Edward Richard Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke (7 July 1692 – 3 October 1722) was the eldest son of Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich

Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich

Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich was born in Burlington House, London, England to Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich and Lady Ann Boyle. He was styled Viscount Hinchingbrooke from 1672 until his accession to the earldom in 1688...

 and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the Earl of Rochester

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester , styled Viscount Wilmot between 1652 and 1658, was an English Libertine poet, a friend of King Charles II, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy poetry. He was the toast of the Restoration court and a patron of the arts...

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Hinchingbrooke's mother kept his father much confined, leaving Hinchingbrooke to carry out the public business of his family.

On 12 April 1707, at the age of 14, he married Elizabeth Popham (d. 20 March 1761), the daughter of Alexander Popham of Littlecote, Wiltshire. They had five children:

• Hon. Mary Montagu
• Hon. Elizabeth Montagu, married first in September 1737 Kelland Courtenay, married second William 'Gentleman' Smith
  William 'Gentleman' Smith
  William Smith , known as "Gentleman Smith", was a celebrated English actor of the 18th century who worked with David Garrick, and was the original creator of the role of Charles Surface in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal....
  
  
• Hon. Edward Montagu
• John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
  John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
  John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS was a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather, Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich, as the Earl of Sandwich in 1729, at the age of ten...
  
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• Capt. Hon. William Montagu (c.1720–1757)

After a tour of the continent in 1708, Hinchingbrooke was given command of a troop

Troop

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 in Sir Richard Temple

Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham

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's Regiment of Horse for the 1709 campaign in Flanders

Flanders

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During this time, Hinchingbrooke was one of the infamous Mohocks

Mohocks

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, and was arrested for assaulting a watchman in 1712. In 1713, he was elected to the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 as Member of Parliament

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 for Huntingdon

Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)

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, for which he served until 1722.

He became colonel

Colonel

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 of the 37th Regiment of Foot

37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot

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 in 1717. In March 1722, he was named Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire

Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire

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 and was returned as MP for Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in April. However, he died in October 1722, predeceasing his father. His widow later married Francis Seymour

Francis Seymour, of Sherborne, Dorset

Francis Seymour was a British gentleman and politician, who owned an estate at Sherborne, DorsetHe was a son of Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet and his wife Letitia Popham....

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