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WILLIAM MONTAGU

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 544 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WILLIAM MONTAGU  , 5th duke of Manchester (1768-1843), second son of the preceding, was educated at
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Harrow, and having become a colonel in the army in 1794, was appointed governor of
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Jamaica in 18o8 . Here he remained, except for a visit to England (1811-1813) till 1827, administering the colony with ability in a period of considerable difficulty, and doing much to prepare the way for emancipation of the slaves . From 1827 to 183o he was postmaster-general in the
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cabinet of the duke of Wellington, and died in Rome on the 18th of March 1843 . His wife was Susan, daughter of the 4th duke of Gordon . He was succeeded by his son George, 6th duke (1799-1855), a captain in the
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navy; whose son William Drogo, 7th duke (1823-1890), married Louise, daughter of the Comte d'Alten of Hanover, who after his
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death married Spencer Cavendish, 8th duke of Devonshire . William was succeeded by his son George Victor Drogo, 8th duke of Manchester (1853-1892), on whose death the title devolved on his son, William Angus Drogo, 9th duke of Manchester (b.1877) . . (R . J .

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