Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester ( 1602 - 1671 )

Birth: 1602 Death: Whitehall (05 May 1671) Burial: Kimbolton Church, KImbolton, Huntingdonshire Education: Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; MA (1632); incorporated at Oxford (1665) Career: Accompanied Prince Charles to Spain (1623); MP for Huntingdonshire (1624-1625, 1626); Commissioner of Regency (1641); accused of high treason by the King (1642); Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire (1642, 1660), of Northamptonshire (1643); member of the Westminster Assembly of divines (1643); Commander of the Parliamentary Forces in the Eastern Counties (1643-1645); captured King's Lynn (1643) and Lincoln (1644) for Parliament; Commander in chief of the parliamentary forces at the Battle of Marston Moor (1644); resigned his commission (1645); Commissioner of the Great Seal (1646-1648, 1660); Speaker of the House of Lords (1646-1648, 1660); Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1649-1651, 1660-1671); Lord Chamberlain (1660-1671); High Steward of Westminster (1660-1671); Chamberlain of South Wales (1660); joint Commissioner for the office of Earl Marshal (1662); died suddenly of colic Honours: KB 1626; Baron 1626; KG 1661 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 10/05/1665 Proposers: Sir Robert Moray.