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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.

Linked entries in the catalogue

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/10/13/2	Notes labelled "General Remarks" containing additional legal notes on the case of Lecesne and Escoffery
KMAN1/A/10/9/12	Bundle of loose unrelated papers
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

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