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MONTAGU 



It consists of 



the 

 or lit- 

 . in which 

 t ho Host is 

 placed. This is 

 mounted in a 

 gilded frame, 

 fn-'liicntly re- 

 presenting 

 emanating 

 rays, and sup- 

 ported by a 

 stem and foot. 

 Montagna, 

 BARTOLOMMKO 

 (c. 1450-1523). 

 Italian painter. 

 Born at Orzi- 

 nuovi, near 

 Brescia, he 

 probably stud- 

 i e d under 

 Alvise Vivarini 

 and was influ- 

 enced by Mantegna and Giovanni 

 Bellini. His earliest known picture 

 still extant is The Virgin and Child, 

 1487, at Bergamo. His Madonna 

 aii' I ( 'hild, in the National Gallery, 

 was formerly ascribed to Bellini. 

 Other important paintings are the 

 San Michele altar-piece, 1499, The 

 Presentation in the Temple, and 

 frescoes at Vicenza. At Verona 

 he painted the frescoes in the 

 chapel of S. Biagio. He died at 

 Vicenza, Oct. 11. 1523. 



Montagnana. City of Italy, in 

 the prov. of Padua. It stands on 

 the river Frassina, 22 m. direct 

 S.W. of Padua. Surrounded by old 

 walls with medieval towers, it has a 

 late Gothic cathedral with Renais- 

 sance choir, and the Palazzo 

 Pisano, the work of Palladio. There 

 is a fine collection of paintings in 

 the cathedral. Cotton, woollen, 

 silk, and hempen goods are manu- 

 factured. Pop. ir,200. 



Montagnards. Name given to 

 members of the party, often called 

 the Mountain (q.v. ), formed during 

 the French Revolution. 



Montagu. British battleship. 

 She ran ashore upon Shutterpoint, 

 Luncly Island, during a thick fog, 

 May 30, 1906, and became a total 

 wreck. She was 405 ft. long, 75J ft. 

 in beam, displaced 14,000 tons, and 

 had engines of 18,285 h.p., giving 

 a speed of 18i knots. She was 

 protected by armour varying from 

 14 ins. to 11 ins. in thickness, carried 

 four 12-inch, twelve 6-inch, and 

 twenty smaller guns, with four 

 toqjedo tubes. 



Montagu, EDWIN SAMUEL 

 (1879-1924) British politician. A 

 son of Lord Swaythling, a Jewish 

 banker, he was educated at the 

 City of London School and JYinity 



E. S. Montagu, 

 British politician 



( 'ul !;/>, Cam- 

 bridge. He 

 aeourod a 



and was for 

 four years 

 A.squith's pri- 

 vate secretary. 

 He was un- 

 der - secretary 

 for India from 1910-14, and finan- 

 cial secretary to the Treasury, 

 1914-16. In 1915 he was chancellor 

 of the duchy of Lancaster, and suc- 

 ceeded Lloyd George in 1916 as 

 minister of munitions. He left 

 office with Asquith in Dec., 1916, 

 but soon returned, this time as sec- 

 retary for India, in which capacity 

 he visited that country in 1917-18 

 in connexion with the suggested 

 scheme of constitutional reforms 

 In 1919 he successfully piloted the 

 Government of India Bill, and 

 resigned in Mar. 1922. He died 

 Nov. 15, 1924. 



Montagu, ELIZABETH (1720- 

 1800). English writer. Daughter 

 of Matthew Robinson, she was 

 bora at York, 

 Oct. 2, 1720. 

 In 1742 she 

 married 

 Kdward Mon- 

 tagu, a weal- 

 thy son of the 

 earl of Sand- 

 wich, and from 

 about 1750 

 onwards her 

 salons, first in 

 Hill Street, later at Montagu House, 

 Portman Square, were centres of 

 social-intellectual life in London. 

 Among those who frequented them 

 were Samuel Johnson, Burke, Gar- 

 rick, and Reynolds. An occasional 

 writer, she made a spirited reply to 

 Voltaire in her Essay on the Writ- 

 ings and Genius of Shakespeare, 

 1769. She died at Montagu House, 

 Aug. 25, 1800. Her May-day 

 dinners to London chimney-sweeps 

 were celebrated. See Bluestocking ; 

 consult also her letters, pub. 1809- 

 13, new ed., E. J. Climenson, 1906. 

 Montagu, LADY MARY WORTLEY 

 (1689-1762). English poet and 

 letter writer. A daughter of the 

 duke of Kingston, she was born at 

 Thoresby, Nottinghamshire, and 

 her father gave her a sound and 

 comprehensive education. In 1712 

 she married Edward Wortley 

 Montagu (d. 1761), and on his ap- 

 pointment as ambassador at Con- 

 stantinople in 1716 accompanied 

 him there, already recognized as 

 one of the most beautiful and the 

 most accomplished woman of her 

 time, and a great linguist. On the 

 return of the Montagus to England 



Elizabeth Montagu, 

 English writer 



they were persuaded by Pope to 

 Hettlo at Twickenham, but the 

 friendship between Lady Mary 

 and the poet gradually cooled, and 

 ultimately ended in a quarrel, in 

 which Pone 

 behaved dm 

 gracefully. 

 From 1739-61 

 ill-health com- 

 pelled Lady 

 Mary to live 

 in Italy. She 

 died in Eng 

 land, Aug. 21, 

 1762. Her gift 

 for satirical 

 verso was fhown in her Town 

 Eclogues, 1710, but it is as a letter 

 writer that she excels. Her Letters, 

 written during travels in Europe, 

 Asia, and Africa, were first pub- 

 lished in 1777. -Sec Lady Mary 

 Wortley Montagu and Her Times, 

 G. Paston, 1907. 



Montagu OF BEAULIEU, JOHN 

 WALTER EDWARD DOUOLAS-SCOTT- 

 MONTAOU, 2ND BARON (b. 1866). 

 Born June 10, 

 1866, and edu- 

 cated at Eton 

 and New Col- 

 lege, Oxford 

 he was Con- 

 servative M.P. 

 for the New 

 Forest div. of 

 Hants, 1892- 

 1905, when he 

 succeeded to 

 the peerage. 

 A great sportsman and traveller, 

 he represented The Times during 

 the Matabele War. He became 

 known as an expert on motoring, 

 aviation, and all transport ques- 

 tions, being vice-president of the 

 Royal Automobile Club and a 

 member of the Road Board. He 

 was the founder and editor of The 

 Car, and wrote the article Motor Car 

 for this Encyclopedia. From 1915- 

 19 he was adviser on mechanical 

 transport to the Indian govern- 

 ment, being made C.S.I., 1916, 

 and K.C.I.E., 1919. 



Montague. Anglicised form of 

 the name of one of the rival families 

 of Verona (Montecchi), whose 

 quarrels form the story on which 

 Shakespeare based his Romeo and 

 Juliet (q.v.). In the play it is repre- 

 sented by Montague, head of the 

 house, Lady Montague, their son 

 Romeo, and their nephew Benvolio. 

 Montagu House. Name of 

 several London residences. The 

 French Renaissance building in 

 Whitehall Gardens was, until Jan., 

 1917, the town residence of the 

 duke of Buccleuch. It waa built 

 by William Burn, 1858-60, at a 

 cost of 100,000, on the site of an 

 earlier Montagu House, erected 



2nd Baron Montagu 

 of Beaulicu 



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