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MANCHESTER, 207 of Regency, March 1639 and Aug. to Nov. 1641 ; Lord Lieut, of co. Huntingdon, 1036-12 ; High Steward of the Univ. of Cambridge, 1640. He m. firstly, 1 June 1601, Catharine, da. of Sir William Spencer, of Varnton, Oxon, by Margaret, da. of Francis Bowyer, of Middlesex. She d. 7 Dec. 1612, and was bur. at St. Botolph's, Alder.=gate.i a y lie m. secondly, Anne, widow of Sir Leonard HallidaY, Lord Mayor of London 160.1-06 (who d. 9 Jan. 1611/2), da. of William Wincoll, of Langham, co. Suffolk, by I — ) da. of ( — ) Vatghan. She was bur. at St. Botolph's, Aldersgate, Nov. (— ). Fun. oertif. at Coll. Arms.! 1 '; He m. thirdly, 26 April 1 620, at Totteridge, Herts, Margaret, widow of John Hake, da. of Jolm Crouch, of Corubury, Herts. lie el, " Nov. 1612, aged about SO, and was bur. at Kimboltou. M.I. Will nr. March 1645. His widow was fur, 29 Dec. 1053, at Totteridge. Her will pr. 31 Jan. 1653/4. II. 1642. Edward (Montagu), Earl of Manchester, &c, s. and h.,( c ) by first wife ; b. 1 602 ; ed. at Sidney Sussex Coll., Cambridge, M.A. ; was M.P. for eo. Huntingdon, 1624-26 ; K.B. at the Coronation of Charles I., 1 Feb. 1020 ; styled (indifferently), from 1626 to 1042 Viscount Mandeville (which he was by courtesy) or Lom> Kimboi.ton (which he was by right) inasmuch as he was sum. to l'arl. v.p. in his father's Barony as Loud Montagu ok Kimbolton and took his seat, 22 May 1626. He, being a zealous Parliamentarian, was one of the 16 " popular " noblemen (') named Sep. 1040 to treat with the Scots ; P.C., 1641, and a Commissioner of Regency, Aug. to Nov. 1041, but was, in Jan. 1041/2. accused by the King (with live members of the House of Commons) of high treason. ( e ) He was by the Pari, made Lord Lieut, of co. Huntingdon, 1042, and Col. of a Reg. of Foot, which he commanded at the battle of Eilgehill, 12 Oct. 1042. He sue to the Earldom of Mancheiter, 7 Nov. 1642; was member of the Assembly of Divines, 1643 : Lord Lieut, of Northamptonshire, 1643 ; Gen. of the Horse (Pari, army), 1643-45 ; Serjeaut- Major-Gencral of the counties of Essex, Herts, Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, Hunting- don, and Lincoln, 1643-15 ; captured the town of Lynn anil (May 1044) the city of Lincoln : was in chief command at the battle of Marston Moor, 2 July 1644,0 kut resigned all his military posts iu April 1645. He was Speaker of the House of Lords and (with the Speaker of the Commons) Joint Comm. of the Great Seal, 1646-48. He was one of the few Peers among the 237 " commanders " for the Commonwealths) and was one of the nine Peers( h ) who in 1657 were members of Cromwell's " Upper //«»«<•. '(') He had been Chancellor of the Univ. of Cambridge, 16 19-51, and was re- appointed in 1000 when (for the second time) he was Speaker of the House of Lords, having taken an active part in bi. aging about the Restoration. Lord Chamberlain of the Household, 1000-71; Joint Lord Lieut, of co. Huntingdon, 1660 ; Chamberlain Of South Wales, 1000; el. and inv. KG., 1, and inst., 10 April 1001 ; Rearer of the Sword of State at the Coronation, 23 April 1661 ; Joint Commissioner for the office of Earl Marshal, 26 May 1602 ; cr. M.A. of Oxford, 8 Sep. 1665 ; entertained the King at his house at Waltham, 2S July 1608. He in. no less than five times,( k ) viz., (a) " Collins," vol. ii, p. 55, but query if not an error for the second wife ? (*•) The date of the year is unfortunately omitted ; but there is no doubt of the entry referring to her (and not to her predecessor) as she is fully described. ( c ) His yr. br. (s. of the 1st Earl by his third wife), was the Hon. George Montagu, of Horton, co. Northampton, father of Charles, 1st Earl of Halifax, a dignity which became extinct in 1772. C) See their names in vol. iii, p. 2S6, note " b," sub " Essex." (°) This accusation and the King's appearance iu the House of Commons, with intent to seize the said five members, are said by Clarendon to have been " among the signal causes of the Civil war." (■) After this success Cromwell is said to have quarrelled with him and to have, ever since that date, held him in hatred. (S) It is stated in " Whit-locks '•Memorials" (p. 188), that it was voted in Pari, 1 Dec. 1645, that the Earls of Northumberland, Essex, Warwick and Pembroke, should be made Dukes, and that the Earls of Salisbury and Manchester should bo made Marquesses. ( h ) See vol. i, p. 299, note " d," tub " Bedford " for a list of these. (') See vol. ii, p. 84, note " c," sub " Burnell" for a list of Cromwell's " House of Lords." ( k ) See " Ber. and Gen," vol. v, p. 448, for an account of these five marriages.