William Montagu, fifth duke of Manchester

(1771-1843)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Montagu William (1771-1843) 5th Duke of Manchester DNB: Montagu, William, fifth duke of Manchester (1771-1843), colonial governor LBT ID: DuManch5	B/BAP: 1771-10-21 DIED: 1843-05-18
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com
The son of the fourth duke whom he succeeded in 1788, he was educated at Harrow and from 1808 to 1827 was governor of Jamaica.
REFERENCES TO William Montagu, fifth duke of Manchester: Duchess of Devonshire to Lady Melbourne, [February 1802?] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921) Found 4: ¶ 2 ¶ n1 ¶ 4 ¶ 6 Airlie, Mabell, Countess of, 1866-1956, In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921) Chapter II. Found 2: ¶ 7 ¶ n1