George Montagu, 9th Earl of Sandwich

The Right Honourable The Earl of Sandwich
Coat of arms of the Earls of Sandwich
Personal details
Born	George Charles Montagu (1874-12-29)29 December 1874
Died	15 June 1962(1962-06-15) (aged 87)
Spouse(s)	Alberta Sturges ​ ​ (m. 1905; died 1951)​ Amiya Corbin ​ (m. 1952)​
Children	Victor Montagu, 10th Earl of Sandwich William Drogo Sturges Montagu Lady Mary Faith Culme-Seymour Lady Elizabeth Montagu
Parents	Victor Montagu (father) Lady Agneta Harriet Yorke (mother)

George Charles Montagu, 9th Earl of Sandwich (29 December 1874 – 15 June 1962), known as George Montagu until 1916, was a British Conservative politician.

Sandwich was the son of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Victor Alexander Montagu, second son of John Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich. His mother was Lady Agneta Harriet, daughter of Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke. He was Assistant Private Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1898 to 1900. The latter year he was returned to Parliament for Huntingdon, a seat he held until 1906. In 1916 Sandwich succeeded his uncle in the earldom and entered the House of Lords. He served as chairman of the Central Prisoners of War Committee from November 1917 until 1919. He later served as Lord-Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire between 1922 and 1946.

Marriage and family

Lord Sandwich married twice. His first marriage was to Alberta Sturges, daughter of William Sturges of New York City, at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, in 1905. The couple had four children:

• Alexander Victor Edward Paulet Montagu (22 May 1906 – 25 February 1995); succeeded as the 10th Earl of Sandwich before disclaiming the title two years later. He was succeeded in the title by his son John.
• Hon. William Drogo Sturges Montagu (29 May 1908 – 26 January 1940); married the Hon. Janet Gladys Aitken (1908–1988), former wife of Ian Campbell (later 11th Duke of Argyll). He died during World War II.
• Lady Mary Faith Montagu (1 November 1911 – 16 February 1983)
• Lady Elizabeth Montagu (4 July 1917 – 10 January 2006)

In 1944, Lord Sandwich passed his estate and mansion to his first son, Victor, and moved to a cottage.

Following his first wife's death in October 1951, George Montagu remarried on 13th December 1952 to a widowed religious aide from Hollywood's Vedanta temple, Amiya Corbin (née Ella Lillian Sully, 28 January 1902 - February 1986), an English-born American citizen. Following the wedding, Lady Sandwich moved to the Hinshingbrook estate at Huntingdon with her husband.

He died in June 1962, aged 87, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Victor, who was also a Conservative politician.

References

• "Earl of Sandwich, 77,: weds religious aide". New York Times. 13 December 1952. ProQuest 112428170. Retrieved 11 August 2023 – via Proquest.
• "The Earl of Sandwich, 87, Dies; Was Director of a News Agency". New York Times. 17 June 1962. ProQuest 116158111. Retrieved 11 August 2023 – via Proquest.
• "Earl of Sandwich to marry again: Hollywood, June 2". South China Morning Post. 3 June 1952. ProQuest 1766736276. Retrieved 11 August 2023 – via Proquest.
• "Earl of Sandwich to wed: 77-year-old peer-'will marry aide of coast religious order'". Special to The New York Times. 2 June 1952. ProQuest 112495919. Retrieved 11 August 2023 – via Proquest.
• Ella Lilian Sully, Wikidata Q76328989
• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• "Lady Sandwich views Vincent Price art collection". Los Angeles Times. 3 November 1958. ProQuest 167343344. Retrieved 11 August 2023 – via Proquest.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Sandwich
• The Vedanta Society of Southern California's official website