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Sir Edward Montagu

Sir Edward Montagu,
of Boughton, Northamptonshire.
See wikipedia.
He mar Elizabeth Harington.
He died 26 January 1602 (at the time regarded as the end of 1601).
Elizabeth died 19 May 1618.
They are buried in a spectacular tomb in church of St. Mary the Virgin, in Weekley, Northamptonshire. See pictures. And here.
They had issue:

1. Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu.
   He died 1644.
   Monument to him in church of St. Mary the Virgin, in Weekley, Northamptonshire. See pictures. And here.
   He had issue.
   Ancestor of Barons Montagu and Dukes of Montagu.

   
   

2. Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester.
   He had issue:
   1. Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester.
      An important commander of Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War.
      Ancestor of Dukes of Manchester.

   
   

3. Sir Sidney Montagu, had issue:
   1. Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, had issue:
      1. Sidney Wortley Montagu, had issue:
         1. Sir Edward Wortley Montagu.
            He mar 1712 to Mary Pierrepont (the writer Lady Mary Wortley Montagu).
            British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire 1716-1718.
            They lived at Constantinople.
            Lady Mary produced The Turkish Embassy Letters, the first secular writing by a woman about the Muslim Orient.

Second part of inscription on tomb of Sir Edward Montagu (died 1601 old style), Weekley church.
See larger and full size.
From British Listed Buildings. Uploaded 2016. See wider pictures.

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Boughton House, Northamptonshire

A beautiful new Boughton House was built by the 1st Duke of Montagu after he inherited Boughton in 1684.
See site.

The new 17th century Boughton House.
Click to rotate. 360 view from here.
See map.

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• The sandwich is named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.