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

Paternal Family Tree: Montagu

On 22nd July 1852 [his father] William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester (age 28) and [his mother] Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester (age 20) were married at Hanover Lower Saxony. He the son of [his grandfather] George Montagu 6th Duke Manchester (age 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 (age 29) and Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester (age 21) at Kimbolton.

On 22nd May 1876 George Victor Drogo Montagu 8th Duke Manchester (age 22) and Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester (age 23) were married at Grace Church, Manhattan. He the son of William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester (age 52) and Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester (age 43).

In 1877 George Victor Drogo Montagu 8th Duke Manchester (age 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 (age 23) and [his wife] Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester (age 24).

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

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

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

On 16th August 1892 [his step-father] Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke Devonshire (age 59) and [his mother] Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester (age 60) were married at Christ Church. 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 (age 39) died at Tandragee Castle. His son [his son] William (age 15) succeeded 9th Duke Manchester, 12th Earl Manchester, 12th Viscount Mandeville, 12th Baron Montagu of Kimbolton.

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

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 (age 49) [his daughter] Jaqueline Mary Alva Montagu, who died aged sixteen, and [his daughter] 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 (age 56) died. Monument at St Andrew's Church, Kimbolton [Map] sculpted by René de Saint-Marceaux (age 64).

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

Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

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

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Montagu 1st Duke Manchester 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Montagu 3rd Duke Manchester 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Doddington Greville Duchess Manchester 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Montagu 4th Duke Manchester 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Dunch

Great x 3 Grandmother: Harriet Dunch Duchess Manchester

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Godfrey

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Montagu 5th Duke Manchester 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Dashwood

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Dashwood 2nd Baronet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Reade

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dashwood Duchess Manchester

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Spencer

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Spencer Lady Dashwood

GrandFather: George Montagu 6th Duke Manchester 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Gordon 2nd Duke Gordon 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Mordaunt Duchess Gordon 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Gordon 2nd Earl Aberdeen

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Gordon Duchess Gordon 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Murray 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Susan Gordon Duchess Manchester 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Maxwell

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon

Father: William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Sparrow

Great x 1 Grandfather: Brigadier-General Robert Bernard Sparrow 17 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bernard 3rd Baronet 14 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Bernard 4th Baronet 15 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Bernard 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis St John 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary St John

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Gould

GrandMother: Millicent Sparrow Duchess Manchester 18 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Acheson 1st Earl Gosford

Great x 1 Grandmother: Olivia Acheson 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Samuel Pole of Radbourne Hall in Derbyshire 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Lieutenant-General Edward Pole 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Mundy 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Millicent Pole Countess Gosford 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

George Victor Drogo Montagu 8th Duke Manchester 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

GrandFather: Karl Franz Viktor Vonalten

Mother: Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester