HINCHINGBROKE PAGEANT

Press photo, unsigned, showing full length (left to right) "Mr Philip Streatfield, Mr Montagu as Edward 1st [Earl of Sandwich] and Miss Olga Montagu", in splendid Restoration dress, Mr Montagu with a knowing half smile at Mr Streatfield, Miss Montagu laughing towards the camera, in the background is the wall of the old Benedictine nunnery, Hinchingbroke, Huntingdon, 6th July no year but

Sir Edward Montagu, 1625-1672, was a staunch parliamentarian and general-at-sea, but in 1660 took the Navy over to Charles II and was created 1st Earl of Sandwich. Hinchingbroke House had formerly belonged to Sir Oliver Cromwell, uncle of the Protector, whence it passed by sale in 1627 to the Earl of Manchester and then to his brother, Sir Edward's father. Miss Olga Montagu (d. 1951), seen here with her father, was a niece of the 8th Earl and sister of the 9th.

Item Date:  1912

Stock No:  52644      £40

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