Edward Montagu
Sir Edward Montagu (circa
1485 –
February 10,
1556/
1557) was an
English lawyer and judge.
He was the son of Thomas Montagu of Hemington,
Northamptonshire and Agnes, daughter of William Dudley of Clopton. He was appointed
Lord Chief Justice of the Court of the
King's Bench in
1539, which office he resigned in
1545 when he was constituted
Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. He was a member of the
Privy Council of King
Henry VIII of England, who appointed him one of sixteen executors of his last will, and governor to his son
Edward. He married three times, firstly to Agnes Kirkham, secondly to Cicely Lane. By his third wife Elenor, daughter of John Roper of Well Hall,
Eltham,
Kent he had eleven children, the eldest son Sir Edward Montagu was father of:
* Edward , 1st Lord Montagu, ancestor of the
Dukes of Montagu.
* Sir Walter Montagu.
* Sir
Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, ancestor of the
Dukes of Manchester.
* Sir Charles Montagu.
* James Montagu, Bishop of Winchester.
* Sir
Sidney Montagu, ancestor of the
Earls of Sandwich.
