Mary Montagu, Duchess of Montagu (1711–1775)

Mary Montagu, Duchess of Montagu (c.1711/1712 – 2 May 1775), known as Countess of Cardigan between 1730 and 1749, was the wife of George Brudenell, 4th Earl of Cardigan. She was the daughter of John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, on whose death in 1749 her husband inherited the family estates and took the surname "Montagu". Her mother was Lady Mary Churchill, daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. In 1766, her husband the earl was made a duke, reviving the titles that had become extinct as a result of his father-in-law's death without a male heir.

Her Grace
The Duchess of Montagu
Mary Montagu, Duchess of Montagu painted by Francis Cotes in 1769
BornLady Mary Montagu
c. 1711/1712
London, England
Died2 May 1775(1775-05-02) (aged 63–64)
Warkton, Northamptonshire, England
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)
IssueJohn Montagu, Marquess of Monthermer
Elizabeth Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch
ParentsJohn Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu
Lady Mary Churchill

Lady Mary married the earl on 7 July 1730 at St Giles-in-the-Fields.[1] They had two children:

Other children died in infancy.

The duchess died at the age of about 63, and was buried at St Edmund's Church, Warkton, Northamptonshire.[2] Her memorial was sculpted by Peter Mathias van Gelder to a design by Robert Adam, and was completed in 1781.[3]

References

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  1. ^ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 15.
  2. ^ Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 146.
  3. ^ Louise Allen (1 August 2016). St Edmund's Church and the Montagu Monuments. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-1-78442-164-9.