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John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu

Also known as: John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu; primary name: Montagu, John; other name: (Duke of) Montagu
Details: individual; military/naval; British; Male
Life dates: 1690-1749
Biography: Courtier. Appointed major-general in the army, 1735, raised a horse regiment, the Montagu carabiniers, in 1745, disbanded after the Battle of Culloden. FRS and menber of the Royal College of Physicians. Member of the Kitcat Club. Of Boughton House, and builder of Montagu House, London (the future BM). Married Mary Churchill, daughter of John, Duke of Marlborough, with whom he had two sons and three daughters, of which two daughters survived, Mary and Isabella.
Bibliography: DNB

23 related objects

coin

Museum number: 1896,0601.61 |
Production date: 500BC-450BC |
Production place: Minted in:Cyzicus

drawing

Museum number: 1959,0711.2 |
Producer name: BIOG34874 Drawn by:Marcellus Laroon III |
Production date: 1736

drawing

Museum number: 1848,0708.207 |
Producer name: BIOG34874 Drawn by:Marcellus Laroon III |
Production date: 1736

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1897,0813.7.1-58 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Edward ByngDrawn by:Robert Byng |
Production date: 1690-1753

medal

Museum number: M.8602 |
Producer name: BIOG106464 Designed by:Jacques Antoine Dassier |
Production date: 1751 |
Production place: Made in:Geneva (city)

medal

Museum number: M.8601 |
Producer name: BIOG106464 Designed by:Jacques Antoine Dassier |
Production date: 1751 |
Production place: Made in:Geneva (city)

print

Title: John Montague |
Museum number: 1920,1211.950 |
Producer name: BIOG23570 Print made by:Robert Cooper |
Production date: 1795-1836

print

Title: John Montagu, Duke of Montagu Kitcat Club |
Museum number: 1948,0315.6.53 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1731

print

Title: John Montagu, Duke of Montagu Kitcat Club |
Museum number: 1902,1011.1574 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1731

print

Title: Prince John, Duke of Montagu |
Museum number: 1902,1011.1746 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Michael Dahl |
Production date: 1707-1721 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Prince John, Duke of Montagu |
Museum number: 1902,1011.1747 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Michael Dahl |
Production date: 1720-1756 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: John, Duke of Montagu. |
Museum number: 1919,0616.166 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FindenAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: John Duke of Montagu |
Museum number: 1902,1011.3348 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:Thomas Hudson |
Production date: 1742-1765

print; satirical print

Title: The Magician, or Bottle Cungerer / English Credulity; or Ye're all Bottled |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3875 |
Producer name: BIOG141253 Published by:Bispham Dickinson |
Production date: 1749 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Jean Baptiste Monoyer Peintre en Fleurs |
Museum number: 1902,1011.6617 |
Producer name: Print made by:George WhiteAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1715

print; satirical print

Title: The Magician, or Bottle Cungerer / English Credulity; or Ye're all Bottled |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3870 |
Producer name: BIOG141253 Published by:Bispham Dickinson |
Production date: 1749 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: John Montagu, Duke of Montagu Kitcat Club |
Museum number: 1902,1011.1575 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1731

print

Title: John Montagu, Duke of Montagu Kitcat Club |
Museum number: 1864,1210.447 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1731

print

Title: A Plan and Elevation of the Royal Fire-Works to be performed in St James's Park April the 27th 1749 |
Museum number: Y,8.83 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertuePublished by:Anthoni de Groot en Zoonen |
Production date: 1749 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: John, Duke of Montagu. |
Museum number: 1920,1211.951 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FindenAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The most Noble Prince John Duke of Montagu |
Museum number: 1868,0808.1819 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Michael Dahl |
Production date: 1710-1756 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Prince John, Duke of Montagu |
Museum number: 1902,1011.1745 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Michael Dahl |
Production date: 1707-1721 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Moyses infantulus in carecto ripae Nili a parentibus expositus |
Museum number: U,11.42 |
Producer name: After:Eustache Le SueurPrint made by:Bernard Baron |
Production date: 1720 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)Published in:London (England)

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