Edward Montagu Biography

Appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench

Appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Birth of Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester

Elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire in the "Happy Parliament" of 1623-24

Joins Prince Charles during his 1623 trip to Habsburg Spain in pursuit of the Spanish Match

Elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire in the "Happy Parliament" of 1623-24

Elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire in the "Useless Parliament"

Elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire in the Parliament 1625-26

Elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire in the "Useless Parliament"

Marries Anne, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Warwick

At the time of Charles Is coronation, is made a Knight of the Bath to reward him for his service to Charles in Spain

With help from the Duke of Buckingham, elevated to the House of Lords, receiving his fathers barony of Kimbolton and styled Viscount Mandeville as a courtesy title, since his father had been created earl of Manchester in February

Mandeville supports the peers appeal for Parliament after military defeat.

Montagu enters the Long Parliament as a prominent critic of Personal Rule.

Montagu joins peers seeking ministerial accountability and regular parliamentary government.

Manchester participates as the Lords decide the bill of attainder.

Mandeville is accused alongside the five members of the House of Commons.

Charles I accuses Lord Mandeville alongside the five Commons members.

Edward Montagu succeeds his father as the second Earl of Manchester.

Lincoln surrenders with a considerable supply of arms

Appointed General for the Eastern Midlands & the Associated Counties

Appointed General for the Eastern Midlands & the Associated Counties

Appointed Major General of the Parliamentary forces in the eastern counties (the Eastern Association), with Cromwell as his second in command

Appointed Major General of the Parliamentary forces in the eastern counties (the Eastern Association), with Cromwell as his second in command

Manchester leads the Eastern Association army as Parliament builds power in East Anglia.

Defeats the Royalists under Sir John Henderson near Newark. Cromwell's cavalry proves very effective

Manchester commands Eastern Association forces during the Parliamentarian victory at Winceby.

Appointed a member of the Committee of Both Kingdoms

Joins up with Waller & Essex & forms a force of 18,000 outnumbering the King's by 2:1

Captures Lincoln

Gathers together a force of 27,000 outside York

Arrives at Marston Moor, 6 miles west of York on the Knaresborough Rd

Commands a Parliamentary regiment at the Battle of Marston Moor

Fills the gap left by William Waller who is supporting Essex in Cornwall

Anticipating the Self-denying Ordinance, Manchester resigned his command

Montagu commands the fleet sent to bring Charles II home from exile.

Montagu helps deliver Charles II safely to Dover at the start of the restored monarchy.

Charles II rewards Edward Montagu with the earldom of Sandwich after the royal return.

Commands the English blue squadron during the victory at Lowestoft.

Death of Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester

Killed aboard the flagship Royal James