Constituency : Greenwich 1852-7, Devonport 1866-74
As happened in 1859, the Devonport result of 1865 was disputed and the result of the by-election was that two Liberals evicted the Tories.
Montagu could well be the last MP we come to who was born in the eighteenth century. Montagu was educated at Sandhurst and served in the Grenadier Guards. He went on to become a barrister and editor of The Law Journal. He was elected for Greenwich in 1852 after losing at a by-election there earlier in the year. He lost in 1857 and was unsuccessful at Bedfordshire in 1865.
Montagu supported the abolition of flogging in the army.
Montagu stood down in 1874.
He died in 1885 aged 85.
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