Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester

Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester JP (baptised 25 April 1634 – 14 March 1683) was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1671 when he inherited the peerage as Earl of Manchester.

Early life Montagu was born in the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster, and baptised there on 25 April 1634.

Also in April 1660, Montagu was returned as Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire in the Convention Parliament and in the following month was one of the members who waited on the king at the Hague.

He was a J.P. for Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire, from July 1660 to 1681. Also in July, he was commissioner for oyer and terminer for the Midland circuit. From August 1660, he was commissioner for assessment and Deputy Lieutenant for Huntingdonshire until 1671.

Personal life On 27 June 1655, Montagu was married to Anne Yelverton at St. Giles's-in-the-Fields. Anne was the only daughter of Sir Christopher Yelverton, 1st Baronet of Easton Maudit in Northamptonshire and Anne Twisden (youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Twisden, 1st Baronet of Roydon Hall). Together, Anne and Robert were the parents of five sons and four daughters, including:

Hon. Edward Montagu, who died young. Hon. Henry Montagu, who died young. Anne Montagu (–1720), who married, as his third wife, James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, a son of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk. Lady Elizabeth Montagu (b. ), who married her cousin, Sir James Montagu, Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Lady Catherine Montagu, married Samuel Edwin of Llanvihangel. Hon. Robert Montagu (d. 1693), an MP from Huntingdonshire. Hon. Heneage Montagu (1675–1698), also an MP from Huntingdonshire. Lady Eleanor Montagu. Died unmarried in 1696 (PCC will 1696, Bond, folio 276)

He died at Montpellier in France at the age of about 48 and was buried at Kimbolton. His two eldest sons, Edward and Henry, died young and he was succeeded by his third son, Charles. His widow afterwards married Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax.