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Montagu (surname)

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Montagu ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɒ|n|t|ə|ɡ|juː}} {{respell|MON|tə|ghew}}) is an English surname of Old French origin, a form of Montague. One notable family with this surname is the House of Montagu, who include the Earls of Sandwich. Notable people with the surname include:

:*Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu (died 1361), English peer

:*Sir Edward Montagu (judge) (c.1485–1556/1557), English lawyer and judge

:*Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton (1532–1601/1602) of Boughton House

:*Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton (1560–1644), son of the above

:*Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (1602–1671)

:*Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (1625–1672), English landowner, military officer and politician

:*Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich (1648–1688)

:*Edward Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton (1616–1684), Baron Montagu of Boughton House

:*Edward Montagu (died 1665) (c. 1636–1665), English MP for Sandwich

:*Edward Montagu (1649–1690), English MP for Northamptonshire and Seaford

:*Edward Montagu (1672–1710), English MP for Chippenham

:*Edward Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke (1692–1722)

:*Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich (1670–1729)

:*Edward Montagu (died 1738) (after 1684–1738), British MP for Northampton

:*Edward Montagu (1692–1776), British MP for Huntingdon

:*Edward Wortley Montagu (traveller) (1713–1776), English author and traveller

:*Sir Edward Wortley Montagu (diplomat) (1678–1761), British diplomat

:*Edward Hussey-Montagu, 1st Earl Beaulieu (1721–1802), British peer and politician

:*Edward Montagu (Indian Army officer) (1755–1799)

:*Edward Montagu, 8th Earl of Sandwich (1839–1916), Conservative politician and author (known as Viscount Hinchingbrooke until 1884)

:*Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (1926–2015), English politician

:* John Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu ({{circa|1330}}–{{circa|1390}}), English nobleman

:* John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury ({{circa|1350}}–1400), English nobleman

:* John Montagu (Trinity) ({{circa|1650}}–1728), Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1683–1699

:* John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu (1690–1749), British peer

:* John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718–1792), British statesman, claimed inventor of the sandwich

:* John Montagu (Royal Navy officer) (1719–1795), Governor for Newfoundland and Labrador

:* John Montagu, Marquess of Monthermer (1735–1770), British peer

:* John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich (1744–1814), British peer and Tory politician

:* John Montagu (colonial secretary) (1797–1853), British army officer and Colonial Secretary

:* John Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich (1811–1884), British peer and Conservative politician

:* John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich (born 1943), British entrepreneur and politician

See also

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Category:English-language surnames