George Montagu

George Montagu may refer to:

  • George Montagu (died 1681), English politician
  • George Montagu (naturalist) (1753–1815), English naturalist
  • George Montagu (Royal Navy officer) (1750–1829)
  • George Montagu (died 1780), British politician
  • George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (c.1684–1739), English politician
  • George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1716–1771), British statesman of the Georgian era
  • George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu (1712–1790), British peer
  • George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester (1737–1788), British peer
  • George Montagu, 6th Earl of Sandwich (1773–1818), British peer
  • George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester (1799–1855), British peer
  • George Montagu, 8th Duke of Manchester (1853–1892), British peer
  • George Montagu, 9th Earl of Sandwich (1874–1962), British peer and Conservative politician

Famous quotes containing the words george and/or montagu:

    “No barber shaves so close but another finds his work.”
    —English proverb, collected in George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs (1640)

    “Solitude begets whimsies.”
    —Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)