Montagu family

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Chapters: Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, George Montagu, Duke of Manchester, John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, Lord Robert Montagu, William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester, James Montagu, Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester, William Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester, John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, Victor Montagu, William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester, John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich, George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester, Baron Montagu of Boughton, Louisa Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Edward Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke, George Montagu, 8th Duke of Manchester, John Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich, Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester, Frederick Montagu, George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester, Edward Montagu, 8th Earl of Sandwich, Consuelo Yznaga del Valle, Duchess of Manchester, Angus Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester, George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, Alexander Montagu, 13th Duke of Manchester, George Montagu, 6th Earl of Sandwich, Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich, Dorothy Montagu, Countess of Sandwich, Lord Charles Montagu, George Montagu, 9th Earl of Sandwich, Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke of Manchester, Sidney Montagu, 11th Duke of Manchester, Alexander Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester, William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester, Basil Montagu, Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich, Alice Stanley, Countess of Derby, Heneage Montagu. Excerpt: John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS (3 November 1718 - 30 April 1792) was a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather, Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich, as the Earl of Sandwich in 1729, at the age of ten. During his life he held various military and political offices, including Postmaster General, First Lord of the Admiralty and Secretary of State for the Northern Department, but is perhaps best known for the claim that he invented the modern concept of the sandwich. John Montagu was born in 1718, the son of Edward Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke. At the age of four his father died, leaving him as his heir. His mother soon remarried and he had little further contact with her. He succeeded his grandfather as Earl of Sandwich in 1729. Educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge, Montagu spent some time in travelling, initially going on the Grand Tour round Continental Europe before visiting the more unusual destinations of Greece, Turkey and Egypt which were then part of the Ottoman Empire. This led him to later found a number of Orientalist societies. On his return to England in 1739 he took his seat in the House of Lords as a follower of the Duke of Bedford, one of the wealthiest and most powerful politicians of the era. He became a Patriot Whig and one of the sharpest critics of the Walpole government, attacking the government's strategy in the War of the Austrian Succession. Like many Patriot Whigs, Sandwich was opposed to Britain's support of Hanover and strongly opposed the deployment of British troops on the European Continent to protect it instead arguing that Britain should make greater use of its naval power. He gained attention for his speeches in parliament which earned him a reputation for clearly setting out his argument, even if they lacked natural eloquence...