John Montagu, fourth earl of Sandwich

(1718-1792)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792 NRA: Montagu John (1718-1792) 4th Earl of Sandwich statesman DNB: Montagu, John, fourth earl of Sandwich (1718–1792), politician and musical patron LBT ID: LdSandw4	B/BAP: 1718-11-13 DIED: 1792-04-30
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com
After succeeding his gradfather as earl in 1729 he was first lord of the Admiralty (1748, 1763, 1771) and an unpopular Whig politician.
REFERENCES TO John Montagu, fourth earl of Sandwich: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter I Found 1: ¶ 1 William Carew Hazlitt, Memoirs of William Hazlitt. With Portions of his Correspondence 2 vols (London: Richard Bentley, 1867) Ch. XIX Found 1: ¶ 26