Edward Montagu (c. 1636 – 2 August 1665) was an English politician, courtier and naval officer. He was the MP for

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, Kent.

Life

He was the eldest son of the second Baron Montagu. He was educated at

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, matriculated at

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, on 5 June 1651, and was admitted at

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, on 25 September 1651. He was created M.A. of Oxford on 9 September 1661. In 1659, he joined his cousin, Admiral Montagu, with a view to influencing him in favour of the

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, and was acting as a medium of communication between Charles II and the admiral in April 1660. He represented Sandwich in parliament from 1661 to 1665, and was

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to Queen

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. He was commissioned

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of the King's company in the King's Foot Guards in February 1661. He was killed in

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in August 1665, in the

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Notes

;Attribution 1630s births 1665 deaths 17th-century Royal Navy personnel Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge English military personnel killed in action English MPs 1661–1679 Heirs apparent who never acceded Edward Montagu People educated at Westminster School, London Royal Navy personnel of the Anglo-Dutch Wars Year of birth uncertain Grenadier Guards officers {{17thC-England-MP-stub