George Montagu, 6th Earl of Sandwich, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About George Montagu, 6th Earl of Sandwich
- George John Montagu, 6th Earl of Sandwich (4 February 1773 – 21 May 1818) was the son of John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich and Lady Mary Henrietta Powlett.
- He was styled Viscount Hinchingbrooke from 1790 until in 1814 when, his elder half-brother having died, he inherited the earldom from his father, together with the Hinchingbrooke estate in Huntingdonshire.
- He was educated at Eton College {1780-90) and Trinity College, Cambridge (1790-92).
- He was MP for Huntingdonshire from 1794 to 1814.
- He married in 1804 Lady Louisa Mary Ann Julia Harriet Lowry-Corry, daughter of Armar Lowry-Corry, 1st Earl Belmore and Lady Harriet Hobart.
- Together they had two daughters and one son, John William, who would succeed his father in the earldom: Lady Harriet Mary Montagu (14 May 1805 – 4 May 1857), married William Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton Lady Catherine Caroline Montagu (7 October 1808 – 30 April 1834), married Count Alexandre Joseph Colonna-Walewski, an illegitimate son of Napoleon I and Marie, Countess Walewski John William Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich (8 November 1811 – 3 March 1884), married firstly Lady Mary Paget; married secondly Lady Blanche Egerton.He died in Rome in 1818.
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