Biography of George Victor Drogo Montagu 8th Duke Manchester 1853-1892

On 22nd July 1852 [his father] William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester [aged 28] and [his mother] Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester [aged 20] were married at Hanover Lower Saxony. He the son of [his grandfather] George Montagu 6th Duke Manchester [aged 53] and [his grandmother] Millicent Sparrow Duchess Manchester.

On 17th June 1853 George Victor Drogo Montagu 8th Duke Manchester was born to William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester [aged 29] and Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester [aged 21] at Kimbolton.

On 18th August 1855 [his grandfather] George Montagu 6th Duke Manchester [aged 56] died. His son [his father] William [aged 31] succeeded 7th Duke Manchester, 10th Earl Manchester, 10th Viscount Mandeville, 10th Baron Montagu of Kimbolton. [his mother] Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester [aged 23] by marriage Duchess Manchester.

On 10th December 1873 [his brother-in-law] William Douglas Hamilton 12th Duke Hamilton 9th Duke Brandon [aged 28] and [his sister] Mary Louisa Elizabeth Montagu Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Duchess Hamilton, Duchess Brandon of Suffolk. She the daughter of [his father] William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester [aged 50] and [his mother] Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester [aged 41]. He the son of William Alexander Archibald Hamilton 11th Duke Hamilton 8th Duke Brandon. They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 22nd May 1876 George Victor Drogo Montagu 8th Duke Manchester [aged 22] and Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester [aged 23] were married at Grace Church, Manhattan. Arguably a Dollar Princess. He the son of William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester [aged 52] and Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester [aged 43].

On 10th August 1876 [his brother-in-law] Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson 4th Earl Gosford [aged 35] and [his sister] Louisa Augusta Beatrice Montagu Countess Gosford [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Gosford. She the daughter of [his father] William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester [aged 52] and [his mother] Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester [aged 44]. He the son of Archibald Acheson 3rd Earl Gosford and Theodosia Brabazon Countess Gosford. They were half second cousin once removed.

In 1877 George Victor Drogo Montagu 8th Duke Manchester [aged 23] was elected MP Huntingdonshire.

On 3rd March 1877 [his son] William Montagu 9th Duke Manchester was born to George Victor Drogo Montagu 8th Duke Manchester [aged 23] and [his wife] Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester [aged 24]. He married 14th November 1900 Helena Zimmerman and had issue.

On 27th November 1879 [his daughter] Jaqueline Mary Alva Montagu was born to George Victor Drogo Montagu 8th Duke Manchester [aged 26] and [his wife] Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester [aged 26].

On 27th November 1879 [his daughter] Alice Eleanor Louise Montagu was born to George Victor Drogo Montagu 8th Duke Manchester [aged 26] and [his wife] Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester [aged 26].

On 5th January 1889 [his brother-in-law] Edward George Villiers Stanley 17th Earl of Derby [aged 23] and [his sister] Alice Maude Olivia Montagu Countess Derby [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of [his father] William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester [aged 65] and [his mother] Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester [aged 56]. He the son of Frederick Arthur Stanley 16th Earl of Derby [aged 47] and Constance Villiers Countess Derby [aged 49].

On 22nd March 1890 [his father] William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester [aged 66] died. His son George [aged 36] succeeded 8th Duke Manchester, 11th Earl Manchester, 11th Viscount Mandeville, 11th Baron Montagu of Kimbolton. [his wife] Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester [aged 37] by marriage Duchess Manchester.

On 16th August 1892 [his step-father] Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke Devonshire [aged 59] and [his mother] Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester [aged 60] were married at Christ Church, Mayfair. She by marriage Duchess Devonshire. He the son of William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire and Blanche Georgiana Howard.

On 18th August 1892 George Victor Drogo Montagu 8th Duke Manchester [aged 39] died at Tandragee Castle. His son William [aged 15] succeeded 9th Duke Manchester, 12th Earl Manchester, 12th Viscount Mandeville, 12th Baron Montagu of Kimbolton.

January 1902. Tiffany Window at St Andrew's Church, Kimbolton [Map]. In memory of the two daughters of George Victor Drogo Montagu 8th Duke Manchester and [his former wife] Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester [aged 49] Jaqueline Mary Alva Montagu, who died aged sixteen, and Alice Eleanor Louise Montagu, who died aged twenty-one, commissioned by their mother Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester.

Jaqueline Mary Alva Montagu: On 27th November 1879 she was born to George Victor Drogo Montagu 8th Duke Manchester and Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester. On 15th March 1895 Jaqueline Mary Alva Montagu died of consumption.

Alice Eleanor Louise Montagu: On 27th November 1879 she was born to George Victor Drogo Montagu 8th Duke Manchester and Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester. On 10th January 1900 Alice Eleanor Louise Montagu died of consumption.

On 20th November 1909 [his former wife] Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester [aged 56] died. Monument at St Andrew's Church, Kimbolton [Map] sculpted by René de Saint-Marceaux [aged 64].