William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester

His Grace
The Duke of Manchester
KP
The Duke of Manchester, 1860
Member of Parliament
for Bewdley
In office
1848–1852
MonarchVictoria
Member of Parliament
for Huntingdonshire
In office
1852–1855
MonarchVictoria
Personal details
Born
William Drogo Montagu, Lord Kimbolton

15 October 1823
Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire, England
Died22 March 1890 (1890-03-23) (aged 66)
Naples, Italy
Political partyConservative
Spouse
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(m. 1852)​
Children
Parents

William Drogo Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester KP (15[1] October 1823 – 22[2] March 1890), known as Lord Kimbolton from 1823 to 1843[3] and as Viscount Mandeville from 1843 to 1855, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.

Early life

William Montagu was born at Kimbolton Castle in 1823. He was the eldest son of George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester. His mother was Millicent Bernard-Sparrow, daughter of Brig. Gen. Robert Bernard-Sparrow of Brampton Park, Huntingdonshire, and wife the Lady Olivia Acheson (eldest daughter of Arthur Acheson, 1st Earl of Gosford).[3]

Career

He was MP for Bewdley 1848–1852 and Huntingdonshire 1852–1855.[3]

He joined the Canterbury Association on 27 May, 1848. It was Edward Gibbon Wakefield's unfulfilled hope that Lord Mandeville would emigrate to New Zealand and be the aristocratic leader in the colony. However, Lord Mandeville and his grandmother, Lady Olivia Bernard-Sparrow, did buy 500 acres (200 ha) of land between them in Riccarton. Mandeville North near Kaiapoi is named after Lord Mandeville.[3]

He succeeded to the dukedom on the death of his father in 1855, inheriting the family seat of Kimbolton Castle in Huntingdonshire.

Personal life

Kimbolton Castle (1880), the former family seat of the Dukes of Manchester

He had an illegitimate son with Sarah Maria Morris.[citation needed] When Sarah was eight months pregnant, the Montagu family had her married off to Samuel Palmer on 4 March, 1850.[citation needed] When the child was born on 10 May 1850, he was named William Edward Palmer. William Edward Palmer married Emma Prentice on 24 December 1873, at Harrold, Bedfordshire.[citation needed]

William was married to Countess Luise Friederike Auguste von Alten in Hanover on 22 July 1852. Together, they had five children:[4]

In 1877, he was created a Knight of the Order of St Patrick. He was also the Grand Prior of the Order of Saint John (1861-1888), the last one not to be a member of the Royal House.

He held 27,000 acres with 13,000 of these in Huntingdon and 12,000 in Co Armagh.[5]

He died on 22 March 1890, in Italy at the Hotel Royal, Naples.[3]

References

  1. ^ Sometimes appears 16.
  2. ^ Sometimes appears 21.
  3. ^ a b c d e Bain, Rev. Michael (2007). The Canterbury Association (1848–1852): A Study of Its Members' Connections (PDF). Christchurch: Project Canterbury. pp. 60–61. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Manchester, Duke of (GB, 1719)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  5. ^ The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland
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