A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Montagu, Montagu
MONTAGU. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 34.)
Montagu Montagu entered the Navy, 6 April, 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dryad 36, Capts. Chas. John Moore Mansfield and Robt. Williams; with whom he continued employed on the Home station in the same vessel, and in the Russell and Minotaur 74’s, until May, 1805, nearly the whole time in the capacity of Midshipman. In the ship last mentioned, under Capt. Mansfield, he assisted, we believe, at the capture, 28 May, 1803, of the French 36-gun frigate Franchise. Being nominated, 3 Dec. 1805, Acting-Lieutenant of the Superb 74, he was afforded an opportunity of participating, under the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, m the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, and was in consequence officially promoted by a commission dated 5 of the ensuing month. His succeeding appointments were – 5 Aug. 1806, to the Royal George 100, bearing the flag of the same officer, with whom he passed the Dardanells in Feb. 1807, and afterwards served in the West Indies and Channel – 13 May, 1809, to the San Josef 110, also flag-ship of Sir J. T. Duckworth, lying at Spithead – in the course of the latter year and of 1810, to the Hyperion 36, Capt. Thos. Chas. Brodie, Shark sloop, Capt. Edm. Denman, Oakland 22, Capts. Charlton and Graves, and Avon sloop, Capt. Henry Tillieux Fraser, all on the Jamaica station, whence he invalided in March, 1811 – 29 Oct. 1812, to the Barrosa 36, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreffi attached to the force on the coast of North America – 31 Dec. 1813 (seven months after he had left the Barrosa), to the Puissant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, at Spithead – and, in the early part of 1815, to the Impregnable 98, York 74, and St. George 100, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir J. T. Duckworth at Plymouth. Since his attainment of the rank of Commander, 13 June, 1815, he has been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.