| Code | P/0071 |
| Dates | c.1662-1722 |
| Person Name | Montagu; Sir; Charles (c.1662-1722); 1st Duke and 4th Earl of Manchester (1683-1722); of Kimbolton Castle |
| Surname | Montagu |
| Forenames | Charles |
| PreTitle | Sir |
| Title | 1st Duke and 4th Earl of Manchester (1683-1722) |
| Epithet | of Kimbolton Castle |
| Activity | "Charles 1st Duke of Manchester, one of the first who espoused the cause of the Prince of Orange; he took an active part in the campaign in Ireland, being present at the Battle of the Boyne and the subsequently unsuccesful seige of Limerick. In 1696 he was apptd. Amb. Extraor. to the republic of Venice; in 1699, accredited Amb. Extraor. to the Court of France; in 1701, constituted Principle Sec. of State and in 1707 deputed Amb. extraor. to the Court of Vienna. Upon the accession of George I His Lordship was continued in the Lord Lieutenancy of Huntingdon, Sworn of the Privy Council, apptd. one of the Lords of His Majesty's Bedchamber and finally created Duke of Manchester, 28 April 1719." - from Burke's Peerage (1967) |
| Relationships | Father: Sir Robert Montagu (1634-1683) 3rd Earl of Manchester
Mother: Anne Yelverton (1628-1698)
Spouse: Doddington Greville (1671-1720), daughter of Robert Greville 4th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court
Children of this marriage:
- Lady Doddington Montagu (c.1694-1774), died unmarried
- Sir William Montagu 2nd Duke of Manchester (1700-1739)
- Lady Charlotte Montagu (1705-1759), m. Pattee Byng 2nd Viscount Torrington
- Sir Robert Montagu 3rd Duke of Manchester (c.1710-1762) |
| RefNo | Title |
| KMAN1/A/36/8a | Manuscript volume containing poetry written in honour of the 4th Earl of Manchester’s embassy to Venice |
| KMAN1/A/36/8 | Letter book of Charles 4th Earl of Manchester, Ambassador to the Republic of Venice |
| KMAN1/A/21A/11 | Papers in the case of the Earl of Manchester v. the Earl of Nottingham |
| KMAN1/A/36/5 | Letter book of Charles 4th Earl of Manchester, Ambassador to the King of France |
| KMAN1/A/10/30/2 | List of the writings lying in the Castle of Kimbolton and belonging to the Earl of Manchester |
| KMAN1/A/36/7 | Manuscript volume containing copies of speeches and memorials, mostly made during Charles 4th Earl of Manchester’s embassy to Venice |
| KMAN1/A/36/9 | Letter book of Charles 4th Earl of Manchester, Ambassador to the King of France |
| KMAN1/A/36/19 | Manuscript volume titled “Notes of Severall Passages and Observations in Holland &c, part of France, Savoy, Piedmont, Italy and part of Germany, from June 1699 to July 1702” |
| KMAN1/A/24A/9a | Title deeds to the Manor of St Ives [Hunts] and Much Waltham [Essex] |
| KMAN1/A/36/20 | Notebook containing a handwritten account of English history to 1699 [in French] |
| KMAN1/A/21B/2 | Bundle of papers labelled "Bills of Exchange drawn on me by the Rt Hon. the Earl of Manchester" |
| KMAN1 | Records of the Montagu family of Kimbolton Castle |
| KMAN1/A/10/30/10 | List of the Earl of Manchester's correspondence, from 1697 to 1708 |
| KMAN1/A/13/5/4 | Assignment of a mortgage |
| KMAN1/A/17/4/6/4 | Warrant appointing Charles Montagu, Earl of Manchester, a High Steward of Cambridge University |
| KMAN1/A/21A/2/3 | Extract copied from a conveyance of 1685 |
| KMAN1/A/22B/4/3 | Papers from a bundle labelled "[Writ]ings concerning the Priory of Stonely" |
| KMAN1/A/28/8/3 | Declaration that Charles Earl of Manchester and Doddington Greville were married in the parish church of Hale [Southants] by Richard Owen, curate |
| KMAN1/A/28/8/4 | Manor of Great Staughton: opinion of William Jones on the Montagu claims |
| KMAN1/A/28/8/5 | Abstract of recent Kimbolton leases compiled by Francis Malory for the Earl of Manchester |
| KMAN1/A/28/8/7 | Manor of Kimbolton: extracted customs and orders agreed between Sir Henry Montagu and Edward Maria Wingfield in 1617 |
| KMAN1/A/28/3/4 | Letter to Charles Earl of Manchester with instructions to assess the conditions of the militia within his Lieutenancy in Huntingdonshire |
| KMAN1/A/32/8/11 | Copy of the Earl of Manchester's settlement |
| KD1756/1 | Volume containing copies of letters written by Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of Manchester, while he was Ambassador of France (1699-1701) |
| KMAN1/A/32/10/2 | Rent roll of the Earl of Manchester's estate in Essex |
| KMAN1/A/32/10/5 | Rent roll of the Earl of Manchester's estate in Essex |