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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 MONTAGU  , 1st duke of Manchester (c . 1656–1722), son of Robert, 3rd
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earl of Manchester, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and succeeded to his
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father's earldom in 1683 . Warmly sympathizing with the Whig revolution of 1688, he attended William and Mary at their coronation, fought under William at the
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Boyne, became a privy councillor in 1698, and held various important
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diplomatic posts between that date, and 1714, when he received an appointment in the household of George I., by whom on the 28th of
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April 1719 he was created duke of Manchester . He died on the loth of
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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
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vice-chamberlain to Queen Caroline, wife of George II .

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