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inoft among the Engliffi heroes at the celebrated battle 
of C re fly ; and lie had alio a great (hare in the utbfe- 
quent victory ot' PoiCtiers. He was lord fteward of the 
houfehold to Richard II. and took part witli the king’s 
uncles ;n relilting the favourite, Robert de Vere earl of 
Oxford and duke of Ireland. He died June 3, 1397. 
John, third earl of Salilbury, fon of John lord Mouther, 
mer, adhered to Richard II. in oppolition to Henry duke 
of Hereford, afterwards Henry IV. and was in confe- 
quence beheaded j uniary 5, 1400. 
Thomas, fourth earl of Sahfbnry, his fon, was one o 
the molt diftinguilhed warriors in the campaigns carried 
on under Henry V. and Henry VI. for the-crown of 
prance. By the former of thefe princes he was appoint¬ 
ed fenefchal of Normandy, and created earl of Perche 
in that province. In the reitpi of the latter prince, lie 
took various towns from the French, particularly 
Avranches, Meliin, and §ens; and was fecond in com. 
mand under the regent duke of Bedford at the great 
victory of Verneuil. He conduced the liege of Orleans' 
in 1428, when he was killed by a cannon-ball, Novem¬ 
ber 3, in that year. 
. From Simon, the younger fon of John lord Monther- 
mer defeended fir Edward Montagu, who wqs fpeaker 
of the houle of commons in the reign of Henry VIII. 
He was promoted, January 21, 1539, to be lord chief juf- 
tice of the court of King’s Bench, which office he ex¬ 
changed, November 6, 1545, for that of lord chief juf- 
tice of the court of Common Pleas. He was deprived 
of this office upon the acceffion of queen Mary, and im- 
prifoned in the Tower upon fufpicion of having favour¬ 
ed the pretenfions of lady Jane.Grey. He died Febru¬ 
ary 10, 1557. Edward Montagu, his fon, had ilfue, 
1. Edward, lord Montagu, anccftor to the extinct 
dukes of Montagu. 2. Henry. 3. James, appointed, 
April 17, 1608, bifliop of Bath and Wells; and in 1617, 
was made bilhop of Winchefter. He was. one of the 
Englilh divines deputed to the fynod of Dort ; and 
tranllated the works of James I. into Latin. He died 
July 20,. 1618. 4. Sidney, anceftor to the earls of 
Sandwich. .Henry, the fecond fon, diftinguilhed him- 
felf among the advocates for privilege in the la ft years 
of queen Elizabeth. He was appointed, November 18, 
1616, lord chief juftice of the court pf King’s Bench; 
and, having refigned that office, was farther promoted, 
December 3, 1620, to be lord high treafurer of Eng¬ 
land ; and at the fame time was created baron Mon¬ 
tagu, of Kimbolton, in the county of Huntingdon, and 
vifeount Mandeville. He did not continue in the office 
of lord treafurer for more than a year, but upon his 
quitting it, was appointed lord prefident of the council. 
By Charles I. he was created earl of Manchefter in the 
county of Lancafter ; and, having refigned the office of 
lord prefident, was, in 1627, promoted to be lord keeper 
of the privy feal. 
Ed.ward, fecond earl of Manchefter, his fon, received 
fummons to parliamerit in the beginning of the reign of 
Charles I. as baron of Kimbolton. He was a principal 
leader of the party by which the arbitrary meafures of 
thbfe times were oppofed; and was feletted, together 
with five members of the houfe ofcommons,to be accufed 
by the king of high treafon, January 5, 1642. Having 
fucceeded to the title of earl of Manchefter, he was 
appointed, together with the earl of Bolingbroke;, and 
others, keeper of the great feal in behalf of the parlia¬ 
ment. He had the command of a regiment at the bat¬ 
tle of Edgehill, and of a conliderable divifion of the 
army at the decifive battle of Marfton Moor. He com¬ 
manded in chief at the fecond battle of Newbury, Octo¬ 
ber 27, 1664; but was foon after engaged in a perfonal 
altercation with Cromwell v and, April 2, 1645, lie, with 
the e..rl of Elfex, and others, threw up their commif- 
fions on account of the fell-denying ordinance. During 
Jhis period he was fpeaker of the houfe of peers ; bur, 
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having in vain exerted himfelf to bring about a com- . 
promife between the king and the parliament, he retired 
from public life, greatly difapproving of the fubfequent 
Severities againft that prince; and exprefled a perfonal 
jiatred againft the protector, Cromwell. The earl of 
Manchefter was very atlive in procuring the reftoration 
of Charles 1 [. and, when the-parliament met, April 25, 
1660, he officiated as. fp.eaked of the houfe of peers. 
Among the fubfequent appointments, he was declared 
lord chamberlain of the houfehold, and died May 5, 
1671. 
Charles, fourth earl of Manchefter, his grandfon, dil¬ 
approving of the meafures of the reign of James II. 
fpent the principal part of his time iti retirement. He 
appealed with other noble perfons at the trial of the feven 
bilhops, June 29, 1688 ; and afterwards waited upon the 
prince of Orange in Holland, fpr the purpofe of concert¬ 
ing with him the meafures that led to the revolution. 
He voted for filling the throne with the prince and 
princefs of Orange, and accompanied king William-ill 
his expedition to Ireland in 1690. He was promoted, 
March 23,1693, to be captain of the yeomen of the guards, 
and was afterwards fent upon feveral foreign emballies, 
particularly in May 1699, to the court of Verlailles. 
The king pf France having acknowledged the preten¬ 
der Charles Stuart as king of Great Britain upon the 
death of his father, his lord (hip immediately left the 
court, and returned to England ; and, having at the 
fame time refigned the office of captain of the yeomen 
of the guards, he was, January 4, 1702, conftituted one 
of the principal fecretaries of ftate, which office he re¬ 
figned upon the acceffion of queen Anne. Under that 
princefs he was again commiffioned to feveral foreign 
courts; and by George I. was created duke of Man- 
chefter. He died January 20, 1722. 
William, and Robert, his Ions, were fticcefli vely dukes 
of Manchefter. William married ifabella', the elded 
of the co-heirs of John duke of Montagu, April 16, 
1723, having fucceeded to his father’s honours on Ja¬ 
nuary 20, in the year preceding. He was appointed, in 
October 1737, captain of the yeomen of the guards; and 
died without ilfue October 21, 1739; Robert, his bro¬ 
ther, the third duke, married April 3, 1735; Harriet,, 
daughter and co-'heir of Edmund Dttnch, efquire, by 
which lady, he had ilfue, 1. Caroline, married to 
Charles, graydfon of Henry, ninth earl of Pembroke. 
2. George, fourth duke of Manchefter. 3. Charles-Gre- 
ville, married to Elizabeth, daughter of James Bulmer, 
efquire; by which lady he had ilfue, George-Charles, 
and feveral other children. His grace died - May io, 
1762. 
George, fourth duke of Manchefter, was born April 
6, 1737; married Ottdber 23, 1762, Elizabeth, eldeft 
daughter of fir James Dalhwood, bart. by whom he had 
ilfue, William, the prefent duke ; Frederic; Caroline- 
Maria, married to the duke of Montrofe ; and Anne- 
Maria. liis grace”was conftituted April 20, 1782, lord 
chamberlain of his majefty’s houfehold ; and, having 
refigned that office, was, April 9, 1783, appointed am- 
bafl'ador extraordinary and minifter plenipotentiary to 
the court of V'erfaillcs; in which fituation he negoci- 
ated the definitive treaty of peace. He refigned in De¬ 
cember in the fame year; and, dying on September 2, 
1788, was fucceeded by his eldeft fon, William, the 
prelent and fifth dyke. 
Creations. —Baron Montagu, of Kimholton, and 
Vifeount Mandeville, December 19, 1620. Earl of 
Manchefter, February 5, 1626. Duke of Manchefter, 
April 30, 1719. 
Residences. —Kimbolton Caftle, in the county of 
Huntingdon.—Town-houle, St. James’s Square. 
Armorial Bearings. —Seethe annexed Engraving. 
Motto. — Dijponendo mej non mutando me .—“ Appoint¬ 
ing me, not changing me.” 
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