Montagu (surname) explained

Montagu is an English surname of Old French origin, a form of Montague. One notable family with this surname is the House of Montagu, who include the Earls of Sandwich. Notable people with the surname include:

• Lady Agneta Harriet Montagu (1838–1919), English aristocrat and bridesmaid to Alexandra of Denmark
• Alberta Montagu, Countess of Sandwich (1877–1951), American wife of the 9th Earl of Sandwich
• Alexander Montagu, 13th Duke of Manchester (b. 1962), the current Duke of Manchester
• Ashley Montagu (1905–1999), anthropologist
• Charles Montagu (disambiguation), several persons
• David Montagu, 4th Baron Swaythling (1928–1998), British peer and industrialist
• Edward Montagu (disambiguation), several persons

• Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu (died 1361), English peer

• Sir Edward Montagu (judge) (c.1485–1556/1557), English lawyer and judge

• Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton (1532–1601/1602) of Boughton House

• Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton (1560–1644), son of the above

• Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (1602–1671)

• Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (1625–1672), English landowner, military officer and politician

• Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich (1648–1688)

• Edward Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton (1616–1684), Baron Montagu of Boughton House

• Edward Montagu (died 1665) (c. 1636–1665), English MP for Sandwich

• Edward Montagu (1649–1690), English MP for Northamptonshire and Seaford

• Edward Montagu (1672–1710), English MP for Chippenham

• Edward Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke (1692–1722)

• Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich (1670–1729)

• Edward Montagu (died 1738) (after 1684–1738), British MP for Northampton

• Edward Montagu (1692–1776), British MP for Huntingdon

• Edward Wortley Montagu (traveller) (1713–1776), English author and traveller

• Sir Edward Wortley Montagu (diplomat) (1678–1761), British diplomat

• Edward Hussey-Montagu, 1st Earl Beaulieu (1721–1802), British peer and politician

• Edward Montagu (Indian Army officer) (1755–1799)

• Edward Montagu, 8th Earl of Sandwich (1839–1916), Conservative politician and author (known as Viscount Hinchingbrooke until 1884)

• Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (1926–2015), English politician
• Edwin Montagu (1879–1924), British Liberal politician
• Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800), British bluestocking
• Lady Elizabeth Montagu (1917–2006), British novelist and nurse
• Ewen Montagu (1901–1985), British judge, writer and Naval intelligence officer
• Felicity Montagu (b. 1960), British actress
• Frederick Montagu (disambiguation)
• George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester (1737–1788), British politician and diplomat
• George Montagu (naturalist) (1753–1815), British naturalist
• George Montagu (Royal Navy officer) (1750–1829)
• Georgina Montagu, British journalist and author
• Heneage Montagu (1675–1698), younger son of Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester
• Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester (c. 1563 – 1642), English judge, politician and peer
• Henry Neville Montagu (c. 1823–1901), teacher and journalist in Australia
• James Montagu (judge) (1666–1723), English barrister, and judge
• James Montagu (Royal Navy officer) (1752–1794)
• Jennifer Montagu (born 1931), British art historian
• John Montagu (disambiguation), several persons

• John Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu (–), English nobleman

• John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (–1400), English nobleman

• John Montagu (Trinity) (–1728), Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1683–1699

• John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu (1690–1749), British peer

• John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718–1792), British statesman, claimed inventor of the sandwich

• John Montagu (Royal Navy officer) (1719–1795), Governor for Newfoundland and Labrador

• John Montagu, Marquess of Monthermer (1735–1770), British peer

• John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich (1744–1814), British peer and Tory politician

• John Montagu (colonial secretary) (1797–1853), British army officer and Colonial Secretary

• John Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich (1811–1884), British peer and Conservative politician

• John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich (born 1943), British entrepreneur and politician
• Julie Montagu, Viscountess Hinchingbrooke (born 1972), American entrepreneur, yoga instructor, blogger, writer and reality television star
• Lady Mary Faith Montagu (1911–1983), British aristocrat
• Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762), British aristocrat and writer
• Lily Montagu (1873–1963), first woman to play a major role in Reform Judaism
• Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu (1638–1709), English courtier and diplomat
• Bishop Richard Montagu (1577–1641), English cleric and writer
• Lord Robert Montagu (1825–1902), British Conservative politician and member of the Privy Council
• Louis Montagu, 2nd Baron Swaythling (1869–1927), British financier and Jewish anti-Zionist
• Nicholas Montagu (b. 1944), British civil servant
• Robert Montagu (disambiguation), several people
• Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling (1832–1911), British banker, philanthropist and Liberal politician

See also

• Montague (surname)
• Montague (given name)