MONTAGU, Edward (1625-72) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 27 July 1625, 2nd and o. surv. s. of Sir Sidney Montagu^‡, of Hinchingbrooke, Hunts. and Paulina (d. 17 Sept. 1638), da. of John Pepys of Cottenham, Cambs. educ. Huntingdon g.s., M. Temple 1635. m. 7 Nov. 1642 Jemima (1625-74), da. John Crew, later Bar. Crew, of Steane, Northants., 6s., 4da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 25 Sept. 1644; KG 1660. d. 28 May 1672; will 21 Nov. 1669, pr. 7 Sept. 1672. TNA, PROB 11/340.

Offices Held

Mbr., army cttee. 1645; treasurer-at-war 1646, 1647; cllr. of state 1653 – 59, Feb.-May 1660, A. and O. ii. 1418. pres. Nov. – Dec. 1653; commr. customs 1653, CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 122. foreign affairs 1653, CSP Dom. 1653–4, pp. 206, 237. treasury 1654 – 59, June – Sept. 1660, trade 1655 – 57, 1660 – 68, 1669 – d., Admiralty 1655 – 59, Mar. – July 1660, sale of Dunkirk 1662, CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 475. Tangier 1662, Pepys Diary, iii. 238. appeals for prizes 1666; Bodl. Carte 73, ff. 386, 397. co-patentee of ballastage 1657 – 58; PC 14 June 1660 – d.; master, Great Wardrobe 1660- 70, king’s swans 1661 – d.; clerk, privy seal 1660 – d.; register, ct. of requests 1660–d.; Pepys Diary, i. 128, 206. pres., Council of Plantations 1670 – d.

Commr. eastern assoc. 1643; New Model ordinance, Hunts. 1645, militia, Hunts. Mar. 1660, swans, Beds., Hunts. and Cambs. 1661; TNA, C 181/7, p. 117. dep. lt., Hunts. 1643 – 60; custos rot., Hunts. 1653 – 59, 1660 – d.; freeman, Dover 1660, Portsmouth 1661; ld. lt., Hunts. (jt.) 1660 – 71, (sole) 1671 – d.; bailiff, Whittlesea Mere 1661; CSP Dom. 1660–1, pp. 586, 603. recorder, Huntingdon 1663 – d.

Col., regt. of ft. (Parl.) 1643 – 45, of horse Sept. 1658 – Aug. 1659; Apr.-Nov. 1660; Pepys Diary, i. 294. gov. Henley-on-Thames, Jan. – Mar. 1645; general-at-sea (jt.) 1656 – 59, (sole) Feb. – May 1660; lt.-adm. and capt.-gen. of the Narrow Seas 1660 – d.; adm. 1661 – d., c.-in-c. of fleet July – Sept. 1665.

Plenip. The Sound, Denmark Mar. – Sept. 1659; amb. extraordinary Portugal June 1661 – May 1662, Apr. – May 1666, Jan. – Mar. 1668, Spain 1666 – 68.

Elder bro., Trinity House 1660 – d., warden Nov. 1660–61, master, 1661 – 62; mbr., R. Adventurers into Africa 1660, asst. 1664 – 66, 1669 – 71, R. Fishing Co. 1664; FRS 1661, council 1668.

Parlimentarian

MONTAGU, Edward I (1625-72), of Hinchingbrooke, Hunts.

Associated with: Hinchingbrooke, Hunts.; Lincolns Inn Fields, 'the porch', Mdx.Harris, Sandwich, i. 80, 108, 167, 241, 243; ii. 49, 187; Evelyn Diary, iii. 617.;

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, c.1655-9, NPG 5488; oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, c.1666, NMM BHC3007; oil on canvas aft. Sir P. Lely, 1668, Govt. Art Collection; oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, c.1670, Yale Univ. Cent. for Brit. Art.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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