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Edward Wortley Montagu (15 May 1713 – 29 April 1776) was an English author and traveller. He was the son of the diplomat and member of parliament Edward Wortley Montagu and the writer and traveller Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, whose talent and eccentricity he seems to have inherited.
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He was the grandson of Edward Wortley Montagu (1678-1761) M.P. and Ambassador to Constantinople, and his wife Lady Mary (Pierrepont) the famous hostess and writer (she was buried at St Paul's, Covent Garden). Like his grandfather and father he was educated at Westminster School where he was a King's Scholar. In 1768 he was elected to Christ Church,...
The monument was put up in 1787 and is of artificial stone by E.M. Coade. It consists of a sarcophagus supported on paws, with a garlanded urn on top. In a roundel is a seated figure and the Latin inscription can be translated:
"Edward Wortley Montagu...The man in the iron wig" by J. Curling, 1954 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 "The Record of Old Westminsters" compiled by G.F.Russell Barker and A.H. Stenning, 1928 An oil painting of his grandfather is at Westminster School
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Edward Wortley Montagu (15 May 1713 – 29 April 1776) was an English author and traveller. A 1775 portrait of Edward Wortley Montagu by Matthew William Peters. Montagu in Turkish dress, portrait by George Romney.
Edward Wortley Montagu was the eccentric son of the MP Edward Wortley Montague (1678-1761) and the accomplished traveller and writer Lady Mary Wortley Montague (c.1689-1762). As a child he had accompanied his mother on a trip to Constantinople (now Istanbul) where he was inoculated against smallpox, one of the first British people to receive ...
Eccentric traveller, 1st son of Edward and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, brother of Mary, Countess of Bute; with his parents in Constantinople 1716-18; after running away to sea, he was commissioned in the army 1743-48; in London in 1750 Walpole observed that ‘his parts are not proportionate, but his expense is incredible’; FRS 1750; MP 1747 ...
Mar 16, 2024 · Montagu, Edward Wortley, (1713-1776), Author and Traveller. This page summarises records created by this Person. The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually...
Edward Wortley Montagu (1713-1776), Writer and traveller; son of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 5 portraits Edward Wortley Montagu was a traveller, linguist and eccentric. The oldest son of Edward Wortley Montagu and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu he was much influenced by his childhood visit to ...
