- William Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester
William Angus Drogo Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester, etc (
London ,3 March 1877 –Seaford ,Sussex ,9 February 1947 ), known as Lord Kimbolton from 1877 to 1890 and as Viscount Mandeville from 1890 to 1892, was a British peer and Liberal politician.Manchester was the son of
George Montagu, 8th Duke of Manchester , and wifeMaría Consuela Yznaga del Valle . He succeeded his father in thedukedom in 1892 at the age of 15 and later took his seat on the Liberal benches in theHouse of Lords . When the Liberals came to power in December 1905 under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Manchester was appointedCaptain of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Chief Whip in theHouse of Lords ). He retained this post until April 1907, but never held ministerial office again. Apart from his political career he also achieved the rank ofCaptain in theLancashire Fusiliers . Manchester is perhaps most well-known in America from the leading case of "Hamilton v. Drogo", 150 N.E. 496 (N.Y. 1926), which concerned the establishment of a spendthrift trust for the benefit of the young Duke.The Ninth Duke was a notorious spendthrift, and as a result of the excessive spending of both him and the prior two Dukes, the family's fortune was completely exhausted, culminating in the sale of the family's lands during the tenure of the Tenth Duke. The Ninth Duke spent much of his life abroad, evading creditors, seeking out wealthy consorts, and attempting to extract money from wealthy acquaintances. [David Cannadine, The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy, 403 (1990)]
The Duke of Manchester died in February 1947, aged 69, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Alexander. He had been married twice, firstly at
London ,14 November 1900 (divorced 1931) Helena Zimmerman (1878/1879 –15 December 1971 ), later remarried on23 November 1937 without issue to Arthur George Keith-Falconer, 10th Earl of Kintore, daughter of EugeneZimmerman ofCincinnati ,Ohio ,United States of America , ofGerman American descent, and wife, and secondly at Greenwich,Connecticut ,17 December 1931 Kathleen Dawes (d.28 March 1966 ), daughter of W. H. Dawes and wife, by whom he had no issue. He had four children from first wife:* Lady Mary Alice Montagu (
Kimbolton Castle ,Huntingdonshire ,26 October 1901 –Mexico City ,Mexico ,9 October 1962 ), married 1949 to Fendall Littlepage Gregory, without issue
* Alexander George Francis Drogo Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester
* Lord Edward Eugene Fernando Montagu (London ,26 July 1906 –Mexico ,4 May 1954 /1956), married firstly10 August 1929 (divorced 1937) to Norah Macfarlane Potter, daughter of Albert Edward Potter ofOntario ,Canada , and wife, secondly atBrighton ,28 August 1937 (divorced 1947) to Dorothy Vera Peters, thirdly inMexico , 1947 to Martha Mathews Hatton Bowen (d. 1951), fourthly August 1952 to Cora Kellie, Baroness Kelly, a portrait painter, and fifthly atCuernavaca , Mexico,28 September 1953 to Roberta Herold Joughlin, without any issue from his marriages
* Lady Ellen Millicent Louise Montagu (Kylemore Castle ,County Galway ,5 January 1908 –2 August 1948 ), married firstly 1936 (divorced 1944) to Herman Martin Hofer and secondly30 August 1945 to John Norman ShairpReferences
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
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