George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester

Who was George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester?

George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester, etc., known as Viscount Mandeville from 1799 to 1843, was a British peer and Tory Member of Parliament.

Manchester was the son of William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester. His father, who was Governor of Jamaica, had the newly founded town of Mandeville, Jamaica named after his eldest son, who, as was customary, carried the title of Viscount Mandeville before he succeeded to his father's title. He was MP for Huntingdonshire 1826–1837.

He married, firstly, Millicent Sparrow, daughter of Brig. Gen. Robert Bernard Sparrow of Brampton Park, Huntingdonshire, and wife the Hon. Olivia Acheson, daughter of the 1st Earl of Gosford, on 8 October 1822 at London. They had four children:

William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester

Lord Robert Montagu, married Ellen Cromie and Elizabeth Wade and had issue.

Lord Frederick Montagu, who died unmarried and without issue

Lady Olivia Montagu, married at Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire, 29 January 1850 Charles Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville, and had issue.