MONTAGU, John (1690-1749) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 29 Mar. 1690, s. Ralph Montagu, earl (later duke) of Montagu and 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Wriotheseley* [1416], 4th earl of Southampton, wid. Josceline Percy, 5th earl of Northumberland. educ. privately; travelled abroad 1702 (France and Italy). m. 20 Mar. 1705 (with at least £3,800 p.a.) Add. 61451, f. 3. Lady Mary Churchill (d.1751), da. and coh. John Churchill, duke of Marlborough, 4s. (d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.). KG 1718, KB 1725. d. 6 July 1749; will 10-18 June, pr. 3 Aug. 1749. TNA, PROB 11/772.

Offices Held

Master of the gt. wardrobe 1709 – d.; PC 1735; ld. justice 1745, 1748.

Ld. lt., Northants. 1715 – d., Warw. 1715 – d.; custos. rot., Warw. 1728, Northants. 1735; gov., St. Lucia and St. Vincent 1722, Isle of Wight 1733 – 34.

Col. 1st. tp. of Horse Gds. 1715 – 21; capt. gent. pensioners 1734 – 40; maj.-gen. 1735; lt.-gen. 1739; col. 3rd cav. regt.; master. gen. of ordnance 1740 – 41, 1742 – 49; gen. 1746.

FRS 1717; grand master grand lodge of English freemasons 1721 – 22; FSA 1725.

Parlimentarian

MONTAGU, John (1690-1749)

Associated with: Boughton, Northants.; Montagu House, London;Add. 61475, ff. 63-64.; Privy Gardens, Westminster.London Evening Post, 24 June 1749.;

Likenesses

oil on canvas, by Sir G. Kneller, c. 1709, NPG 3219; oil on canvas (with James O'Hara, 2nd Bar. Tyrawley) by J. Verelst, c. 1712, NPG 2034; oil on canvas (with 2nd wife, Lady Mary Churchill) by Gawen Hamilton, English Heritage, Marble Hill; oil on canvas by unknonw artist, National Trust, Trerice, Cornwall; mezzotint by J. Faber after M. Dahl, c. 1725, NPG 5698.

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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