Edward Montagu (1672–1710) was an English politician, elected as Member of Parliament for

Chippenham Chippenham is a market town in north-west Wiltshire, England. It lies north-east of Bath, Somerset, Bath, west of London and is near the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town was established on a crossing of the River Avon, ...

in 1698. His kinsman

Alexander Popham Alexander Popham (1605 – 1669) of Littlecote, Wiltshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1669. He was patron of the philosopher John Locke. Early life Popham was born at Littlec ...

, one of the two Chippenham Members since 1690, in 1698 stood instead in

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, making way for Montagu.*David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley, ''The House of Commons, 1690-1715'', Volume 1 (2002), p. 174.

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1672 births 1710 deaths English MPs 1698–1700 Politicians from Chippenham Place of birth missing {{1698-England-MP-stub