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Baron Montagu of Boughton
The title of Baron Montagu of Boughton was first created by his nephew, the 5th Duke, in 1827. He died in 1845
in 1621, in the Peerage of England, for Sir Edward Mon- whereupon the title of Montagu of Boughton became ex-
tagu, eldest son of Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton Cas- tinct.
tle and grandson of another Sir Edward Montagu who His great-nephew Lord Henry Douglas-Scott-Mon-
had been Lord Chief Justice during the reign of Henry tagu, second son of the 5th Duke of Buccleuch, was creat-
VIII. He was also the brother of Henry Montagu (later ed Baron Montagu of Beaulieu in 1885 (see that title).
created Earl of Manchester).
Their ancestor was one Richard Ladde, grandfather
of the Lord Chief Justice Sir Edward, who changed his
Barons Montagu of Boughton,
name to Montagu in about 1447. His descendants claimed first creation (1621)
a connection with the older house of Montagu or Mon-
• Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton
tacute, Barons Montagu and Earls of Salisbury, but there
(1560–1644)
is no sound evidence that the two families were unrelat-
• Edward Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton
ed. Although, a good case has been made out for the pos-
(1616–1684)
sibility that the Ladde alias came from a division among
• Ralph Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Boughton
coheirs about 1420 of the remaining small inheritance of
(1638–1709), created Earl and then Duke of Montagu
a line of Montagus at Spratton and Little Creton, also in
• John Montagu, 4th Baron Montagu of Boughton, 2nd
Northamptonshire (Sources:English Genealogy, Anthony
Duke of Montagu (1690–1749)
Wagner).
The third Baron Montagu of Boughton was created
Earl of Montagu and Viscount Monthermer in 1689 and Barons Montagu of Boughton,
Duke of Montagu and Marquess of Monthermer in 1705.
He had married in 1675 the Lady Elizabeth Wriothesley, second creation (1762)
daughter of the 4th Earl of Southampton and a descen- • John Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton (d.
dant of the original houses of Montagu and Monthermer. 1770)
The Dukedom, Earldom and Barony of Montagu all be-
came extinct on the death of their son John, 2nd Duke
of Montagu, in 1749. The next creation was in 1762, in Barons Montagu of Boughton,
the Peerage of Great Britain. John Montagu, styled Lord third creation (1786)
Brudenell, son of the 4th Earl of Cardigan and maternal
grandson of the last Duke of Montagu, was created Baron • George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, 1st Baron
Montagu of Boughton in 1762. This title became extinct Montagu of Boughton (1712–1790)
on his death without issue in 1770. • Henry James Montagu-Scott, 2nd Baron Montagu of
The next creation was for the late Baron’s father, who Boughton (1776–1845)
had been created Duke of Montagu in 1766. He was cre-
ated Baron Montagu of Boughton again in the Peerage
Boughton, See also
of Great Britain, in 1786. On his death in 1790, when the
• Baron Montagu
Dukedom became extinct, the Barony passed under a spe-
• Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
cial remainder to his female-line grandson Lord Henry
Scott, second son of the 3rd Duke of Buccleuch. Lord Hen-
ry Scott also inherited the Lordship of Bowland from his
mother, the Duchess, having the title entailed upon him
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