Matthew Montagu (1762–1831) was a British

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 Member of Parliament

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 and Peer

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 of the Realm.

Montagu was born Matthew Robinson, the son of Morris Robinson of the Six Clerks' Office, Chancery Lane

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 and nephew of Matthew Robinson, 2nd Baron Rokeby

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. He changed his named to Montagu upon inheriting the estate of his paternal aunt, Elizabeth Montagu

Elizabeth Montagu

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, at Sandleford Priory in Berkshire

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 in 1776. He represented the Cornish

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 constituencies of Bossiney

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 (1786-90), Tregony

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 (1790-95) and St Germans

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 (1806-12) in the British Parliament

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 and succeeded his brother as 4th Baron Rokeby

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in 1829.