The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-30
AS is well known this distinguished sur

AS is we'll known this distinguished sur
name is derived from a LOCALITY III Nor
mandy, where rises peaked mountain,
which Is the -dc 10 MontmIne" OF the
& twelfth century This sobriquet brings to
mind a story as told Of certain Dr.
Mountain, chaplain to Charles H., Who.
when asked by the King If he could
recommend him suitable man for n va
cant bishopric, Is said TO have answered:
"sire, If you had any faith Whatever
the matter could be easily settled"
'.IIow?' inquired the astonlshed mon
arch.
why, my liege. you would have only
to say unto Nthis Mountain (smit:ng his
own breasD be thou removed to that See,
and it would be done.
There were plenty of Montagues record
ed at that time In the Tesla de Na3ille or
Libu Frodorum, such as Peter and Ham
mon dc Monetana, and Shakespeare has
& embalmed the name as the head Of a
factionin Verona, being the device of the
family of a sharp peaked crest (mont-
agu or acu). Later. however. Burke
gives 1t in his peerage as ancicntly writ
i ten in Latin "da Monte Acu to- which
became in English "Montecute,' though
he says the original was Montagu, from a
town Of that name In Normandy.
The first to bear the name In England
was a warrior called Drag Monte
Acute, who under Robert, earl Of Moreton
at$the conquest, won renown, and from
whom descended five generations, among
them long line of noble pctrs-Sir Ed
ward Montague of 1885, and Sir Henry Of
1904, who in 1876 was made Earl of Mas
chester by Charles ]. 1t was from this
member of the English line that the Vir-
ginia emigrant, Peter Montague, of Booze
N.Y. Buckingshirc, England. sp-ang. Rich
ard Montague of the same county. and
probably son Of the former, came over IN
1916 and settled in Maine: both brought
with them the same armor, showing de-
scent from the same stock.
Peter Montague landed 1921, and is be-
leved to have settled first in James
City county, eventually he or his children
moving to some Of the adjoining coun-
Z ties AS early as 1904, some OF, the Mon
tague family We're located In MiddlcseX,
Il for in that year the grand Jury of the
county presented "Wlliam Montague and
4 Garrett Minor for bringing oysters ashore
on the Sabbath Day though doubtless
case of necessity, for they we're good
church people. as we find a William, Mon
tague was a vestry-man in Christ Church.
Lancaster in place OF Mr.. Charles Carter,
in ZIG, and represented the parish in CON
venton of 1893; this William was doubt
less son of the former. Later on We
find large number of the family in Spot
sylvania county, the first one being Glenn
ent Montague or Montague, who, with
his wife, Ann (BartlctD,- conveyed to
Fielding Lewis, Charles Dick, Beverley
Winslow, Joseph Brock William Smith,
and Mann Page, Jr., gent, as trustees n
tract Of land Sin consideration of the
courthouse being built on the premises
and the sum of 5 shillings currency" 1t
being two acres in trust for the county,
4 l779. This Clement Montague had much
land and many negroes, (which he dis
trbuted among i'his children previous to
his death, which occurred in 1881 He had
three sons, Thomas, Clement and Peter,
which latter also had a Peter, Jr., thus
showing the family must have been
in direct descent from Peter. the emf
grant, Thomas lived on q part of the
courthouse tract. The several daughters
e Of Clement were Susanna, wife of Duer-
son; Elizabeth, who married John Car
penter: Isabel, wife Of James Ballard, and
Sarah wife of Charles Whiting.
Early in the nineteenth century we find
John Montague living in Middcsex coun
" His son, Robert L. Montague, who
was born there in 1919. became one o.
the moat conspicuous members of thu
family. Graduating in tho law al old vii
liam and Mary College in 1912, he ROSE
rapidly ia his professor; entered tht
Legislature when quite young and wa
Lieutenant Governor of the State TO
years In 1850 he was member of the Vir
GINA Secession Convention. presiding Owe
the body at It's last session. He the!
entered the Confederate Congress retain