- Edward Montagu
Sir Edward Montagu (c. 1485 –
February 10 ,1557 ) was an English lawyer and judge.He was the son of Thomas Montagu of Hemington,
Northamptonshire and Agnes Dudley, daughter of William Dudley of Clopton. He was appointedLord Chief Justice of the Court of theKing's Bench in 1539, which office he resigned in 1545 when he was constitutedLord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas . He was a member of thePrivy Council of KingHenry VIII of England , who appointed him one of sixteen executors of his last will, and governor to his son Edward. He married three times, firstly to Agnes Kirkham, secondly to Cicely Lane. By his third wife Elenor, daughter of John Roper of Well Hall, Eltham,Kent he had eleven children, the eldest son Sir Edward Montagu was father of:*
Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu , ancestor of the Dukes of Montagu.
*Sir Walter Montagu.
*SirHenry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester , ancestor of the Dukes of Manchester.
*Sir Charles Montagu.
*James Montagu,Bishop of Winchester .
*SirSidney Montagu , ancestor of the Earls of Sandwich.References
*Foss, Edward. "Biographia Juridica: A Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of the England from the Conquest to the Present Time, 1066-1870." London: J. Murray, 1870. [http://books.google.com/books?id=w4bQ9ygex_gC&pg=PA450&lpg=PA450&dq=sir+edward+montagu+peerage&source=web&ots=aXBB1ohYxd&sig=AIKyMM38E62xWfvMOWRVxv9tTSQ googlebooks.com] Accessed September 16, 2007
*Collins, Arthur. "The Peerage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of That Kingdom. London: Printed for H. Woodfall [and 27 others] ." 1768. [http://books.google.com/books?id=xVI5AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA42&dq=Thomas+Montagu+of+Hemington&ei=I5LtRsmGLo706gLRnOki#PPA43,M1 googlebooks.com] Accessed September 16, 2007
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