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| | Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (1602 - May 5, 1671), eldest son of the 1st earl by his first wife, CatherineSpencer, granddaughter of Sir John Spencer of Althorpe, was born in 1602, and was educatedat Sidney Sussex College,Cambridge. |
 | | His first wife, who was related to the Duke of Buckingham, havingdied in 1625 after two years of marriage, Mandeville married in 1626 Anne, daughter of the 2nd earl of Warwick. |
 | | At theoutbreak of the Civil War, having succeeded his father in theearldom in November 1642, Manchester commanded a regiment in the army of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, and in August 1643 he was appointedmajor-general of the parliamentary forces in the eastern counties, with Cromwell as his second in command. |
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