George Montagu, 8th Duke of Manchester
George Victor Drogo Montagu, 8th Duke of Manchester (Kimbolton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, 17 June 1853 – Tandragee Castle, County Armagh, 18 August 1892), styled Lord Kimbolton from 1853 to 1855 and Viscount Mandeville from 1855 to 1890, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.
The Duke of Manchester | |
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| Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire | |
| In office 1877–1880 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
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| Born | 17 June 1853 Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, England |
| Died | 18 August 1892 (aged 39) Tandragee Castle, County Armagh, Ulster, Ireland |
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Background
Montagu was the son of William Drogo Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester, and Countess Louise von Alten.
Political career
In 1877 Montagu was elected to the House of Commons for Huntingdonshire, a seat he held until 1880. Apart from his political career he also achieved the rank of Captain in the Royal Irish Fusiliers. In 1890 succeeded his father in the dukedom and took his seat in the House of Lords. He was declared bankrupt the same year.
Family
On 22 May 1876, Manchester married Consuelo Yznaga,[1] the daughter of a wealthy Cuban plantation owner and a renowned beauty. Her older brother was New York banker Fernando Yznaga.[2] It was widely accepted that he had married her for her money and she him for his titles. One of Consuelo Yznaga's closest friends, Edith Wharton, was said to have incorporated certain aspects of her friend's marriage in her unfinished novel, The Buccaneers. Their union produced a son and twin daughters:
- William Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester (3 March 1877 – 9 February 1947)
- Lady Jaqueline Mary Alva Montagu (27 November 1879 – 15 March 1895)
- Lady Alice Eleanor Louise Montagu (27 November 1879 – 10 January 1900), who died of consumption.[3]
Prior to his marriage, Manchester had been considered an inebriate, and was shunned by respectable society.[4]
Manchester died in August 1892, aged only 39, and was succeeded in his titles by his son William.
References
- "LORD MANDEVILLE'S WEDDING.;". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 July 2015., Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- "FERNANDO YZNAGA DEAD; Stricken with Diphtheria, He Died at the Minturn Hospital. Friend and Brother-in-Law of William K. Vanderbilt -- His Second Marriage -- Business Career" (PDF). The New York Times. 7 March 1901. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- "LADY ALICE MONTAGU DEAD.; Consumption Carries Off Noted English Beauty -- Her Mother Is the Duchess of Manchester". The New York Times. 11 January 1900. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- Some English Lords, South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Australia), 24 Feb 1886, Page 1
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Manchester
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Edward Fellowes Sir Henry Carstairs Pelly |
Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire 1877–1880 With: Edward Fellowes |
Succeeded by William Fellowes Lord Douglas Gordon |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by William Drogo Montagu |
Duke of Manchester 1890–1892 |
Succeeded by William Angus Drogo Montagu |
