Friday, May 27, 2016

His Grace, The Seventh Duke of Manchester, William Drogo Montagu, Titles: 1823-1843 Lord Kimbolton 1843 Viscount Mandeville 1855 7th Duke of Manchester Birth: 15 Oct 1823 Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire Death: 21 Mar 1890 Hotel Royal Naples Campania Italy Parents: 1st son of George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester, a Commander in the Royal Navy, and Lady Millicent Sparrow, daughter of General Robert Bernard Sparrow, of Brampton Park Huntingdonshire and the Lady Olivia B Acheson eldest daughter of the 1st earl of Gosford. Marriage: 22 Jul 1852 the Countess Louise Fredericka Augusta von Alten, 2nd daughter of Count Charles Francis Victor von Alten, of Hanover. The Duchess of Manchester was sympathetic to the Evangelicals at court; but had an affair with Lord Hartington, brother-in-law to Lucy Lyttelton (see George Lyttelton). Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Cambridge LLD 1864