Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke of Manchester

The Duke of Manchester
His Grace; The Duke of Manchester
Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire
	In office; 1734–1739 Serving with Robert Piggott
Preceded by	John Bigg; Robert Piggott
Succeeded by	Robert Piggott; Charles Clarke
Personal details
Born	Robert Montagu; c. 1710
Died	10 May 1762 (aged 51–52)
Political party	Whig
Spouse(s)	Harriet Dunch; (m. after 1735)
Relations	William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester (brother); Charlotte Byng, Viscountess Torrington (sister)
Parents	Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester; Dodington Greville

Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke of Manchester (c. 1710 – 10 May 1762) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 until 1739 when he succeeded to the peerage as Duke of Manchester.

Early life

Montagu was the son of Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester (1662–1721/2) and the former Hon. Dodington Greville (1671/2–1720/1). His elder brother was William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester (who married Lady Isabella Montagu eldest daughter of John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu and Lady Mary Churchill), Lady Charlotte Montagu (who married Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington), and Lady Doddington Montagu who did not marry.[1]

His paternal grandparents were Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester and the former Anne Yelverton (a daughter of Sir Christopher Yelverton, 1st Baronet). His maternal grandparents were Robert Greville, 4th Baron Brooke (son of Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke) and the former Anne Dodington (daughter and heiress of John Doddington of Breamore, MP for Lymington). After his grandfather's death, his grandmother remarried to Thomas Hoby.[1]

Career

On 28 April 1719, his father, then the 4th Earl of Manchester, was created the Duke of Manchester by King George I. Upon his father's death, his elder brother succeeded as the 2nd Duke of Manchester.[1]

Montagu was returned as a Whig MP for Huntingdonshire at the 1734 British general election. He vacated his seat when he succeeded his brother, who died without issue, to the peerage and the Manchester Duchy in 1739. From 1739 and 1762, he held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire.[2]

From 1735 to 1737, he served as Vice-Chamberlain to the Queen Consort.[1] He was a Lord of the Bedchamber from 1739 to 1761,[3] and Lord Chamberlain to Queen Charlotte from 1761 until his death in 1762.[4]

Personal life

On 3 April 1735, Montagu was married to Harriet Dunch, daughter and co-heiress of Edmund Dunch and his wife Elizabeth Godfrey, a noted beauty. She was a sister-in-law of Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth and niece of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Together, Harriet and Robert were the parents of:[1][5]

George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester (1737–1788),[6] who married Elizabeth Dashwood (1740–1832), eldest daughter of Sir James Dashwood, 2nd Baronet, in 1762.[1]
Lord Charles Greville Montagu (1741–1783), who married Elizabeth Bulmer, a daughter of James Bulmer, in 1765.[1]
Lady Caroline Montagu (d. 1818), who married Charles Herbert, grandson of Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, in 1775.[1]
Lady Louisa Montagu, who died unmarried.[1]

Lord Manchester died on 10 May 1762 leaving four children.[2]

References

"Manchester, Duke of (GB, 1719)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
"MONTAGU, Lord Robert (c.1710-62), of Kimbolton, Hunts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
Namier, Lewis (1957). The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III. Springer. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-349-00453-9. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
Boxall, Charles Gervaise (1892). Early Records of the Duke of Manchester's English Manorial Estates. Eyre and Spottiswoods. p. 50.
Burke, Bernard; Burke, Ashworth Peter (1910). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage. Harrison.
Namier, Lewis; Brooke, John (1985). The House of Commons 1754-1790. Boydell & Brewer. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-436-30420-0.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by John Bigg Robert Piggott	Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire 1734–1739 With: Robert Piggott	Succeeded by Robert Piggott Charles Clarke
Political offices
Preceded by New government	Lord of the Bedchamber 1760–1761	Succeeded by The Duke of Richmond
New title	Lord Chamberlain to Queen Charlotte 1761–1762	Succeeded by The Earl of Northumberland
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Duke of Manchester	Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire 1739–1762	Succeeded by The Duke of Manchester
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by William Montagu	Duke of Manchester 1739–1762	Succeeded by George Montagu

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[DukeManchester-1] "Manchester, Duke of (GB, 1719)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

[HOP-2] "MONTAGU, Lord Robert (c.1710-62), of Kimbolton, Hunts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 19 January 2019.

[Namier1957-3] Namier, Lewis (1957). The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III. Springer. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-349-00453-9. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

[Boxall1892-4] Boxall, Charles Gervaise (1892). Early Records of the Duke of Manchester's English Manorial Estates. Eyre and Spottiswoods. p. 50.

[Burke1910-5] Burke, Bernard; Burke, Ashworth Peter (1910). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage. Harrison.

[Namier1985-6] Namier, Lewis; Brooke, John (1985). The House of Commons 1754-1790. Boydell & Brewer. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-436-30420-0.