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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 findagrave.
They had issue:

1. Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu, of Boughton.
   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.

On the left, the spectacular tomb of Sir Edward Montagu (died 1602) and his wife, and on the right, the tomb of his father Sir Edward Montagu (died 1557). Weekley church, Northamptonshire.
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Photo 2016. From Simon Wilkinson, who has more pictures.

Part of inscription on tomb of Sir Edward Montagu (died 1601 old style). Weekley church.
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Uploaded 2016. From British Listed Buildings, which has more pictures.

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