Lord Robert Montagu
| The Right Honourable Lord Robert Montagu PC |
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| Vice-President of the Committee on Education |
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| In office 19 March 1867 – 1 December 1868 |
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| 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 South Kensington, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Ellen Cromie (1825-1857) (2) Elizabeth Wade (1839-1908) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
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.
Background and education
Montagu 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 as a MA in 1849.[3]
Political career
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
Montagu married firstly Ellen Cromie, born in 1825, daughter of John Cromie, at Dublin 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] He was survived by his wife, three children and one grandson.
References
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- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Robert Montagu
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire 1859 – 1874 With: Edward Fellowes |
Succeeded by Edward Fellowes Sir Henry Pelly, Bt |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Westmeath 1874 – 1880 With: Patrick James Smyth |
Succeeded by Timothy Daniel Sullivan Henry Joseph Gill |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Vice-President of the Committee on Education 1867–1868 |
Succeeded by William Edward Forster |
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- ↑ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Horncastle to Hythe
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 23234. p. 1979. 29 March 1867.
- ↑ leighrayment.com Privy Counsellors 1836-1914
- ↑ 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
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- 1825 births
- 1902 deaths
- Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Irish constituencies (1801–1922)
- Montagu family
- People from Bedfordshire
- UK MPs 1859–65
- UK MPs 1865–68
- UK MPs 1868–74
- UK MPs 1874–80
- Younger sons of dukes
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Members of the Athenaeum Club, London
