History and genealogy of Peter Montague, of Nansemond and ...

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elected Pope at Rome, and others. Among the descendants of
Philippa Montagu not mentioned above, were the two young Princes,
sons of King Edward IV., smothered in the Tower of London by
order of their Uncle King Richard III. They were Edward, born in
the Sanctuary at Westminster and proclaimed King Edvard V. [but
never crowned] at the death of his father, though only eleven years
old ;
and Richard Duke of York, born at Shrewsbury.
Various branches of the Montagues in America have the name in
their families of "Mary Wortley " or the name '" Wortley " among
.some of their children. It is derived from the celebrated literary
lady in England—the lady Mary Wortley Montagu. It becomes of
interest, in connection with this work, to know something of this lady,
to what family of Montague she was a member, and in what way the
Wortleys were connected with the Montagues. On the river Don, in
the West-riding of Yorkshire is the town of Wortley, the ancient seat
of that family ; the male issue of which expired in Sir Francis
Wortley, who devised the greatest part of his estate to Anne New-
comen, supposed to be his natural daughter, [Camden p. 723.] She
married Sidney Montagu, second son of Edward first Earl of Sand-
wich, and brother of Edward Montagu the second Earl of Sandwich.
In right of his wife he became lord of Wortley and took the name of
Wortley. They had only one son (who lived to manhood) whose
name was Edward Wortley Montagu ;
he
was lord of the Treasury
in 1714, also was Ambassador in Turkey and died in 1762. He was
a gentleman of great political knowledge and influence, and distin-
guished not only as an eloquent and upright member of parliament,
but as a friend of Addison. He married in 17 12 Lady Mary, eldest
dau. of Evelyn Pierrepoint, Earl and Duke of Kingston. This lady
became the celebrated lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Her mother
was Mary dau. of William Fielding 3d Earl of Denbigh by a dau. of
Sir Robert King, widow of Sir William Meredith. She was not of
Montagu descent as far as can be traced. She was born in 1690,
received a very learned education in the Greek and Latin classics.
In 1 7 16 she accompanied her husband in his embassy to Constanti-
nople. To her discernment, Europe is indebted for the introduction
of smallpox by inoculation, but before she recommended it she made