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Encyclopedia > Lord Robert Montagu

Lord Robert Montagu (January 24, 1825 – May 6, 1902) was a British politician. January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...


Robert Montagu was born at Melchbourne, Bedfordshire on January 24, 1825, the second son of the 6th Duke of Manchester and Millicent (née Sparrow). He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and graduated as a MA in 1848. January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Full name The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity Motto Virtus vera nobilitas Virtue is true Nobility Named after The Holy Trinity Previous names Kings Hall and Michaelhouse (until merged in 1546) Established 1546 Sister College(s) Christ Church Master The Lord Rees of Ludlow Location Trinity Street... A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire from May 1859, and for Westmeath from February 1874 until he retired in 1880. He favoured protectionist policies. He was President of the Board of Health and Vice-President of the Privy Council from March 1867, resigning in December 1868. The Conservative Party is one of the two largest political parties in the United Kingdom and the most successful party in political history based on election victories. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Huntingdonshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament 1801-1885 and one in 1918-1922. ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Protectionism is the economic policy of restraining trade between jurisdictions, through methods such as high tariffs on imported goods, restrictive quotas, and anti-dumping measures, in an attempt to protect industries in a particular locale from competition. ... Minister of Health redirects here. ... A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...


He married Ellen Cromie, daughter of John Cromie, at Dublin on February 12, 1850. They had four children although their first son, John, died as a child. Ellen died aged 32 on July 11, 1857 at Port Stewart, Londonderry. Their son Robert Acheson Cromie Montagu was born in 1854. Montagu remarried in London on October 18, 1862 to Elizabeth Wade, daughter of William Wade of Holton, Suffolk. February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years). ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...


Montagu was a member of Culture Club and the Athenaeum Club. Culture Club was a popular 1980s British pop group, perhaps most noticeable for their gender-bending frontman Boy George. ... The Athenaeum Club in 1830. ...


He died 6 May 1902 at 91 Queens Gate, South Kensington, London and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, three children and one grandson. May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Kensal Green Cemetery Kensal Green Cemetery, located in Kensal Green, London, England, was incorporated in 1832, and is the oldest of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries still in operation. ...


References

  • 'Author Anniversaries for January 24', New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors (April 2005) Retrieved April 13, 2005
  • 'Notable people buried in Kensal Green Cemetery', Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery Retrieved April 13, 2005
  • van de Pas, Leo. 'Descendants of Henry VIII, King of England', Worldroots.com Retrieved April 13, 2005
  • Pearce, Charles T. Essay on Vaccination (London: Bailliere, 1868)
  • 'Wills and Bequests', Illustrated London News, June 28, 1902
Preceded by:
Edward Fellowes
James Rust		 Member for Huntingdonshire
with Edward Fellowes
1859–1874		 Succeeded by:
Edward Fellowes
Sir Henry Pelly, 3rd Bt
Preceded by:
Hon. Algernon Greville
Patrick James Smythe		 Member for Westmeath
with Patrick James Smythe
1874–1880		 Succeeded by:
Timothy Daniel Sullivan
Henry Joseph Gill

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Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (566 words)
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester KG (1602 – May 5, 1671), eldest son of the first earl by his first wife, Catherine Spencer, granddaughter of Sir John Spencer of Althorpe, was born in 1602, and was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, having succeeded his father in the earldom in November 1642, Manchester commanded a regiment in the army of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, and in August 1643 he was appointed Major-General of the parliamentary forces in the eastern counties, with Cromwell as his second in command.
Lord Clarendon: Life of Edward, Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England and Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
Northamptonshire, the Montagus, the Spencers, and The Parliament of 1624 (578 words)
Northamptonshire, the Montagus, the Spencers, and The Parliament of 1624
Robert Ruigh's study of this Parliament is of interest for the light it throws on the activities of the Montagus and Spencers, who dominated the politics of Northamptonshire.
Edward, Lord Montagu, and Robert, Lord Spencer, heads of the eastern and western sections of the county, respectively, held conference at Boughton concerning the knights of the shire as soon as rumors of an impending Parliament began to circulate.
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