Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax

Details

Instance of

human

Born

16 April 1661

Died

19 May 1715

Place of birth

Horton

Place of death

London

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Charles

Family name

Montagu

Father

George Montagu

Mother

Elizabeth Irby

Spouse

Anne Yelverton

Sibling

Christopher Montagu, Edward Montagu

Occupation

poet, politician, writer

Position held

First Lord of the Treasury, Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Chancellor of the Exchequer, President of the Royal Society, Member of the 1689-90 Parliament, Member of the 1690-95 Parliament, Member of the 1695-98 Parliament, Member of the 1698-1700 Parliament, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey

Citizenship

Kingdom of England

Awards

Fellow of the Royal Society, Order of the Garter

depicted by

Charles Montagu (1661–1715), 1st Earl of Halifax, One of the Founders of the Bank of England, Charles Montagu (1661–1715), 1st Earl of Halifax, Founder of the Bank of England (1694), Chancellor of the Exchequer, Charles Montagu (1661–1715), 1st Earl of Halifax, Founder of the Bank of England (1694), Chancellor of the Exchequer

described by source

Nordisk familjebok, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

educated at

Westminster School, Trinity College

languages spoken, written or signed

English

member of

Royal Society

member of political party

Whigs

name in native language

Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax

noble title

Earl of Halifax, baron

place of burial

Westminster Abbey

writing language

English

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