William Drogo Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester KP (

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, 15 October 1823 – 22Sometimes appears 21. March 1890), known as Lord Kimbolton from 1823 to 1843 and as Viscount Mandeville from 1843 to 1855, was a British peer and

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Early life

William Montagu was born at

in 1823. He was the eldest son of

George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester DL (9 July 1799 – 18 August 1855), known as Viscount Mandeville from 1799 to 1843, was a British peer and Tory Member of Parliament. Early life George Montagu was born at Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdons ...

. His mother was Millicent Bernard-Sparrow, daughter of Brig. Gen. Robert Bernard-Sparrow of Brampton Park,

Huntingdonshire Huntingdonshire (; abbreviated Hunts) is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and a historic county of England. The district council is based in Huntingdon. Other towns include St Ives, Godmanchester, St Neots and Ramsey. The popu ...

, and wife the Lady Olivia Acheson (eldest daughter of

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Career

He was MP for

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1848–1852 and

1852–1855. He joined the

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on 27 May 1848. It was

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's unfulfilled hope that Lord Mandeville would emigrate to New Zealand and be the aristocratic leader in the colony. However Lord Mandeville and his grandmother, Lady Olivia Bernard-Sparrow, did buy of land between them in

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near

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is named after Lord Mandeville. He succeeded to the dukedom on the death of his father in 1855, inheriting the family seat of

in Huntingdonshire.

Personal life

He had an illegitimate son with Sarah Maria Morris. When Sarah was eight months pregnant, the Montagu family had her married off to Samuel Palmer on 4 March 1850. When the child was born on 10 May 1850, he was named William Edward Palmer. William Edward Palmer married Emma Prentice on 24 December 1873 at Harrold, Bedfordshire. William was married to Countess Luise Friederike Auguste von Alten in

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on 22 July 1852. Together, they had five children: * George Victor Drogo Montagu, 8th Duke of Manchester (1853–1892), who married Francisca de la Consolacion Yznaga on 22 May 1876. * Lady Mary Louisa Elizabeth Montagu (1854–1934), who married

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on 10 December 1873. She remarried Robert Forster on 20 July 1897. * Lady Louisa Augusta Beatrice Montagu (1856–1944), who married

Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford, (19 August 1841 – 11 April 1922) was a British peer. The son of Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford, he was born at Worlingham Hall, Suffolk, in 1841, and educated at Harrow Schoo ...

on 10 August 1876. * Lord Charles William Augustus Montagu (1860–1939), who married Hon. Mildred Sturt (daughter of Henry Gerard Sturt, 1st Baron Alington) on 4 December 1930. * Lady Alice Maude Olivia Montagu (1862–1957), who married

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on 5 January 1889. In 1877, he was created a

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. He was also the Grand Prior of the

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(1861-1888), the last one not to be a member of the Royal House. He died on 22 March 1890 in Italy at the Hotel Royal,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Manchester, William Montagu, 7th Duke Of 1823 births 1890 deaths Bailiffs Grand Cross of the Order of St John William 3 Knights of St Patrick William Montagu, 07th Duke of Manchester UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 Manchester, D7 Members of the Canterbury Association Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Huntingdonshire People from Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire