| Authorised form of name | Montagu; Edward (1602 - 1671); 2nd Earl of Manchester; politician and parliamentary army officer |
| Dates | 1602 - 1671 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 1602 |
| Place of death | Whitehall, London, England, Europe |
| Date of death | 5 May 1671 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Kimbolton Church, Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, England, Europe (13 May 1671) |
| Activity | Education:
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (MA 1632); incorporated at Oxford (1665)
Career:
Accompanied Prince Charles to Spain (1623); MP for Huntingdonshire (1624-1625, 1626); Commissioner of Regency (1641); accused of high treason by the King and impeached (1642); Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire (1642; 1660), of Northamptonshire (1643); member of the Westminster Assembly of divines (1643); Commander of the Parliamentary Forces in the Eastern Counties (1643-1645); captured King's Lynn (1643) and Lincoln (1644) for Parliament; Commander in chief of the parliamentary forces at the Battle of Marston Moor (1644); resigned his commission (1645); Commissioner of the Great Seal (1646-1648, 1660); Speaker of the House of Lords (1646-1648, 1660); Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1649-1651, 1660-1671); Lord Chamberlain (1660-1671); High Steward of Westminster (1660-1671); Chamberlain of South Wales (1660); joint Commissioner for the office of Earl Marshal (1662)
Honours:
KB 1626; Baron 1626; KG 1661 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 10/05/1665 |
| Proposer | Sir Robert Moray |
| Relationships | Parents: Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, and Catherine Spencer; succeeded his father (1642)
Married: 1) Susanna Hill; 2) Anne Rich; 3) Essex, Lady Bevil; 4) Eleanor Rich (née Wortley); 5) Margaret Hay
Children: four, including Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester
Additional relatives: cousin Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (FRS 1663) |
| OtherInfo | Montagu was exempt from paying subscriptions to the Royal Society and was inactive in its work and activities. Although initially a parliamentarian army officer, Montagu came into conflict with Cromwell in 1644 and ultimately resigned his command in 1645. He was not in the public eye during the remainder of the Commonwealth but assisted in the Restoration and was subsequently bestowed honours by Charles II. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn; Foster; GEC; Hunter; ODNB
Notes:
Held the courtesy title of Viscount Mandeville and received his father's barony of Kimbolton. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/52040052 |
| Code | NA8425 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EL/S1/45 | Observations of latitude and longitude of Madrid by Edward Montagu | 1666 |
| EL/S1/44 | Observations of the sun's meridian, a lunar eclipse, and a solar eclipse made at Lisbon by Edward Montagu | 1666 |
| EL/S1/43 | Observations of the solar eclipse witnessed in Madrid by Edward Montagu, dated at Madrid | 1666 |
| IM/003146 | Montagu, Edward, 2nd Earl of Manchester | |
| EL/S1/46 | Observations of the moon's meridian at Madrid in 1666 by Edward Montagu | 1667 |
| EL/S1/47 | Letter, from the Council of the Royal Society to the Earl of Sandwich [Edward Montagu] | 17 January 1667 |
| EL/S1/42a | Observations of Venus witnessed in Madrid by Edward Montagu, dated at Madrid | 1666 |
| EL/S1/42 | Letter, from Earl of Sandwich [Edward Montagu] to William Brouncker, dated at Madrid | 26 March 1667 |