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Quartered arms of George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, KG. George Montagu, Duke of Montagu KG, PC, FRS (26 July 1712 – 23 May 1790) styled Lord Brudenell until 1732 and known as the Earl of Cardigan between 1732 and 1766, was a British peer.
The 1st Duke had been created Earl of Montagu and Viscount Monthermer in 1689. The Dukedom was then recreated in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1766 (together with the subsidiary title Marquess of Monthermer) for the late Duke's son-in-law George Brudenell, 4th Earl of Cardigan, who adopted the surname of Montagu.
A member of the prominent Montagu family, Lord Sandwich was the son of Sir Sidney Montagu, youngest brother of Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester (from whom the Dukes of Manchester descend), and Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton (from whom the Dukes of Montagu descended).
George Montagu, Duke of Montagu KG, PC, FRS styled Lord Brudenell until 1732 and known as the Earl of Cardigan between 1732 and 1766, was a British peer.
On the death of the 4th Earl of Warwick in 1673 the Montagu family succeeded to the Leighs estate in Essex (sold to Guy's Hospital c.1750). The 4th Earl of Manchester ( c. 1662-1722) was created...
George Montagu (Brudenell), 1st Duke of Montagu, Marquess of Monthermer, 4th Earl of Cardigan, Baron Brudenell KG (1712–1790) created 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton, (with a special remainder to the younger sons of his daughter, who had married the 3rd Duke of Buccleuch).
Publication date: 23 June 2017. Museum Archivist Francesca Hillier takes us through the fascinating history of the first building to house the British Museum's collection, Montagu House. On 11 January 1753 Sir Hans Sloane died and left his collection to the nation.
