Mary (Churchill) Montagu (1689 - 1751)

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Mary Churchill was born 15 July 1689, the youngest daughter and co-heir of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and his wife, Sarah Jennings.

She married 20 March 1704/05, possibly at St James, John Montagu

They had issue:^[1]

1. John Montagu, born 9 November 1706, held courtesy title of Marquess of Monthermer, died young 26 August 1711 and was buried 7 September 1711 at Warkton;
2. Lady Isabella Montagu, married (1) 16 April 1723, William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester (born April 1700, died 21 October 1739); (2) 1743, Edward Hussey (later Montagu-Hussey from 1749, and Earl of Beaulieu 1784), died 25 November 1802; she died 20 December 1786 without issue;^[2]
3. George Montagu, died young, aged 3 or 4 months;
4. Lady Mary Montagu, married 7 July 1730, George Brudenell, later Montagu, 4th Earl of Cardigan, created Duke of Montagu 1766, and died 23 May 1790; she died 1 May 1775 and was buried 16 May 1775 at Warkton;
5. Edward Montagu Churchill Montagu, baptised 27 December 1725, held courtesy title of Marquess of Monthermer, and died young in May 1727.

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Footnotes

1. ↑ Cokayne, Doubleday & Lord Howard de Walden, p. 109, note c & p.110
2. ↑ Cokayne,

References

Cokayne, George Edward, (ed.), (1893), Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant, Vol. 5, London: George Bell & Sons. Digitised by FamilySearch

Cokayne, George Edward, Doubleday, H.A., & Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (1936), The Complete Peerage or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times, 2nd ed. Vol. 9, London: St Catherine Press.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Janice Hardin who started this profile 11 December 2011.