Ralph Montagu 1638-1709
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Ralph MONTAGU, 1st Duke of Montagu 1638-1709
Biographical Note
Politician and diplomat.
Characteristic Markings
Used an engraved armorial bookplate dated 1705; books with his armorial stamp survive.
Sources
- British Armorial Bindings.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.*11.
- Metzger, Edward Charles. "Montagu, Ralph, first duke of Montagu (bap. 1638, d. 1709), politician and diplomat." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.