William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester

Profile & Legacies Summary

21^st Oct 1771 - 18^th Mar 1843

Biography

Governor of Jamaica, 1808-1827.

Sources

G. Le G. Norgate, ‘Montagu, William, fifth duke of Manchester (1771–1843)’, rev. Lynn Milne, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011, accessed 10 April 2017.

Further Information

Absentee?

Transatlantic

Spouse

Lady Susan Gordon

Children

2 sons, 6 daughters

School

Harrow

Occupation

Colonial administrator

Oxford DNB Entry

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Associated Estates (2)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1823 [EA] - → Other

Lower Mount Felix [ Jamaica | Port Royal ]

In 1823 Francis Haase was described as 'agent appointed by His Grace the Duke of Manchester to Augusta Sophia Haase for 12 enslaved people (no estate name was given) T71/121 p. 113.

1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Other

[Governor's House] [ Jamaica | St Catherine ]

In his role as governor

Legacies Summary

Cultural (2)

Furniture and Woodwork

Kimbolton cabinet, designed by Robert Adam for Kimbolton Castle in Cambridgeshire, 1771-1775. In the V & A Catalogue in the name of Lady Elizabeth, Duchess of Manchester, mother of William...

Details

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Full details at: V & A: Furniture and Woodwork. Thanks to Allyson Take for help...

Prints, Drawings & Paintings

Portrait miniature of an unknown man, possibly the 5th Duke of Manchester, by N. Freese, British,...

Details

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Full details at: Victoria & Albert Museum Collection: Prints, Drawings &...