See also:SANDWICH, See also:EDWARD See also:MONTAGU, or MOUNTAGU, 1ST See also:EARL OF (1625–1672)
, See also:English See also:admiral, was a son of See also:Sir See also:Sidney See also:Montagu (d
.
1644) of Hinchinbrook, who was a See also:brother of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Montagu, 1st See also:earl of See also:Manchester, and of See also:Edward Montagu, 1st See also:Lord Montagu of See also:Boughton
.
He was See also:born on the 27th of See also:July 1625, and although his See also:father was a royalist, he himself joined the See also:parliamentary party at the outbreak of the See also:Civil 'See also:Var
.
In 1643 he raised a See also:regiment, with which he distinguished himself at the battles of See also:Marston See also:Moor and See also:Naseby and at the See also:siege of See also:Bristol
.
Though one of See also:Cromwell's intimate See also:friends, he took little See also:part in public affairs until 1653, when he was appointed a member of the See also:council of See also:state
.
His career as a See also:seaman began in 1656, when he was made a See also:general-at-See also:sea, his colleague being See also:Robert See also:Blake
.
Having taken some part in the operations against See also:Dunkirk in 1657, he was chosen a member of Cromwell's See also:House of Lords, and in 1659 he was sent by See also:Richard Cromwell with a See also:fleet to arrange a See also:peace between See also:Sweden and See also:Denmark
.
After the fall of Richard he resigned his command and joined with those who were frightened by the prospect of anarchy in bringing about the restoration of See also:Charles II
.
Again general-at-sea See also:early in 166o, Montagu carried the fleet over to the See also:side of the exiled See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, and was entrusted with the See also:duty of fetching Charles from See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland
.
He was then made a See also:knight of the Garter, and in July 166o was created earl of See also:Sandwich
.
His subsequent See also:naval duties included the See also:conveyance of several royal exiles to See also:England and arranging for the cession of See also:Tangier and for the See also:payment of £300,000, the See also:dowry of See also:Catherine of See also:Braganza
.
During the See also:war with the Dutch in 1664–1665 Sandwich commanded a See also:squadron under the See also:duke of See also:York and distinguished himself in the See also:battle off See also:Lowestoft on the 3rd of See also:June 1665
.
When the duke retired later in the same See also:year he became See also:commander-inchief, and he directed an unsuccessful attack on some Dutch See also:merchant See also:ships which were sheltering in the See also:Norwegian See also:port of See also:Bergen; however, on his homeward voyage he captured some valuable prizes, about which a See also:great See also:deal of trouble arose on his return
.
See also:Personal jealousies were intermingled with charges of irregularities in dealing with the captured See also:property, and the upshot was that Sandwich was dismissed from his command, but as a solatium was sent to See also:Madrid as See also:ambassador extraordinary
.
He arranged a treaty with See also:Spain, and in 1670 was appointed See also:president of the council of See also:trade and plantations
.
When the war with the Dutch was renewed in 1672 Sandwich again commanded a squadron under the duke of York, and during the fight in Southwold See also:Bay on the 28th of May 1672, his See also:ship, the " Royal See also:George," after having taken a conspicuous part in the See also:action, was set on See also:fire and was blown up
.
The earl's See also:body was found some days later and was buried in See also:Westminster See also:Abbey
.
Edward (d
.
1688) the eldest of his six sons, succeeded to the titles; another son, See also:John Montagu (c
.
1655–1728) was See also:dean of See also:Durham
.
Lord Sandwich claimed to have a certain knowledge of See also:science, and his See also:translation of a See also:Spanish See also:work on the See also:Art of Metals appeared in 1674
.
Many of his letters and papers are in the See also:British Museum, the Bodleian Library at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, and in the See also:possession of the See also:present earl of Sandwich
.
He is mentioned very frequently in the See also:Diary of his kinsman, See also:Samuel See also:Pepys
.
See also J
.
See also:Charnock, Biographia Navalis, vol. i
.
(1794) ; John See also:- CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
- CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN
- CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
- CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
- CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
- CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)
Campbell, Lives of the British Admirals, vol. ii
.
(1779) ; and R
.
See also:Southey, Lives of the British Admirals, vol. v
.
(184o)
.
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