MONTAGU, Hon. Robert (c.1668-93), of Kimbolton Castle, Hunts. and the Middle Temple.

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983
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Constituency

Dates

1690 - 4 Dec. 1693

Family and Education

b. c.1688, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Robert Montagu, Visct. Mandeville, and bro. of Hon. Heneage Montagu. educ. St. Paul’s sch.; Trinity Coll. Camb. adm. 29 Mar. 1684, aged 16; M. Temple 1684. unm.

Offices Held

Commr. for assessment, Hunts. 1689-90

Biography

Montagu’s elder brother, the 4th Earl of Manchester, took a prominent part in the Revolution, and he was probably unopposed at the general election of 1689. He seems to have been less active in the House than Charles Montagu or Edward Montagu II, though he was added to the committee to consider Irish miscarriages when it was revived on 18 July 1689. Though probably a Whig, he did not support the disabling clause in the bill to restore corporations. Re-elected in 1690, he died of a fever in his chambers on 4 Dec. 1693.

Hatton Corresp. (Cam. Soc. n.s. xxiii), 116; Luttrell, iii. 235.

Ref Volumes: 1660-1690

Author: E. R. Edwards

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