Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich and Viscount Hinchinbroke ( 1625 - 1672 )

Birth: Barnwell, Northamptonshire, England, Europe (27 July 1625) Death: Solebay, off Southwold, Suffolk, England, Europe (28 May 1672) Burial: The Chapel of Henry VII in Westminster Abbey, London, England, Europe Occupation: Soldier; naval official; diplomat; politician; colonial official Education: Middle Temple (admitted 1635) Career: Deputy Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire (1643); commissioned to raise a regiment of 1000 men for Parliament (1643); present at the siege of Lincoln (1643) and the battles of Marston Moor (1644) and Naseby (1645); Governor of Henley (1645); MP for Huntingdonshire (1645-1648, 1653, 1654-1655, 1656-1658); MP for Weymouth (1660); Member of the Council of State (1653); Commissioner for Customs (1653); Lord President of the Council of State (1653); one of the Lord Commissioners of the Treasury (1654-1659); Commissioner of the Admiralty (1655); joint General at Sea (1656); Privy Councillor (1657, 1660); commanded the fleet in the Downs (1657) and the fleet sent to the Sound (1659); Master of the Great Wardrobe (1660-1670); Member of the Committee to consider the state of Jamaica (1660); Shareholder in the Royal African Company (1660); Shareholder in the Royal African Company (1660); Admiral and Captain-General of the Narrow Seas (1661); Master of the King's Swans (1661); Master of the Trinity House (1661); Ambassador Extraordinary to Portugal (1661-1662); Member of the Committee of Plantations (1662); Recorder of Huntingdon (1663); Admiral of the Blue Squadron (1664); Member of the Company of the Royal Fishery of England (1664); Ambassador Extraordinary to Madrid (1666-1668); President of the Council for Plantations (1670); commanded the Blue Squadron at the battle of Southwold Bay, where he died by drowning when his flagship, the Royal James, had been set on fire Honours: KG 1660; Viscount Hinchinbroke and Earl of Sandwich 1660 Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Council: Brief period on Council (22 February 1668).