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The Manor of Lackham Vol 3 : The Montagu family The second son, Edward, was born in Middle Temple, London in 1717 261 . He married firstly Anne 262 in April 1741 and they had two daughters, Anne (1746) and Sophia (1748). Edward witnessed leases made by his father in 1743 and was designated “of Notton ” in these 263 . Anne died between the birth of her second daughter and 1754, when Edward married the widow Joanna Magdelena van Harthals. Edward and Joanna were married in London, not Lacock 264 and had one son, Gerard (no dates known). Edward died in 1789. James and Elizabeth’s third son, John 265 , had a distinguished career in the Navy 266 . He entered the Royal Academy, Portsmouth in 1733 and served on the Dreadnought, Shoreham, Dragon, and Dauphin. He sat his examinations, and was appointed lieutenant, in 1740 and a year later was in Buckingham. They were present at the Battle of Toulon in 1744 267 , 261 LPR Edward son of James Montagu and Elizabeth his wife bap 22/2/1717 262 Lacock Parish registers 263 W&SHC 212b/3671 264 Banns of marriages not subsequently solemnised at Lacock, LPR. Banns read 24 and 31 March and 7 April. Notice of the marriage itself can be found in Gentleman’s Magazine 1754 24, p190 265 There is a personal link here; Karen can trace her family back to John Montagu and his children. 266 Badeni, Countess J (1982) Past people in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire p66. 267 Williams, B The Oxford History of England : 1714-1760 The Whig Supremecy OUP pp 247-248 (ship counts from Bruce, G (1971) Dictionary of Battles ISBN 0 246 64031 6) This battle took place on February 21 st 1744 between a British fleet of 27 sail of the line and 8 frigates, and a combined French / Spanish fleet of 29 line of battle ships. The British suffered severe losses in this battle – 274 killed and wounded. The British commander Mathews, and his second in command, Admiral Lestock (in whose flagship Montagu was serving) were hardly on speaking terms and Lestock stayed in reserve, claiming that he didn’t understand his orders. Mathews’ failure to follow up the retreating enemy fleet caused much public indignation at home, leading to the Court Martial of both admirals, nine captains and four lieutenants. In the end 68
The Manor of Lackham Vol 3 : The Montagu family although Buckingham remained in reserve. As a result of this he was a witness at the courts-martial of Admiral Mathews and Vice Admiral Lestock. After this Montagu was transferred to the flagship Namur and then, in 1744, was given command of Hinchinbroke. Three years later he was in command of the 40 gunner Ambuscade. They were in Anson's fleet at the Battle of Cape Finisterre in the same year 268 . He had various other commands; as commander of Monarque John was in charge of the execution of Admiral Byng in 1757, by firing-squad, on the Monarque’s quarter deck 269 . Capt Montagu and Monargue were at the destruction of De la Clue's squadron off Cartagena in 1758 and, in a different ship, with Hawke at the Battle of the Bay of Biscay in 1760. John Montagu was elevated to Rear-admiral in 1770. John was appointed as commander-in-chief of the North America station, 1771-1774 “defined as `from the River St. Lawrence to Cape Mathews and several of the lieutenants were cashiered but Lestock, the other captains and all the lieutenants were honourably acquitted. It would appear that “Mathews blundered but his intentions were good, Lestock clung tightly to the letter of his duty but his intentions were contemptible” 268 Bruce G (1971) ibid p63 Battle fought on May 3 rd 1747 between a British fleet of 16 sail under Admiral Anson and a French fleet of 38 sail under Admiral de la Jonquiere. The French were completely defeated, losing 10 ships and nearly 3000 prisoners. 269 Williams, B The Oxford History of England : 1714-1760 The Whig Supremecy OUP pp 352 ff Byng had been put in charge of relieving the island of Minorca, setting out in April 1757, with 10 ships. He took a month to reach Gibraltor where he heard that Richlieu’s French army (escorted by la Galioniere’s fleet) had besieged Minorca two weeks earlier. It still took him 6 more days to leave port to attack the French fleet. After an indecisive engagement Byng returned to Gibraltar and took no further action. The garrison on Minorca surrendered two months later after a siege of 70 days. There was intense public indignation, and at the insistence of Parliament, a court martial was convened. The Articles of War had recently been changed and the court had no alternative but to sentence Byng to death, although they strongly recommended mercy. The King, however, was adamant and Byng was executed “pour encourager les autres” 69
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