Person P/0057 Montagu; Lord; John William (1811-1884); 7th Earl of Sandwich; of Hinchingbrooke House Montagu John William Lord 1811-1884 of Hinchingbrooke House Male John Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke (1814-1818) P/0058 P/0056 F/0009 1811- Born in London on November 8th 1814-1818- Styled Viscount Hinchingbrooke 1818- Inherited his father's lands and titles c.1818-1827- Educated at Eton 1827-1829- Studied at Trinity College, Cambridge 1830- Hinchingbrooke House damaged by fire 1830-1832- Hinchingbrooke House reconstructed 1832- Commissioned as an Ensign in the 1st Grenadier Guards 1833- Appointed High Steward of Huntingdon 1838- Married Mary Paget 1841- Appointed Custos Rotulorum of Huntingdonshire 1841-1884- Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire 1852- Colonel in the Huntingdonshire Militia; sworn into the Privy Council; Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms 1858-1859- Master of the Buckhounds 1865- Married Blanche Egerton 1883-1884- Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria 1884- Died on the 3rd of March

John Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich (1811-1884) was the only son of George Montagu, 6th Earl of Sandwich (1773-1818), and became Earl at the age of six after his father's premature death from consumption in Rome. His mother, Louisa Lowry-Corry (d.1862), managed the family estates until 1832 when John came of age. By this time, he had been educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge he played two First Class Cricket Matches for the University, though it is unknown if he continued to take an interest in the sport. However, in 1830 a fire took hold of the east wing of Hinchingbrooke House, and though most of the paintings and furniture was saved, it took until 1832 for the reconstruction work to be completed. In 1832, having reached his majority, the 7th Earl was commissioned as an Ensign in the 1st Grenadier Guards though it is unclear whether he saw active service or when he retired from this position. In the tradition of his family, he was a Tory peer and in the 1850s held the position of Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms in the Earl of Derby's administration. In 1858-1859 he also served as the Master of the Buckhounds. Away from national politics, he was the first member of his family to hold the position of Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire since 1722, and did so from 1841 until his death. His other activities in Huntingdonshire politics include serving as the High Steward of Huntingdon and as the Colonel of the Huntingdonshire Militia from 1852. His final appointment before his death was to be as an Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria between 1883 and 1884. He died on the 3rd of March 1884 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward Montagu, 8th Earl of Sandwich (1839-1916). John Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich (1811-1884) was a Tory Peer who, because of his father's premature death, spent his entire adult life entitled to a seat in the House of Lords. He held office in the first two administrations of the Earl of Derby - firstly as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms and latterly as Master of Buckhounds. Thereafter he did not hold national office except as an Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria in the year before his death. Unlike previous generations of his family he was Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire, a position which his two immediate successors would hold. This may represent a reorientation of the family away from a desire to hold national office towards an interest in local politics. Aside from his political career, he was twice married and served for a time in the military, though it is not known when he retired the lack of promotions recorded may suggest he did not serve for long. Father: George Montagu, 6th Earl of Sandwich (1773-1818) Mother: Louisa Mary Ann Julia Harriet Lowry-Corry (m.1804, d.1862), daughter of Armar Lowry-Corry, 1st Earl Belmore Spouse: Mary Paget (1812-1859,m.1838), daughter of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey Blanche Egerton (1832-1894,m.1865), daughter of Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere Children of first marriage: Edward Montagu, 8th Earl of Sandwich (1839-1916) Rear Admiral Victor Alexander Montagu RN CB (1841-1915), m. Lady Agneta Harriet Yorke, daughter of Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke Sydney Montagu (1842-1860) Col. Oliver George Paulet Montagu (1844-1893) Emily Caroline Montagu (d.1931), m. Rt Hon Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet Anne Florence Adelaide Montagu (d.1940), m. Capt Alfred Charles Duncombe, of Calwich Abbey (1843-1925), son of Augustus Duncombe, Dean of York Sir Bernard Burke, "A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage: 61st Edition" (London; Harrison and Sons, 1899) p.1235 accessed on 11/09/2020 at https://ukga.org/browse.php?action=ViewRec&DB=33&bookID=224&pagecount=1425&submit=Previous "Sandwich, Earl of (E. 1660)" a Cracoft's Peerage page, accessed at http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/sandwich1660.htm on 11/09/2020 "Montagus - The 5th-7th Earls" History of Hinchingbrooke House, accessed at http://www.hinchhouse.org.uk/fifth/fifth.html on 11/09/2020 "John Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich" a Wikipedia article, accessed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Montagu,_7th_Earl_of_Sandwich on 11/09/2020 "Sandwich, John William (Montagu), Earl of." a Cambridge Alumni Database entry, unique identifier SNDC827JW accessed on 11/09/2020 at http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=sandwich&suro=w&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=&sye=&eye=&col=TRIN&maxcount=50 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes Ar304 10/09/2020 Ar304 21/09/2020 0c5defb6-3720-48ff-b49b-e2275cacf882