Edward Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke

Who was Edward Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke?

Edward Richard Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke was the eldest son of Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the Earl of Rochester.

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, 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

Hon. Edward Montagu

John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich

Capt. Hon. William Montagu

After a tour of the continent in 1708, Hinchingbrooke was given command of a troop in Sir Richard Temple's Regiment of Horse for the 1709 campaign in Flanders.

During this time, Hinchingbrooke was one of the infamous Mohocks, and was arrested for assaulting a watchman in 1712. In 1713, he was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Huntingdon, for which he served until 1722.

He became colonel of the 37th Regiment of Foot in 1717.