The title of Duke of Montagu has been created twice, firstly for the
Montagu family
Montagu may refer to:
* Montagu (surname)
Titles of nobility
* Duke of Montagu
* Marquess of Montagu
** John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (c. 1431 – 1471), Yorkist leader in the Wars of the Roses
* Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
* Baron Mon ...
of
Boughton, Northamptonshire, and secondly for the Brudenell family, Earls of Cardigan. It was first created in the
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in t ...
in 1705 for
Ralph Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Boughton, with the subsidiary title ''Marquess of Monthermer,'' but became extinct in 1749. 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
The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between the Acts of Union 1707 and the Acts of Union 1800. It replaced the Peerage of England and the Peerage of Scotland, but was itself r ...
in 1766 (together with the subsidiary title ''Marquess of Monthermer'') for the late Duke's son-in-law
George Brudenell, 4th Earl of Cardigan
George Montagu, Duke of Montagu KG, PC, FRS (26 July 1712 – 23 May 1790)G. E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ir ...
, who adopted the surname of Montagu. On his death in 1790 the dukedom and marquessate became extinct a second time, but the earldom passed to his brother,
James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan
James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan (20 April 1725 – 24 February 1811), styled The Honourable James Brudenell until 1780 and known as The Lord Brudenell between 1780 and 1790, was a British courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commo ...
.
The dukedom is named after the Montagu family "of Boughton" in Northamptonshire, where the 1st Duke built the splendid and surviving
Boughton House
Boughton House is a country house in the parish of Weekley in Northamptonshire, England, situated about north-east of Kettering. It is situated within an estate of .
The present house was built by Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu (d.1709), ...
, which claimed descent from the ancient
Anglo-Norman Anglo-Norman may refer to:
*Anglo-Normans, the medieval ruling class in England following the Norman conquest of 1066
* Anglo-Norman language
**Anglo-Norman literature
* Anglo-Norman England, or Norman England, the period in English history from 10 ...
family of
Montagu, Earls of Salisbury, which connection is however unproven. The earliest proven ancestor of the Montagu family of Boughton is Thomas Montagu (d.1516) of Hemington, Northamptonshire, the son of Richard Ladde (d.1484), "alias Montagu", of Hanging Houghton in Northamptonshire, whose family of Ladde is recorded in the deeds of that place from 1355. Richard Ladde "alias Montagu" was the father of Sir
Edward Montagu, Lord Chief Justice (great-great grandfather of the 1st Duke), who purchased the estate of Boughton in 1528. It is suggested by the Complete Peerage that the Ladde family adopted the surname of Montagu due to "having to deal with some Montagu inheritance", i.e. dictated by the terms of a bequest from a member of that family, as was common practice, requiring the legatee to adopt the surname and arms of the legator, where a branch of a family had died out in the male line. Collins Peerage
[Collins Peerage, Vol.II, p.42,] suggests that the Montagu family of Boughton was descended from James "Montagu", a natural son of
Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury
Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury, KG (13 June 13883 November 1428) of Bisham in Berkshire, was an English nobleman and one of the most important English commanders during the Hundred Years' War.
Origins
He was the eldest son of John Monta ...
(1388-1428), the maternal grandfather of "
Warwick the King-Maker", 16th Earl of Warwick, 6th Earl of Salisbury. The Montagu family of Boughton and its descendants use the coat of arms of Montagu, Earls of Salisbury, but
differenced by a ''bordure sable'', and quarters the arms of
Monthermer, as did the Earls of Salisbury, but undifferenced.
Sir
Edward Montagu of Boughton, Lord Chief Justice, was the ancestor of Montagu, Duke of Montagu, Montagu, Earls and Dukes of Manchester, Montagu, Earls of Sandwich and Montagu, Earls of Halifax.
Earls of Montagu (1689)
:''Other titles: Baron Montagu of Boughton (1621)''
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Ralph Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Boughton, 1st Earl of Montagu (1638–c. 1709) (created Duke of Montagu in 1705)
Dukes of Montagu, first Creation (1705)
:''Other titles: Earl of Montagu (1689) and Baron Montagu of Boughton (1621)''
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Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu
Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu (24 December 1638 – 9 March 1709) was an English courtier and diplomat.
Background
Ralph Montagu was the second son of Edward Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton (1616–1684), and Anne Winwood, daughte ...
(1638–c. 1709) was a courtier and diplomat
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John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu
John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, (1690 – 5 July 1749), styled Viscount Monthermer until 1705 and Marquess of Monthermer between 1705 and 1709, was a British peer.
Life
Montagu was an owner of a coal mine.
Montagu went on the grand tour wi ...
(1690–1749), only son of the 1st Duke, died without male issue
Dukes of Montagu, second Creation (1766)
:''Other titles: Marquess of Monthermer (1766), Earl of Cardigan (1661), Baron Brudenell of Stonton, in the county of Leicester (1628) and Baron Montagu of Boughton, in the county Northampton (1786)''
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George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu
George Montagu, Duke of Montagu KG, PC, FRS (26 July 1712 – 23 May 1790)G. E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ir ...
(1712–1790), son-in-law of the 2nd Duke
**
John Montagu, Marquess of Monthermer
John Montagu, Marquess of Monthermer, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton (18 March 1735 – 11 April 1770) was a British peer.
Life
He was born John Brudenell, the eldest son of George Brudenell, 4th Earl of Cardigan, by his wife Mary, daughter ...
(1735–1770), only son of the 1st Duke, predeceased his father unmarried
Family tree
References
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Extinct dukedoms in the Peerage of England
Extinct dukedoms in the Peerage of Great Britain
Duke
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Duke
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