Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich
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Sir Francis Vincent, Bt
Sir Edward Spragge
3 January 1647
The Earl of Sandwich | |
|---|---|
 The Earl of Sandwich by Abraham Blooteling | |
| Member of Parliament for Dover | |
| In office 1670–1672 | |
| Preceded by | George Montagu Sir Francis Vincent, Bt |
| Succeeded by | George Montagu Sir Edward Spragge |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edward Montagu 3 January 1647 |
| Died | 29 November 1688 (aged 40) |
| Spouse |
Lady Anne Boyle
(m. 1667; died 1671) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich Hon. Jemima Crew |
| Relatives | Sidney Montagu (brother) John Montagu (brother) Walter Montagu (cousin) Sidney Montagu (grandfather) John Crew, 1st Baron Crew (grandfather) |
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich (3 January 1647/48 – 29 November 1688)[1] was an English aristocrat and politician.
Montagu was born in Hinchinbrooke, Huntingdonshire, England on 3 January 1647/48.[2] He was a son of the former Hon. Jemima Crew and Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of England to Portugal. Among his many siblings were Hon. Sidney Montagu, Hon. John Montagu (the Dean of Durham), Lady Jemima Montagu (who married Sir Philip Carteret), Lady Anne Montagu (who married Sir Richard Edgecumbe), and Lady Catherine Montagu (who married Nicholas Bacon).[3]
His father was the only surviving son and heir of Sir Sidney Montagu of Hinchingbrooke Master of Requests and, his first wife, Pauline Pepys (third daughter of John Pepys of Cottenham). Montagu's grandfather was a younger brother of Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester.[3] His maternal grandparents were John Crew, 1st Baron Crew and the former Jemima Waldegrave (a daughter and co-heiress of Joan and Edward Waldegrave of Lawford Hall). Among his maternal relatives included uncles Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew and Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew (the Bishop of Durham) and aunt Anne Crew, who married Sir Henry Wright, 1st Baronet of Dagenham.[4]
He was educated mainly in Paris, where he lived with his cousin Walter Montagu, although he is said "not to have been much of a scholar". After Montagu's father was raised to the peerage as the Earl of Sandwich in 1660, Edward was styled Viscount Hinchingbrooke until his accession as the 2nd Earl in 1672. From 1661 to 1664, he travelled in France and from 1664 to 1665, he travelled in Italy.[3]
Career
From 1670, until his succession to the earldom in 1672, he was a Member of Parliament for Dover, serving alongside George Montagu.[3] After he left the House of Commons, his seat was taken over by Sir Edward Spragge.
In 1681, Edward was to be appointed Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire upon his return from abroad, but he never took up the office, which was exercised successively by Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury and Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury. The 1st Earl also exercised for him, in the same fashion, the office of Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire in 1685, but the appointment was rescinded after Ailesbury's death the same year.
His father's biographer described him as "a steady, not very robust young man, who would never set the Thames alight".[5] Edward's brief marriage to Anne Boyle seems to have been happy enough: his mother had a warm regard for her daughter-in-law.[6]
