- George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester
George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester, etc (
Kimbolton Castle ,9 July 1799 –Tunbridge Wells ,18 August 1855 ), known as Viscount Mandeville from 1799 to 1843, was a British peer andTory Member of Parliament .Manchester was the son of
William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester . His father, who wasGovernor of Jamaica , had the newly founded town ofMandeville, Jamaica named after his eldest son, who, as was customary, carried the title of Viscount Mandeville before he succeeded to his father's title. He was MP for Huntingdonshire 1826–1837.He married, firstly, Millicent Sparrow (
25 January 1798 –Kimbolton Castle ,21 November 1848 ), daughter ofBrig. Gen. Robert Bernard Sparrow ofBrampton Park ,Huntington (d. 1805), and wife (married on14 March 1797 ) the Hon. Olivia Acheson (d.12 February 1863 ), daughter of the 1st Earls of Gosford, on8 October 1822 atLondon . They had four children:
*William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester (1823–1892)
*Lord Robert Montagu (1825–1902), married Ellen Cromie and Elizabeth Wade and had issue.
*Lord Frederick Montagu (5 October 1828 –29 October 1854 ), who died unmarried and without issue
*Lady Olivia Montagu (18 July 1830 –Greystones ,Tunbridge Wells ,Kent ,15 February 1922 and interred atChillingham on20 February 1922 ), married atKimbolton Castle ,Huntingdonshire ,29 January 1850 Charles Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville , and had issue.He married, secondly, Harriet Sydney Dobbs (
4 December 1834 – Ore,Sussex ,20 May /30 May 1907 ), daughter of Conway Richard Dobbs ofCastle Dobbs ,Antrim ,Ireland , and wife, on29 August 1850 atKilroot ,County Antrim , later remarried without issue on16 December 1858 to Sir Stevenson Arthur Blackwood, and had two children:
*Lady Sydney Charlotte Montagu (14 October 1851 –Keith Hall ,Inverurie ,Aberdeen ,21 September 1932 ), married at St. George,Hanover Square ,London ,14 August 1873 Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore
*Lord George Francis Montagu (18 January 1855 –12 March 1882 ), aLieutenant who died unmarried and without issueReferences
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