House of Montagu

Montagu
Montagu
Noble House
	Montagu Arms Unquartered
Country	United Kingdom
Founded	1066
Founder	Drogo de Montaigu
Current head	Alexander Montagu, 13th Duke of Manchester
Titles	Duke of Montagu; Duke of Manchester; Earl of Montagu; Earl of Salisbury; Earl of Sandwich; Viscount Montagu; Baron Montagu; Baron Montagu of Kimbolton; Baron Montagu of Boughton; Baron Montagu of St Neots; Baron Montagu of Boughton; Baron Montagu of Beaulieu;
Motto	equitas actionum regula; (Let equity be the rule of our actions)

The House of Montagu /ˈmɒntəɡjuː/ (historically Montaigu, Montague and Montacute) is a British noble family founded in Somerset by the Norman Drogo de Montaigu in the eleventh century after the Norman Conquest. They rose to their highest prominence as Duke of Montagu and Duke of Manchester. The family has produced multiple titles, including Baron Montagu, Viscount Montagu, Earl of Montagu, Duke of Manchester and Duke of Montagu, as well as the extant Montagu Baronies of Kimbolton, St Neots and Beaulieu. The maternal lines of Ladde and Brudenell both retook the ancestral name and arms of Montagu on their respective raising to the peerage, and are recognised cadet branches of the House. The head of the house is the Duke of Manchester.[1]

Titles of the House of Montagu

For titles conferred on the line of Ladde, maternal descendants who retook the name and arms of Montagu, see :

Baron Montagu of Kimbolton (1620; extant) a subsidiary title of the Duke of Manchester
Viscount Mandeville (1620; extant) a subsidiary title of the Duke of Manchester
Earl of Manchester (1626 ; extant) a subsidiary title of the Duke of Manchester
Duke of Manchester (1719 ; extant)

Baron Montagu of Boughton (1621; extinct 1749) a subsidiary title of the Earl, then Duke of Montagu
Earl of Montagu (1689; extinct 1749) a subsidiary title of the Duke of Montagu
Duke of Montagu; First Creation (1705; extinct 1749)

Baron Montagu of St Neots (1660; extant) a subsidiary title of the Earl of Sandwich
Viscount Hinchingbrooke (1660; extant) a subsidiary title of the Earl of Sandwich
Earl of Sandwich

For titles conferred on the line of Brudenell, maternal descendants who retook the name and arms of Montagu, see :

Baron Montagu of Boughton; first creation (1762; extinct 1770)
Duke of Montagu; second creation (1766; extinct 1790)
Baron Montagu of Boughton; second creation (1786; extinct 1845). This title passed on the family of Scott.

Title conferred on the family of Douglas-Scott-Montagu, maternal descendants of the Brudenell-Montagu line :

Title conferred on the line of Browne, maternal descendants who retook the name and arms of Montagu, see :

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