MONTAGU, Charles (d.1759), of Papplewick, Notts.

Constituency	Dates
Westminster	3 Dec. 1722
Northampton	1754 – 29 May 1759

Family and Education

b. after 1695, o.s. of Sir James Montagu, M.P. (bro. of Charles, 1st Earl of Halifax), by his 1st w. Tufton, da. of Sir William Wray, 3rd Bt., of Ashby, Lincs.1PCC 240 Richmond. m. Apr. 1725, Ann, da. of Sir Theodore Colladon, of Chelsea,2Agnew, Protestant Exiles, i. 143-4. 2s. 1da. suc. fa. 1723.

Offices Held

Auditor gen. of duchy of Cornw. 1735 – 51; auditor of the Household to Prince of Wales 1738 – 51, and to Princess 1751 – d.

Address

Main residence: Papplewick, Notts.

biography text

Before 1751 Montagu belonged to the party of the Prince of Wales. He sat for Northampton on the interest of his cousin, the 2nd Earl of Halifax. Included by Dupplin among the supporters of Administration after the general election of 1754, he yet voted against the Address on 13 Nov. 1755.

He died 29 May 1759.

Author

J.B.

Volume

Commons 1754-1790

Notes

1. PCC 240 Richmond.
2. Agnew, Protestant Exiles, i. 143-4.