft. (parl.) 1642 – 45; gen. of horse (parl.) 1643 – 45; col. of ft. regt. 1667.; separator; FRS 1665–d. Hunter, Royal Society, 196.; separator;

Parlimentarian

MONTAGU, Edward (c.1602-1671), of Kimbolton Castle, Hunts.; later of Manchester House, Westminster

Associated with: Kimbolton Castle, Hunts. and Warwick House, Mdx.

MOUNTAGUE

Likenesses

P. Lely, oils, NPG.

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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