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CHARLES MONTAGU

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 543 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARLES See also:MONTAGU  , 1st See also:duke of See also:Manchester (c . 1656–1722), son of See also:Robert, 3rd See also:earl of Manchester, was educated at Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge, and succeeded to his See also:father's earldom in 1683 . Warmly sympathizing with the Whig revolution of 1688, he attended See also:William and See also:Mary at their See also:coronation, fought under William at the See also:Boyne, became a privy councillor in 1698, and held various important See also:diplomatic posts between that date, and 1714, when he received an See also:appointment in the See also:household of See also:George I., by whom on the 28th of See also:April 1719 he was created duke of Manchester . He died on the loth of See also:January 1722, and was succeeded successively in the dukedom by his two sons, William 2nd duke of Manchester (1700–1739), and Robert 3rd duke (c . 1710–1762), who was See also:vice-See also:chamberlain to See also:Queen See also:Caroline, wife of George II .

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