Lord Robert Montagu PC (24 January 1825 – 6 May 1902) was a British Conservative politician. He served as Vice-President of the Committee on Education between 1867 and 1868.
Lord Robert Montagu | |
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| Vice-President of the Committee on Education | |
| In office 19 March 1867 – 1 December 1868 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | Hon. Henry Lowry-Corry |
| Succeeded by | William Edward Forster |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 January 1825 Melchbourne, Bedfordshire |
| Died | 6 May 1902 (aged 77) South Kensington, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Ellen Cromie (1825-1857) (2) Elizabeth Wade (1839-1908) |
| Children | 10 |
| Parent(s) | George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester Millicent Bernard-Sparrow |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Background and education
editMontagu was born at Melchbourne, Bedfordshire[1] the second son of George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester by his first wife Millicent, daughter of Robert Bernard Sparrow. William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester, was his elder brother.[2] He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and graduated with an MA in 1849.[3]
Political career
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As depicted by "Ape" (Carlo Pellegrini) in Vanity Fair, 1 October 1870
Montagu sat as Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire from 1859 to 1874[4] and for Westmeath from February 1874 until he retired in 1880.[5] He held office under the Earl of Derby and Benjamin Disraeli as Vice-President of the Committee on Education from March 1867 until the fall of the government in December 1868[6] and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1867.[7] He was an advocate of protectionist policies.[8] He was a member of the Carlton Club and the Athenaeum Club.[citation needed]
Family
editMontagu married firstly Ellen Cromie, born in 1825, daughter of John Cromie, at Portstewart on 12 February 1850. They had four children although their first son, John, died as a child. Ellen died aged 32 on 11 July 1857 at Portstewart, County Londonderry. Montagu remarried in London on 18 October 1862 to Elizabeth Wade (Holton, Suffolk, 15 May 1839 – London, 29 December 1908), daughter of William Wade of Holton, Suffolk, and had six more children. This second marriage scandalized society, since the former Betsy Wade had been a housemaid when Montagu met her.[9] Montagu died 6 May 1902[1] at 91 Queens Gate, South Kensington, London[10] and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b van de Pas, Leo. 'Descendants of Henry VIII, King of England', Worldroots.com Retrieved 13 April 2005 Archived 15 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ thepeerage.com Lord Robert Montagu
- ^ "Montagu, Lord Robert (MNTG845LR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Horncastle to Hythe". Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: West Lothian to Widnes". Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "No. 23234". The London Gazette. 29 March 1867. p. 1979.
- ^ leighrayment.com Privy Counsellors 1836-1914[usurped]
- ^ Pearce, Charles T. Essay on Vaccination. London: Bailliere, 1868.
- ^ Watt, George. The Fallen Woman in the Nineteenth-Century Novel. New Jersey: Barnes and Noble, 1984, pg. 63.
- ^ Illustrated London News, 28 June 1902
- ^ "Notable people buried in Kensal Green Cemetery", Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery. Retrieved 13 April 2005 Archived 16 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine