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peculiarly instructive and entertaining. His wife did not long sur- 

 vive him. I find in the obituary notices in the Getifkmati^s Magazine, 

 March, i8i6,the following paragraph :" February loth, at the Hotw-tUs, 

 near Bristol, Anne, widow of the late Colonel Montagu, of Lackham, 

 Wilts, and mother of the gallant Captain Frederick Montagu, who fell 

 at Albuera." In the following August the collections of Greek coins 

 and English medals were disposed of, also at least 300 letters of John, 

 ■ Duke of Marlborough, a few of Queen Anne, and various other papers 

 of historical interest, which had descended to Mrs. Montagu through 

 her grandfather, Sir Charles Hedges, Queen Anne's secretary. 

 I append a schedule of his life : — 



GEORGE MONTAGU, F.L.S., 



Soldier, Conchologist, and Ornithologist. 

 (Born at Lackham, in North Wilts, 1755). 



YEAR AGE 



Entered the Army as Lieutenant in 15th Regiment of Foot. 



Married Anne, daughter of William Courtenay, and niece of the 

 Marquis of Bute. 



His regiment ordered to America. 



Returned from America. 



Birth of eldest son, George Conway Montagu. 



Resided at Easton Grey, near Malmesbury. 



Acted as Lieutenant-Colonel of Militia. 



Devoted to scientific study and natural history pursuits. 



Working at the Shells of Wilts. 



Birth of his son Frederick. 



Residing at Alderton House. 



Corresponded with Gilbert White : he delights in the fact that he was 

 an ornithologist from infancy. 



" The Sportsman's Directory" published in London. 



Wrote on Rare British Birds in the Trans. Linn. Society. 



Resigned his commission in the Wilts Militia, and went to reside at 

 Kingsbridge, Devon. 



Library sold by Sotheby, also part of his collection of coins. 



The " Ornithological Dictionary or Alphabetical Synopsis of British 

 Birds." 



Publication of the " Testacea Britannica;" The " Sportsman's Direc- 

 tory" reprinted. Papers to Trans. Linn. Soc. on Devonshire animals. 



Notes on Marine Animals, also Notes in Trans. Linn. Society. 



Papers on Marine Animals, also Birds in Trans. Linn. Society. 



Issued a supplement to the " Testacea Britannica." 



Contributed papers to the Wernerian Society, 1809 to 1815. 



Death of his son Frederick at Albuera. 



Published a supplement to the " Ornithological Dictionary." 



Died of lockjaw on June 20th, at Knowle House, Kingsbridge, Devon. 



The writer of the biographical notice in the Dictionary of Natio7ial 

 Biography states that the Colonel had two sons and two daughters. 

 According to Cunnington he had four sons and two daughters. Three 



