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| | HENRY MONTAGU, 1ST EARL OF MANCHESTER FACTS, INFORMATIONS AND TRADES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | 1563â”1642) was the grandson of Sir Edward_Montagu, Lord_Chief_Justice of the King's_Bench 1539â”1545, who was named by King Henry VIII one of the executors of his will, and governor to his son, Edward VI. |
 | | Born at Boughton, Northamptonshire, about 1563, he was educated at Christ's_College,_Cambridge, and, having been called to the bar, was elected recorder of London in 1603, and in 1616 was made Chief Justice of the Kingâs Bench, in which office it fell to him to pass sentence on Sir Walter_Raleigh in October 1618. |
 | | He was a judge of the Star_Chamber, and one of the most trusted councillors of Charles I. His loyalty, ability and honesty were warmly praised by Clarendon. |
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