| Code | P/0075 |
| Dates | 1771-1843 |
| Person Name | Montagu; Sir; William (1771-1843); 5th Duke of Manchester (1788-1843); of Kimbolton Castle |
| Surname | Montagu |
| Forenames | William |
| PreTitle | Sir |
| Title | 5th Duke of Manchester (1788-1843) |
| Epithet | of Kimbolton Castle |
| Relationships | Father: Sir George Montagu 4th Duke of Manchester (1737-1788)
Mother: Elizabeth Dashwood (c. 1740–1832), daughter of Sir James Dashwood, 2nd Baronet of Kirtlington Park
Spouse: Lady Susan Gordon (1774-1828), 3rd daughter of the 4th Duke of Gordon
Children of this marriage:
- Lady Jane Montagu (1794–1815), died unmarried
- George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester (1799–1855)
- Lord William Francis Montagu (1800–1842), m. Emily, third daughter of James Du Pre of Wilton Park [Bucks]
- Lady Georgiana Frederica Montagu (1803–1892), m. Evan Baillie of Dochfour nr. Inverness
- Lady Elizabeth Montagu (d.1847), m. Major General Thomas Steele
- Lady Susan Montagu (c. 1801–1870), m. George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale
- Lady Caroline Catherine Montagu (c.1804–1892), m. John Hales Calcraft, MP
- Lady Emily Montagu (1806–1827), died unmarried
The Duke and Duchess were estranged by the time of his appointment to the Governorship of Jamaica and they later separated. |
| RefNo | Title |
| KMAN1/A/10/9/7 | Opinion on the case of the Duke of Manchester's health following his treatment for a head wound |
| KMAN1/A/49/12/2 | Letter to the Duke of Manchester from R. W. Morton[?] |
| KMAN1/A/49/12/6 | Letter to Lord Frederick Montagu from Lord Liverpool, Coombe Wood |
| KMAN1/A/49/12/9 | Account of the fees and duties incurred in the appointment of the Duke of Manchester as Postmaster General |
| KMAN1/A/10/13/2 | Notes labelled "General Remarks" containing additional legal notes on the case of Lecesne and Escoffery |
| KMAN1/A/49/17/2 | Letter to the Duke of Manchester from the Duke of Wellington, Walmer Castle [Kent] |
| KMAN1/A/10/9/12 | Bundle of loose unrelated papers |
| KMAN1/A/49/17/1 | Draft letter addressed to Prince Lieven, unsigned [in the hand of the 5th Duke of Manchester] |
| KMAN1/A/49/12/7 | Copy extract from a letter to Lord Liverpool from Lord Frederick Montagu |
| KMAN1/A/49/12/4 | Copy extract from a letter to Lord Liverpool from Lord Frederick Montagu, Southampton |
| KMAN1/A/10/13/3 | Correspondence, mainly between the Duke of Manchester and H. J. Hinchcliffe, about the legal case involving Lecesne and Escoffery |
| KMAN1/A/10/13/4 | Published pamphlet titled "Two Letters to The Colonial Secretary from Hector Mitchel in Answer to The Yellow Book" |
| KMAN1/A/10/13/1 | Handwritten notes, presumably compiled by the Duke and/or his lawyers in preparation for the legal case regarding the deportation of Lecesne and Escoffery from Jamaica |
| KMAN1/A/10/13/5 | Unbound volume labelled "Confidential No. 4. J. Horton" containing a published letter from Stephen Lushington to Courtenay, setting out the facts of the case |
| KMAN1/A/10/13/6 | Bundle of contemporary newspaper reports referring to the case of Lecesles and Escoffery |
| KMAN1/A/10/2 | Extract from a Jamaican newspaper condemning Rear Admiral Sir Home Popham for receiving men of colour while stationed at Jamaica |
| KMAN1/A/10/13 | Papers relating to the Duke of Manchester's involvement in the deportation of Louis Celeste Lecesne and John Escoffery from the island of Jamaica |
| KMAN1 | Records of the Montagu family of Kimbolton Castle |
| KMAN1/A/10/32 | Manuscript notebook containing an account by Susan, Duchess of Manchester, of the circumstances leading to her separation from her husband, the 5th Duke of Manchester |
| KMAN1/A/49/16/3 | Letter to the Duke of Manchester from P...[?], possibly the Earl of Powys |
| KMAN1/A/17/3/8/35 | Engraving commemorating the appointment of the Duke of Manchester as an Honorary Member of the Royal Jennerian Society |
| KMAN1/A/49/16/1 | Letter to the Duke of Manchester from Lord Bathurst, Mansfield Street |
| KMAN1/A/49/16/2 | Letter to the Duke of Manchester from R. M. Morton[?], Derry Street |
| KMAN1/A/49/12/5 | Letter to Lord Frederick Montagu from Earl Bathurst, Stanhope Street |
| KMAN1/A/49/12/12 | Societe Francaise de Statistique Universelle: admission of the Duke of Manchester as an honorary member |
| KMAN1/A/49/12/10 | Letter to the Duke of Manchester from J. Vernon, Treasury Chambers |
| KMAN1/A/49/12/11 | Circular letter from the Earl Marshal's Office, Whitehall, seeking confirmation of those Peers who intend to be present at the Coronation |
| KMAN1/A/49/12/14 | Letter to Lord Frederick Montagu from Lord Bathurst, Stanhope Street |
| KMAN1/A/49/17/3 | Memorandum labelled "In Relation to the Game Laws" |
| KMAN1/A/49/16/4 | Unfinished letter addressed to "My Lord", unsigned |
| KMAN1/A/49/12/8 | Letter to Lord Frederick Montagu from Lord Liverpool, Bath |
| KMAN1/A/49/12/1 | Letter to the Duke of Manchester from …[?], Foreign Office |
| KMAN1/A/49/12/3 | Letter to Earl Bathurst from the Duke of Manchester |
| KMAN1/A/49/18 | Address to the 5th Duke of Manchester, on his resignation of the office of Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire |
| KMAN1/A/17/4/13/1 | Prints of portraits by the Masters in the possession of the Duke of Manchester in 1880, published by The Arundel Society |
| KMAN1/A/17/4/6/2 | Invitation to the coronation of King William IV addressed to William Duke of Manchester |
| KMAN1/A/21B/9/16 | Letter to the Duke of Manchester from Prince Lieven, Dover Street [London] |