Person Montagu; John (1690 - 1749); 2nd Duke of Montagu; courtier, colonial governor and philanthropist Montagu John 2nd Duke of Montagu courtier, colonial governor and philanthropist 1690 - 1749 British Male Boughton, Northamptonshire 29 March 1690 His house in Privy Gardens 06 July 1749 Burial: Warkton, Northumberland
Montagu House, Bloomsbury, Middlesex (on the site now occupied by the British Museum); Boughton House, Northamptonshire
Soldier Education: Cambridge. MD (1717) Career: Master of the Great Wardrobe (1709-death); Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire and Warwickshire (1715-death); Colonel, 1st Troop of Horse Guards (1715-1721, 1737); Colonel, 3rd Regiment of Horse (1740-death); Lord Proprietor and Captain General, islands of St Lucia and St Vincent (1722); Governor of the Isle of Wight (1733-1734); Captain, Band of Gentleman Pensioners (1734-1740); Major General (1735); Privy Councillor (1736); Lieutenant General (1739); Master General of the Ordnance (1740-death); one of the Lords Justice Regents of the Realm (1745, 1748); General (1746); died of a violent fever Honours: KG 1719; KB 1725 Memberships: FRCP (1717); Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England Freemasons (1721-1722); FSA (1725) Son of Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, and his first wife, Elizabeth, widow of Joceline Percy, Earl of Northumberland, and daughter of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton and his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Leigh, 1st Earl of Chichester; succeeded his father (1709); married Mary, daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and his wife, Sarah, daughter of Richard Jennings Fellow 13/03/1718 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; GEC References: Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1749), p331; Obituary, London Magazine (1749), p336 Notes: He was styled Viscount or Lord Monthermer up until 1705 and Marquess of Monthermer between 1705 and 1709. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 29 Mar 1690 - 6 Jul 1749 NA7805 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 11/12/2024 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 921af9cb-bbce-41ce-a3d9-fc42ca6370a7