Protestant Exiles from France/Book First - Chapter 15 - Colladon and Montagu

by David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

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Colladon and Montagu.

Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, married in 1620 a third wife,

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Margaret, daughter of John Crouch, Esq. of Cornbury, widow of John Hare, Esq. of Totteridge.

The Hon. George Montagu, of Horton, in the County of Northampton, Master of St. Catherine’s Hospital, London, died 9th July 1681, aged 59.

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Elizabeth, only daughter of Sir Anthony Irby, Knight.

Edward, eldest son.

A second son.

A third son.

Charles, fourth son, created

James, fifth son, known as

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Tufton, daughter and co-heir of

Baron Halifax, 13th Dec. 1700, with remainder to George, son of Edward; (afterwards he was created Earl of Halifax, which title died with him on 19th May 1715, when he was aged 54).

Sir James Montagu, knighted 16 Apr. 1705, Baron of the Exchequer, 26th Oct. 1713, Lord Chief Baron, 4th May 1722, died 20th Oct. 1723 [see Foss’ Judges].

Sir William Wray of Ashby, Baronet.

George succeeded his uncle as Baron Halifax, and was created Earl of Halifax in 1715. (His titles became extinct in 1772.)

Charles Montagu Esq. of Papplewick, Nottinghamshire, married 10 April 1725. Ann, only child of Sir Theodore Colladon, M.D., his will was dated 16th Dec. 1757, proved 2nd June 1759.

Ann Colladon

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Charles Montagu.

Rt. Hon. Frederick Montagu, of Papplewick, born 4th January 1726, died 30th July 1800. A Lord of the Treasury in 1782 under the Marquis of Rockingham, and in 1783 under the Duke of Portland. He was made a Privy Councillor on 14th April 1783. Will proved at York, 5th Sept. 1800.

Anne Montagu born 1728, died 12th Sept., 1786.

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Very Rev. John Fountayne, D.D., Dean of York, born 1714, died 1802.

Elizabeth Fountayne, born 1st April 1762, married 5th Feb. 1781, died 10th January 1786.

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Richard Wilson of Rudding Hall, Yorkshire, born 31st Dec. 1752, died 7th June 1787.

Richard Wilson, Esq., born 9th June 1782, died in 1847. He was “of Ingmanthorpe and Melton on the Hill.”

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Assumed the name of Fountayne before Wilson, 20th July 1803.

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Sophia, daughter of George Osbaldeston, Esq., married 3d Oct. 1807.

Andrew Fountayne Wilson, Esq., third but eldest surviving son, born 12th June 1815. He dropped the surnames Fountayne and Wilson, and assumed the surname of Montagu only, by Royal License, dated 27th Feb. 1826, and is the present Andrew Montagu, Esq. of Papplewick, Melton Park, and Ingmanthorpe.