Family and Education
b. 11 July 1616, 1st s. of Edward Montagu†, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton and his 2nd w. Frances, da. of Thomas Cotton† of Conington, Hunts.;Vis. Northants. 1564 and 1618-19, 115; Vis. Northants. 1681, 138; E.S. Cope, The Life of a Public Man - Edward, First Baron Montagu of Boughton (1981). bro. of William Montagu*. educ. Oundle g.s. 1627;Oundle Sch. Admiss. Reg. 1626-34, f. 6v. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1631.Al. Cant. m. bef. Sept. 1633, Anne (d. bef. 1641), da. of Sir Ralph Winwood†, of Ditton, Bucks. 2s (1 d.v.p.), 1da.HMC Buccleuch, i. 273-4; Vis. Bucks. 1634 (Harl. Soc. lviii), 131; Vis. Northants. 1681 (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 138. suc. fa. as 2nd Baron Montagu 15 June 1644.Cope, Life of a Public Man, 208. d. 10 Jan. 1684.The Entring Bk. of Roger Morrice 1677-1691 ed. M. Goldie (Woodbridge, 2007-9), ii. 439.
Offices Held

Local: commr. for associating midland cos. Hunts. 15 Dec. 1642; militia, 2 Dec. 1648; Northants. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; assessment, Northants. 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Kpr. Rockingham Forest, Northants. by Oct. 1659–?d.CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 230.

Central: member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645;A. and O. cttee. for sequestrations, 24 June 1645;LJ vii. 452a. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 17 Dec. 1647;A. and O. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Mar. 1648.LJ x. 88b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648.A. and O.

Civic: recorder, Northampton 1681–?d.CSP Dom. 1680–1, p. 646.

: of Boughton, Northants.
MOUNTAGU
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, R. Walker.Boughton House, Northants.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

MONTAGU (MOUNTAGU), Edward I (1616-84), of Boughton, Northants.

Will
14 Oct. 1673, pr. 14 Jan. 1685.PROB11/379/68.
Estates
inherited Boughton estates from his father, 1644.
Oxford 1644
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