William Angus Drogo Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester, styled Lord Kimbolton from 1877 to 1890 and Viscount Mandeville from 1890 to 1892, was a British peer and Liberal politician.
Background
Manchester was the son of George Montagu, 8th Duke of Manchester, by his wife Consuelo Yznaga He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. Manchester succeeded his father in the dukedom in 1892 at the age of fifteen, and took his seat on the Liberal benches in the House of Lords in June 1902.
Education
Trinity College; Eton College.
Career
He served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1905 to 1907 under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. When the Liberals came to power in December 1905 under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, he was appointed Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard. He retained this post until April 1907, but never held ministerial office again.
Lady Ellen Millicent Louise Montagu (Kylemore Castle, County Galway, 5 January 1908 – 2 August 1948), married firstly 1936 (divorced 1944) to Herman Martin Hofer and secondly 30 August 1945 to John Norman Shairp.
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester divorced in 1931. On 17 December 1931 Manchester married Kathleen Dawes (d 28 March 1966), daughter of West. H. Dawes, Greenwich, Connecticut.
There were no children from this marriage. Manchester was a notorious spendthrift, and as a result of the excessive spending of both him and the prior two Dukes, the family"s fortune (already low) was completely exhausted, culminating in the sale of the family"s lands during the tenure of the tenth Duke.
He spent much of his life abroad, evading creditors, seeking out wealthy consorts, and attempting to extract money from wealthy acquaintances.
He is perhaps most well known in America from the leading case of Hamilton v. Drogo, 150 North.E. 496 (New York 1926), which concerned the establishment of a spendthrift trust for the benefit of the young Duke.