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Hereditary Genius
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bear contradiction. He studied the history of government in all its branches, and
had an intimate knowledge of men and their tempers. Was of extraordinary
courage and obstinacy.
[Ps.] Dorothy, Waller's “Saccharissa.”
Up. Sir Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, Ch. Just King's Bench. See
MONTAGU
(in JUDGES)
for this most remarkable family, whose high qualities
appear to have been mainly derived through an infusion of the Sydney blood,
inasmuch as of the vast number of the other descendants of the first Ch. Just.
Montagu in Henry VIII.'s reign, no line was distinguished except this that had
mixed its blood with that of the Sydneys.
3 UpS. Baron Kimbolton; Walter Montagu, Abbot of Pontoise; and the 1st Earl
Sandwich, the great admiral.
8 UpP. 1st Duke of Montagu; William Montagu, Ch. Baron Exchequer; Charles
Montagu, 1st E. of Halifax; Francis North, 1st Lord Guilford, Lord Chancellor;
and his three brothers; Charles Hatton, “the incomparable.” Still more could be
said, but I refer the reader to the Montagu genealogy.
Taylors of Norwich. This family—Mrs. Austen being the most eminent among its
deceased members—contains a large number
of well-known names. The
Martineau section also includes a large amount of diffused ability, much more
than would be supposed from the scanty records in the annexed diagram.
Many of its members have attained distinction in the law, in the arts, and in
the army. The Nonconformist element runs strong, in the blood of the
Martineaus and Taylors.
(1) (See pedigree on next page.) The five sons were—John and Philip Taylor, both
of them men of science. Richard, editor of the “Diversions of Purley” and of
the Philosophical Magazine. Edward, Gresham Professor of Music. Arthur,
F.S.A., author of “The Glory of Regality.”
(2) The three grandsons are—
Edgar Taylor, an accomplished writer on legal subjects, and translator of Grimm's
“Popular Tales.” Emily, a pleasing poetess.
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