William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester

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

His Grace The Duke of Manchester KP
The Duke of Manchester, 1860
Member of Parliament for Bewdley
In office 1848–1852
Monarch	Victoria
Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire
In office 1852–1855
Monarch	Victoria
Personal details
Born	William Drogo Montagu, Lord Kimbolton 15 October 1823 Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire, England
Died	22 March 1890 (aged 66)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Countess Luise Friederike Auguste von Alten ​ ​ (m. 1852)​
Children	William Edward Palmer (illegitimate) George Montagu, 8th Duke of Manchester Lady Mary Forster Louisa Acheson, Countess of Gosford Lord Charles Montagu Alice Stanley, Countess of Derby
Parents	George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester Millicent Sparrow

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 Sparrow, daughter of Brig. Gen. Robert Bernard Sparrow of Brampton Park, Huntingdonshire.[1]

Career

He was MP for Bewdley 1848–1852 and Huntingdonshire 1852–1855.[1]

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 Sparrow, did buy 500 acres (200 ha) of land between them in Riccarton. Mandeville North near Kaiapoi is named after Lord Mandeville.[1]

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. When Sarah was eight months pregnant, the Montagu Family had her married off to Samuel Palmer on 4 March 1850. 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.

William was married to Countess Luise Friederike Auguste von Alten on 22 July 1852. Together, they had five children:[2]

• George Victor Drogo Montagu, 8th Duke of Manchester (1853–1892), who married Francisca de la Consolacion Yznaga on 22 May 1876.[2]
• Lady Mary Louisa Elizabeth Montagu (1854–1934), who married William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton on 10 December 1873. She remarried Robert Forster on 20 July 1897.[2]
• Lady Louisa Augusta Beatrice Montagu (1856–1944), who married Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford on 10 August 1876.[2]
• Lord Charles William Augustus Montagu (1860–1939), who married Hon. Mildred Sturt (daughter of Henry Gerard Sturt, 1st Baron Alington) on 4 December 1930.[2]
• Lady Alice Maude Olivia Montagu (1862–1957), who married Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby on 5 January 1889.[2]

In 1877, he was created a Knight of the Order of St Patrick. He died on 22 March 1890 in Italy at the Hotel Royal, Naples.[1]

References

1. 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.
2. "Manchester, Duke of (GB, 1719)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Manchester