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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:
- Hon. Edward.
- Hon. Henry.
- Lady Anne Montagu (c. 1667–1720), married James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk.
- Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester (c. 1656–1722)
- Lady Elizabeth Montagu (b. c. 1682)
- Lady Catherine Montagu, married Samuel Edwin
- Hon. Robert Montagu (d. 1693)
- Hon. Heneage Montagu (1675–1698)
- Lady Eleanor Montagu, died unmarried.
His widow afterwards married Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax.
[edit] References
- Dictionary of National Biography, article on Montagu, Edward, second earl of Manchester.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
| Parliament of England | ||
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
Annotations
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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.