Angus Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester

His Grace
The Duke of Manchester

Photo: Allan Warren (1989)
12th Duke of Manchester
In office
3 June 1985 – 25 July 2002
Preceded by Sidney Montagu, 11th Duke of Manchester
Succeeded by Alexander Montagu, 13th Duke of Manchester
Personal details
Born Angus Charles Drogo Montagu
(1938-10-09)9 October 1938
Died 25 July 2002(2002-07-25) (aged 63)
Spouse(s) Mary Eveleen McClure
(1961–1970)
Diane Pauline Plimsaul
(1971–1985)
Anne-Louise Taylor
(1989–1998)
Biba Hiller, née Jennians
(2000–2001)
Parents Alexander Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester
Nell Vere Stead

Angus Charles Drogo Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester (9 October 1938 in Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire – 25 July 2002) was a British hereditary peer.[1] Until he inherited the dukedom in 1985, he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Angus Montagu.

Biography

The Duke of Manchester together with his younger son, Lord Kimble Montagu.
Photo: Allan Warren (1993)

Family

Manchester was the son of Alexander Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester, and Nell Vere Stead, and was the younger brother of Sidney Montagu, 11th Duke of Manchester.

On 22 November 1961 at Geelong, Australia, Lord Angus Montagu married Mary Eveleen McClure, daughter of Walter Gillespie McClure of Geelong. They were separated in 1965 and divorced in 1970, but she continues to be known as Lady Angus Montagu. There were three children of the marriage:

In 1971, Lord Angus Montagu married secondly Diane Pauline Plimsaul of Wimborne, Dorset, daughter of Arthur Plimsaul of Corfe Mullen in the same county. They were divorced in 1985, after Montagu had inherited the dukedom, and his second wife is now Diane, Duchess of Manchester. In 1989, Manchester married thirdly Anne-Louise Taylor, formerly Mrs Bird, daughter of Dr. Alfred Butler Taylor of Cawthorne, Yorkshire. They were divorced in 1998. She is now Anne-Louise, Duchess of Manchester. On 22 April 2000, at the Swedish Church, Mayfair, in London, the Duke of Manchester married fourthly the former fashion model Biba Hiller (born Jennians on 3 February 1942). They were divorced in 2001. Biba, Duchess of Manchester, died of cancer aged 61 on 11 October 2003.

Early life

After a preparatory school in Wales, he was educated at Gordonstoun School, before serving for three years in the Royal Marines. After that he had jobs in the oil industry and in tourist-related activities, and was variously engaged as a clothes salesman, a barman, and a “crocodile wrestler”.[2]

Various

The Duke served time in prison in the United States of America for fraud.[1][3]

The Duke established together with photographer Allan Warren the Duke's Trust, a charity for children in need.[4]

In his book The Splendour and Squalor, Marcus Scriven wrote that towards the end of his life, Manchester's weight had swelled to 21 stone (130 kg).[1][5]

Titles and styles

Styles of
Angus Montagu,
12th Duke of Manchester
Reference style His Grace
Spoken style Your Grace
Alternative style Sir

The Duke was also 15th Earl of Manchester, 15th Viscount Mandeville and 15th Baron Montagu of Kimbolton.

Ancestry

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Marcus Scriven (2013). "The Splendour and Squalor: The Disgrace and Disintegration of Three Aristocratic Dynasties". Atlantic Books. ISBN 9781848874855. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
  2. ↑ The Duke of Manchester
  3. ↑ Lewis Jones (2009-12-30). "Ignoble nobles: Badly behaved toffs have been a gift to writers since ancient times, and in English from Chaucer to Waugh". The Spectator. Retrieved 2013-08-29. The Old Bailey judge who tried him over some forged bonds in 1985 described him as ‘absurdly stupid’, an assessment vindicated by a letter he wrote from a state penitentiary in Virginia, where he served two years for fraud in the 1990s, in which he confessed, pathetically, ‘I am very very wary of every think.’
  4. ↑ Daily Express, 25 March 1988
  5. ↑ Oliver Marre (2009-12-13). "Splendour & Squalor by Marcus Scriven: A cast of aberrant, ultimately doomed aristocrats delights Oliver Marre". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-08-29. The diligently researched book is split into four parts – one for each of the disastrous toffs selected, as Scriven explains, for the memorable havoc they wreaked. Besides John Hervey, the cast includes Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster, who committed suicide after losing his £400m fortune; 21-stone Angus Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester; and John Hervey's father, the playboy jewel thief, Victor Hervey (also the father, by a later wife, of modern-day celebrities Lady Victoria and Lady Isabella).

External links

Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Sidney Montagu
Duke of Manchester
1985–2002 		Succeeded by
Alexander Montagu
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