Duke of Manchester
Duke of Manchester is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Great Britain .
Award and history of the title
The title was created on March 16, 1719 for Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of Manchester .
He had inherited the titles Earl of Manchester , Viscount Mandeville and Baron Montagu of Kimbolton from his father in 1683 , which had been created in the Peerage of England for his ancestor Sir Henry Montagu . The Earldom was awarded to him on February 5, 1626, the Viscountcy and the Barony on December 19, 1620. The titles have been listed as subordinate titles to the dukes since 1719. The Heir Apparent des Dukes bears the courtesy title Viscount Mandeville , his Heir Apparent the courtesy title Lord Kimbolton .
Unless a court ruling to the contrary, the title heir of the current title holder, the 13th Duke , is not his only son (from his second marriage) Lord Alexander Montagu (* 1993) as Heir Apparent, but the brother of the 13th Duke as Heir Presumptive , since the Duke was already married to the child's mother at the time of his birth, but was not yet effectively divorced from his first wife and the son is therefore not considered legitimate in terms of inheritance because of inadmissible bigamy .
List of the Earls and Dukes of Manchester
Earls of Manchester (1626)
- Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester (c.1563–1642)
- Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (1602–1671)
- Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester (1634–1683)
- Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of Manchester (1662–1722) ( raised to Duke of Manchester in 1719 )
Dukes of Manchester (1719)
- Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester (1662–1722)
- William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester (1700–1739)
- Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke of Manchester (around 1710–1762)
- George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester (1731–1788)
- William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester (1771–1843)
- George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester (1799–1855)
- William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester (1823–1890)
- George Montagu, 8th Duke of Manchester (1853-1892)
- William Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester (1877–1947)
- Alexander Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester (1902–1977)
- Sidney Montagu, 11th Duke of Manchester (1929–1985)
- Angus Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester (1938–2002)
- Alexander Montagu, 13th Duke of Manchester (born 1962)
Probable title heir (Heir Presumptive) is the brother of the current title holder, Lord Kimble Montagu (* 1964).
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Manchester, Earl of (E, 1625/6) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Manchester, Duke of (GB, 1719) at Cracroft's Peerage