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| Montagu, Basil. Adm. pens. (age 18) at CHRIST'S, Apr. 10, 1786. [Illegitimate] s. of John (1735), 4th Earl of Sandwich, and Martha Ray, a well-known singer and beauty, shot dead, when leaving Covent Garden theatre, Apr. 7, 1779, by the Rev. James Hackman, R. of Wiveton, Norfolk, who was in love with her. B. [Apr. 24, 1770], in London. School, Charterhouse. Matric. Michs. 1786; Scholar, 1787; B.A. (6th Wrangler) 1790; M.A. 1793. Friend, when at Cambridge, of Wordsworth and Coleridge. Adm. at Gray's Inn, Jan. 30, 1789. Called to the Bar, May 19, 1798. On the Norfolk Circuit. K.C., 1835. Commissioner in Bankruptcy, 1806. Accountant-General in Bankruptcy, 1835. Suggested radical reforms in the then existing bankruptcy procedure, and wrote on the subject. Married (1) Apr. 4, 1790, Caroline Matilda Want, of Brampton, Hunts.; (2) 1801, Laura, eldest dau. of Sir William Beaumaris Rush, of Roydon, Suffolk; (3) Anna Dorothea Bridget, widow of Thomas Skepper, lawyer, and dau. of Edward Benson of York, and had issue by all marriages. Author, Essays, etc.; edited Bacon, 1825-37. Died Nov. 27, 1851, at Boulogne. Charles Dickens saw a likeness to him in Chateaubriand (Forster, Life of Dickens, I. 473). Father of the next and of Frederic C. (1831); brother of John (1790). (Boase, II. 927; Peile, II. 321; Law Lists; Inns of Court; D.N.B.) | Basil MONTAGU Approx. lifespan: 1770–1851 pens. aged 18 Christ's College adm1786:04:10 Illegitimate] s. of John MONTAGU (1735), 4th Earl of Sandwich, and Martha Ray, a well-known singer and beauty, shot dead, when leaving Covent Garden theatre [London], 1779:04:07, by Rev. James HACKMAN, R.: Wiveton, Norfolk , , who was in love with her. b. London , 1770:04:24 Sch: Charterhouse School Charterhouse, [London], Matric 1786:10MT: Scholar 1787 BA 6 th Wrangler 1790 MA 1793 Friend, when CB, ???, , of Wordsworth and Coleridge. Adm. Gray's Inn: 1789:01:30 Called to the Bar: 1798:05:19 On the Norfolk Circuit, [Norfolk], KC 1835 Commissioner in: : Bankruptcy 1806 Accountant-General in: : Bankruptcy 1835 Suggested radical reforms in the then existing bankruptcy procedure, and wrote on the subject. m. (1) 1790:04:04, Caroline Matilda Want, of Brampton, Huntingdonshire , m. (2) 1801 Laura, eldest dau. of Sir William Beaumaris RUSH of Roydon, Suffolk , ; (3) Anna Dorothea Bridget, widow of Thomas Skepper, lawyer, and dau. of Edward BENSON of York, [Yorkshire], by all marriages. had issue Publ.: Essays etc.; Publ.: edited Bacon 1825-37 d. 1851:11:27 at Boulogne, [France], Charles Dickens saw a likeness to him in Chateaubriand (Forster, Life of Dickens, I. 473) father of the next and of Frederic C. MONTAGU (1831) father of – MONTAGU brother of John (1790) ( Boase, II. 927; Peile, II. 321; Law Lists; Inns of Court; D.N.B. ) |