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| | John Montagu, 1655?-1728 |
 | | Entered Cambridge, 1672; made master of Sherburn Hospital by his relative Bishop Crewe, 1683; made Doctor by Royal mandate, 1686; made master of Trinity College, Cambridge, directly by the Crown, 1683; Vice-chancellor, 1687; resigned mastership of Trinity and became Dean of Durham, either in 1699 or 1700; remained Dean of Durham until 1728. |
 | | Trinity, as a royal foundation, was a particularly vulnerable target for... |
 | | Part of the reason for the decline of Trinity after Barrow's death was that his successors, John North (1677-83) and John Montagu (1683-1699), were more inclined to buckle under such royal pressure so that royal favor rather than academic merit became the path to advancement within the college. |
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