On 6th July 1749 John Montagu, 2nd Duke Montagu, died aged fifty-nine without surviving male issue. Duke Montagu extinct. His estates were inherited by his daughter Mary and her husband George Brudenell who changed his name to Montagu.
Monument in St Edmund's Church, Warkton, Northamptonshire sculpted by Louis Francois Roubiliac commissioned by his widow, Mary Churchill, the daughter of the 1st Duke of Marlborough, who stands at the left-hand side of the monument.
One of four very fine monuments in the chancel of Warkton Church: allabouthistory.co.uk/BWSmJCNf
