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 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 807 Bcntli in loS9, wliioli office he resigned in 1545, and was conslitulcd in llie siime year Lord Cliiof Justice of tlic Common Picas ; " u descent," eays Fuller, " in honour, but an ascent in profit." Sir Hdward "was also of tlic privv council, and in such hvj} favour and cslciin vilh his (.ovcrcign, Ill'.NHY YIU, tliat the liing appointed him one of those six- teen executors of his last will and testament ■vho shovdd be j-egents of the kingdom, and govei-nors to hie son, Edward VI. Uc «;. tbrice ; and the eldest sou of his tliird mar- riage (the sons of his first mai'riage all d. in infancy). Sir Kdwabd Montagu, Knt., m. Eliza- beth, dan. of Sir James Harixgton, of Exion, in liutlandshire, by whom he had six sons, I. Edward (Sir), first Loi-d Montagu, of Boughton, ancestor of the Duees of Montagu (see Burke's Extinct Peer- age) . n. Walter (Sir). III. Henrt (Sir), of whom hereafter. IV. Charles (Sir). T. James, Lord Bishop of Winchester. YI. Sydney (Sir), ancestor of the EarlS Of Sandwich. The thu'd son, Sib Henry Montagu, was one of the representatives of the City of Loudon in the parliament called by James I., upon his accession (19th March, 1604), and acquired great distinction as a parliamentary orator. In 1616 he was appointed Lord Chief Justice of the court of King's Bench ; in 1620, con- stituted Lord Treasurer of England ; and elevated, 19th December, in the same year, to the peerage, as Baron Montagu, of Xim- bolton, and Viscount Manuetille. Upon the accession of Charles I., his loidship was advanced (5th Eebruary, 1626) to an earl- dom, as Earl of Manciiesiee ; and subse- quently appointed Lord Pi'ivy Seal. He m. first, Catherine, second daughter of Sir Wil- liam Spencer, of Yarnton, in Oxfordshire, third son of Sir John SrENCER, of Althorp, and had issue, I. Edward, ancestor of the Dukes of Manchester (see Burke's Peerage). II. Walter, who having embraced the Catholic religion, retired into a monas- tery in France ; and attracting the notice of the queen-mother, Mary de Medicis, was received into the especial favour of that princess, and eventually appointed by her, abbot of St. Martin's Abbey, near Poutoise, in the diocese of Rouen. He was also of lier cabinet council and the chief instrument of introducing Cardinal Mazarin to Her Majesty. In 1G13 he was a]>prehended at Rcchcstcr, coming to England with lettei's ofi mportance, and lie remained in confinement in that country until 1647, wlien he was banished the kingdom by a vote of parliament. He d in 1670, and was buried in the church belonging to the IlT'spital of Incurables, at Paris. III. Jaues, of whom ))resently. IV. Henry, appointed, by Henrietta Maria, tjueen of Ciiaries 1, Master of St. Katlicrinc's Hospital, near the Tower, Loiulon, d. s. p. The carl iii. secondly, Anne, danght(^r and heir of Willi.am Wincot, of Langham, co. Stafl'ortl. and idovv of Sir Leonard ilALLIDAY, Knt., Lord Mayor of Loudon, but by her had no issue, lie «;. thirdly, 1620, Margaret, daughter of John Croucu, of Cornbury, in Hertfordshire, and widow of John Hare, by whom he had, v. George, ancestor of the extinct Earls of Halifax. I. Susannati, m. George Brydges, sixth l-OKD Chandos. His lordship rf. 7th Nov., 16 12. His tliird son, James Montagu, m. Mary, daughter and heir of Sir Kobert Baynard, of Lackham, CO. Wilts, by whom he acquired that estate. He d. Ifi65, and was ^. bv his eldest son, J.^MEs Montagu, of Liickham (ho was*. by his eldest son), left with other issue, two sons, I. Edward, of Lackham, who d. 1701, and was s. by his brother. II. James, of whom presently. The younger son, James Montagu, of Lackham, who d. in 1747, leaving three surviving sons, I. James, who d. 1790, leaving issue, 1. James, of Lackham, who d. tinm. 1797. 2. George, of Knowle, in Devon- shire, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, m. Anne, daughter of AVUliam Couetbnat, and d. 19th June, 1815, leaving issue, (a) George Conway Courtenay, of Lackham, b. 24th June, 1776; m. first, 1803, Mar- garet, daughter of Eichard Green Wilson, of Liverpool, and by her (who d. 7th May, 1834)" he had issue, 1. Frederick Conway, 4, 1805. 2. James Augustus (Rev.), of Sutton Hall, Roch- ford, Essex, i. in 1810 ; formerly rector of Hawk- well, Rochforil, Essex. 1. Eleanora Louisa, the author of Edith of Gregstock, The Feast of Cametoi, O u r Legends and Lives, and other poems, and S)woded Jessaline, a novel, all of considera'de merit, b. 1811, m. 17th October, 1843, Tliomas Kibble Heuvey, by whom (who d. 17th Feb- ruary, 1859) siie lias an only child, Frederick Robert James, b. 1845. lie m. secondly, 1^40, .lessie, daughter of John Elphin-