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 South Kensington, London | (aged 77)
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 |
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.
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 with an MA in 1849. [3]
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]
Montagu 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]
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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 South Kensington, London | (aged 77)
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 |
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.
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 with an MA in 1849. [3]
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]
Montagu 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]
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