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Robert Mountagu (Viscount Mandeville)

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Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester (25 April 1634 – 14 March 1683) was an English politician and courtier.

[edit] Life

He was born in the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster, and baptised there on 25 April 1634, the son of Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester.

He represented Huntingdonshire in the Convention parliament of 25 April 1660, and in the following month was one of the members who waited on the king at the Hague. He was again elected for Huntingdonshire in the parliament of 1661. In 1663 he was sent on a mission to the French king; on 8 September 1665 he was created M.A. by the university of Oxford, and in February 1666 he succeeded the Earl of Newport as gentleman of the bedchamber to the king.

In 1666 and 1667 he commanded a troop of horse in the eastern counties while the Dutch were on the coast. He died at Montpellier on 14 March 1683, and was buried at Kimbolton.

[edit] Family

He married, on 27 June 1655, at St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, Anne, daughter of Sir Christopher Yelverton of Easton Maudit in Northamptonshire, by whom he had five sons and four daughters. His two eldest sons, Edward and Henry, dying young, he was succeeded by his third son, Charles.

They had nine children:

His widow afterwards married Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax.

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Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainDictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 

Parliament of England
Preceded by Unknown Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire with Henry Cromwell 1660–1671 Succeeded by Henry Cromwell Sir Nicholas Pedley
Honorary titles
Preceded by The 1st Earl of Sandwich Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire jointly with The 1st Earl of Sandwich 1671–1672 1671–1681 Succeeded by The Earl of Ailesbury (for The 2nd Earl of Sandwich)
Custos Rotulorum of Huntingdonshire 1672–1681
Peerage of England
Preceded by Edward Montagu Earl of Manchester 1671–1683 Succeeded by Charles Montagu
Persondata
Name Manchester, Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth 25 April 1634
Place of birth
Date of death 14 March 1683
Place of death

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  • Born in 1634 in the parish of St Margaret’s, Wesminster, the son of Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester. He took the courtesy title of Viscount Mandeville on his father’s succession to the Earldom in 1642, and served as Whig MP for Huntingdonshire between 1660 and 1671, the year he became 3rd Earl of Manchester. He died at Montpellier, France, on 14 March 1682/3.

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1660
May: 24
1662
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1663
May: 25
1666
Jan: 28
1667
Apr: 26
Jun: 9