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3 days ago · At the southern end of Whitehall Gardens is Montagu House, the town mansion of the Duke of Buccleuch, who inherited it from the noble family of Montagu. The old house was a low building, and, with the exception of the pictures it contained, had little or nothing to call for special remark.
3 days ago · The leases of 1620 for 99 years and the extension for a further 43 years would terminate in 1762, and in 1763 George Montagu as Duke of Manchester settled the manor and soke barring the entail. At the inclosure of Somersham Heath in 1796, the manor was no longer held by the Duke of Manchester, but with the soke was in the hands of ...
3 days ago · The other, known as Montague House, celebrated for its furniture and its frescoes, was, a few months after the death of King Charles II., burned to the ground, and was speedily succeeded by a more magnificent Montagu House, which, having long been the repository of such various and precious treasures of art, science, and learning as ...
5 days ago · Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (l. 1602-1671), was a Parliamentarian commander during the English Civil Wars (1642-1651). He led the Eastern Association army before the indecisive Second Battle of Newbury in 1644 led to recriminations, the formation of the New Model Army, and the removal of Manchester and others from direct ...
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4 days ago · Consuelo Yznaga, wife of George Montagu, 8th Duke of Manchester; Others. Juanita Castro, sister of former Cuban Communist Party first secretary Fidel Castro and incumbent First Secretary Raúl Castro; has lived in the United States since 1964 and is a naturalized citizen
4 days ago · Download stock image of “The Duke and Duchess of Manchester. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 1 December 1900.” from the Look and Learn History Picture Archive
2 days ago · Brigadier-General John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl (1871—1942), Scottish Horse Mounted Brigade; Brigadier Robert Ringrose Gelston Atkins (1891—1969), Royal Army Medical Corps; Brigadier Anthony Barrie Atkinson (1940— ), Army Catering Corps; Brigadier-General Ben Atkinson, DA & QMG; Brigadier David John Atkinson, Royal Artillery
