John Montagu

John Montagu is the name of:

  • John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (1350–1400), English nobleman
  • John Montagu (Trinity) (c. 1650–1728), Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1683–1699
  • John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu (1690–1749), British peer
  • John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718–1792), British statesman
  • John Montagu (Royal Navy officer) (1719–1795), Commodore Governor for Newfoundland and Labrador, 1776–1778
  • John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich (1744–1814), British peer and Tory politician
  • John George Montagu (1767–1790), eldest son of 5th Earl of Sandwich, British MP for Huntingdon in 1790
  • John Montagu (colonial secretary) (1797–1853), Tasmanian colonial secretary 1834–1842
  • John Montagu, Marquess of Monthermer (1735–1770), British peer
  • John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich (born 1943), British entrepreneur, politician and nobleman
  • John Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich (1811–1884), British peer and Conservative politician

Famous quotes containing the words john and/or montagu:

    “Old men who never cheated, never doubted,
    Communicated monthly, sit and stare
    At the new suburb stretched beyond the run-way
    Where a young man lands hatless from the air.”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    “We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.”
    —Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)